DHAMI NON GUN SALUTE
STATE
Dhami was a Princely State situated 26 Kilometres or 16 Miles west of Shimla, India. Its capital was Halog and the state formed a part of the region known as the Punjab Hill States Agency during the British Raj period. In 1941 it had an area of 73 Square Kilometres or 28 Sq. Mi. and a population of 5,114 people. In 1948 Dhami was made a part of Himachal Pradesh. Privy purse of state at the time of accession in to independent India was Rs.15,760
They were the
only Chauhan rulers in
the region and had settled there after being forced from Delhi by the
invasion of Muhammad
Ghori in
the twelfth century AD. They were feudatories of the
princely state of Bilaspur until
1815, when the English East India Company formally
recognised the state as an independent entity with the issue of a sanad (deed). The
recognition was granted as a consequence of the support offered by the rulers
to the British in their successful attempt to remove Gurkha influence
from the Shimla Hills in
1803–1815 when Dhami was occupied by Nepal. The Dhami
ruler who had formulated this policy was Rana Govardhan Singh,
who maintained his support through the Indian rebellion of 1857 and until
his death in 1867. The tribute exacted
from the state was halved after 1857 in recognition of this, with the privilege
being granted for his lifetime.
The successor to
Govardhan Singh was Fateh Singh, his son, to whom the authorities of what was
now the British Raj extended a similar concession with regard to the tribute
from 1880. Fateh was in turn succeeded by his son, Hira Singh, in 1894 and the
concession was granted once more. Hira was also made a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in
recognition of his support of the British cause during World War I. The last
formally recognised Rana was Dalip Singh, who succeeded his father, Hira, in
1920 and died in 1987. Subsequent to Indian
independence from
Britain, the princely states ceased to exist.
Revenue Stamps :--
Type-10 -
used in 1939-48, Size 28x31mm., Perf. 10-1/2, Wove paper.
Four Annas, Deep Blue, Ref. # 104
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