Mandi State

Mandi State
मण्डी रियासत
1290–1948
Flag of Mandi
Flag
Map of Mandi and Suket states, March 1906
Map of Mandi and Suket states, March 1906
Princely States of the Shimla Hills, Mandi in the south (1911)
Princely States of the Shimla Hills, Mandi in the south (1911)
History 
• Established
1290
1948
Area
19412,950 km2 (1,140 sq mi)
Population
• 1941
232,598
Succeeded by
India
Today part ofHimachal Pradesh, India
Portrait of Ishwari Sen of Mandi

Mandi State was a princely state in British India, with the town of Mandi as its capital. The state of Mandi (the name means "market" in Hindi), which included two towns and 3,625 villages, was part of the States of the Punjab Hills. It was located in the Himalayan range, bordering to the west, north, and east on the British Punjabi district of Kangra; to the south, on Suket; and to the southwest, on Bilaspur. As of 1941, population of Mandi State was 232,598 and area of the state was 1,139 square kilometres (440 sq mi). A sanad issued dated 24 October 1846 established a subsidiary alliance between Mandi and the British.

Detail of the territory of Mandi State from a map of the various Hill States of the Punjab Hills region, copied in 1852

List of rulers

The rulers bore the title of Raja.

List of rulers of Mandi State
Name Portrait Tenure
Reign start Reign end
Raja Ajbar Sen 1527 1534
Raja Chhatar Sen 1534 1554
Raja Sahib Sen 1554 1575
Raja Narain Sen 1575 1595
Raja Keshab Sen 1595 1616
Raja Hari Sen 1616 1637
Raja Suraj Sen 1637 1664
Raja Shyam Sen 1664 1679
Raja Gaur Sen 1679 1684
Raja Sidhi Sen 1684 1727
Raja Shamsher Sen 1727 1781
Raja Surma Sen 1781 1788
Raja Ishwari Sen 1788 1826

Demographics

Religious groups in Mandi State (British Punjab province era)
Religious
group		 1901 1911 1921 1931 1941
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
Hinduism 170,304 97.85% 178,115 98.35% 181,358 98.01% 199,935 96.37% 227,463 97.79%
Islam 3,187 1.83% 2,799 1.55% 3,462 1.87% 6,351 3.06% 4,328 1.86%
Buddhism 510 0.29% 164 0.09% 76 0.04% 138 0.07% 208 0.09%
Sikhism 41 0.02% 26 0.01% 142 0.08% 899 0.43% 583 0.25%
Christianity 3 0% 4 0% 10 0.01% 141 0.07% 11 0%
Jainism 0 0% 2 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Judaism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 1 0% 0 0%
Zoroastrianism 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Others 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0% 0 0%
Total population 174,045 100% 181,110 100% 185,048 100% 207,465 100% 232,593 100%
Note: British Punjab province era district borders are not an exact match in the present-day due to various bifurcations to district borders — which since created new districts — throughout the historic Punjab Province region during the post-independence era that have taken into account population increases.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1931-1941: Including Ad-Dharmis

References

  1. ↑ Mandi Princely State (11 gun salute)
  2. ↑ Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 17. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1909. p. 154 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ "Indian Princely States K-Z". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "Indian states before 1947 K-W". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Census of India 1901. [Vol. 17A]. Imperial tables, I-VIII, X-XV, XVII and XVIII for the Punjab, with the native states under the political control of the Punjab Government, and for the North-west Frontier Province". 1901. p. 34. JSTOR saoa.crl.25363739. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Census of India 1911. Vol. 14, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1911. p. 27. JSTOR saoa.crl.25393788. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  7. ↑ Kaul, Harikishan (1911). "Census Of India 1911 Punjab Vol XIV Part II". p. 27. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Census of India 1921. Vol. 15, Punjab and Delhi. Pt. 2, Tables". 1921. p. 29. JSTOR saoa.crl.25430165. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Census of India 1931. Vol. 17, Punjab. Pt. 2, Tables". 1931. p. 277. JSTOR saoa.crl.25793242. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
  10. ↑ India Census Commissioner (1941). "Census of India, 1941. Vol. 6, Punjab". p. 42. JSTOR saoa.crl.28215541. Retrieved 30 March 2024.

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