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NABHA
Area: 2,453 km² (966 sq. mi.)
Population: 261,824
State: PEPSU (Punjab)
Salute Gun: 13
Religion: Sikh

Brief History
1755: Hamir Singh founded Nabha
1763: Hamir Singh "...sided with the Sikh sardars in their fight with the Mughal Viceroy Zain Khan, and was confirmed in the possessions of all the territories he had freed from the Mughal power. He established almost complete independence, and succeeded in creating a state under the name of the city he founded.
1784: Jaswant Singh assumed the title of Raja
1808-1809: Under British control

Dynasty: Phulkian
Ruler's Title: Sardar; Raja (1784); Maharaja

Rulers
1755-1783: Raja Hamir Singh
1783-1840: Raja Jaswant Singh conducted protracted campaigns, first against Jind and then against Patiala, to regain disputed territory for his state, helped the British in the Gurkha war in 1814 as well as in the Kabul campaign in 1838.
1783-1790: Sardarni Desu Kaur Sahiba, Regent for her stepson, a widow of Raja Hamir Singh, famed for her defense of Nabha against the ruler of Jind, daughter of Sardar Makhan Singh of Rori.
1840-1846: Raja Devendra Singh (deposed) sympathised with the Sikhs and as a result lost a quarter of his possessions, was deposed and exiled to Mathura, he was granted a pension of 50,000Rs and later moved to Lahore in 1855, where he died 10 years later.
1846-1863: Raja Bharpur Singh
1863-1871: Raja Bhagwan Singh
1871-1911: Maharaja Hira Singh Malvinder Bahadur, son of Sardar Sukkha Singh of Badrukhan, installed on the gaddi of Nabha state on 10th August 1877, granted the titles of Raja-i-Rajgan and Maharaja, provided funds for the establishment of the Khalsa Printing Press at Lahore, supported the Khalsa College at Amritsar and promoted the reformist (Anand) form of Sikh marriage.
1911-1923: Maharaja Ripudaman Singh Malvinder Bahadur (deposed), Member of the Imperial Legislative Council in Calcutta 1906/1908, introduced the Anand Marriage Bill, presided over the Indian National Social Conference held at Lahore in 1909, attended the coronation of King George V at Westminster on 22nd June 1911, succeeded his father as Maharaja, and installed on the gaddi on 24th January 1912, investiture took place on 20th December 1912, granted a local salute of 15 guns in 1921, signed a letter of voluntary abdication on 7th July 1923, and the British government formally deposed him on 2nd February 1928 and he was sent to Dehra Dun on an annual pension of 300,000Rs, deprived of the title Maharaja in 1923, later moved in 1926 to Kodaikanal on a reduced pension where he died; early in 1927 he went on a pilgrimage to Sri Abichalnagar Hazur Sahib, Nanded, where he took the Khalsa pahul (initiation rites) a second time and was renamed Sardar Gurcharan Singh.

1923-1995: Maharaja Pratap Singh Malvinder Bahadur

1995-Present: Maharaja Hanuwant Singh Malvinder Bahadur

References
Princely State of Nabha in Punjab State Maharajas


Nagir Pakistani Frontier State

Nagod (Unchehra)

NAGPUR
Rulers of Nagpur
Raghoji I (1738-1755)
Janoji (1755-1772)
Sabaji (1772-1775)
Mudhoji I (1775-1788)
Raghoji II (1788-1816)
Parsoji Bhonsle (181-1817)
Mudhoji II (1816-1818)
Raghoji III (1818-1853)
1853 to Great Britain
Janoji II (1853-1881) (adopted)
Raghujideo 1881 -

References
Nagpur in Genealogical Gleanings Nahara

Nahara

Naigawan Ribai (Rebai)

Nalagarh (Hindur) in PEPSU

Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh

Nalia

Nandgaon in Madhya Pradesh

Narsinghgarh (Narsingarh) in Madhya Pradesh

Narsinghpur (Narsingpur) in Orissa

Narukot (Jambughoda)

Narwar

Nashipur ?

Naswadi

Naugaon

Naulana

Navagarh

Nawanagar in Saurashtra

Nayagarh

Nilgiri in Orissa

Nilvala

Nimkhera

Nobo Sohoh (Nonosophoh)

Noghanvadar

Nongklao (Nongkhlaw)

Nongspung

Nongstoin

O

Orchha in Madhya Pradesh

Oudh (See Awadh)