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Jind princely state fiscal court fee/revenue/postage stamp

 JIND                                                                               13  GUN  SALUTE  STATE


Indian Princely State Jhind or Jeend and now Jind , Formerly Punjab states Agencies ,now in Haryana  State. Area of the state was 3,364 Sq. Km. with a population of  324,676  in 1931. Privy purse of the state was 328,100 Rs. at  the time of accession in to independent India  on 20 Aug. 1948 .
              The princely state of Jind & Sangrur was founded in 1763. The rulers belonged to the Phulkian dynasty a 
Jatt dynasty. It was a Cis-Sutlej state, ruled by the Scindhia dynasty of the Maratha Empire, various small Punjabi kingdoms of the Cis-Sutlej states paid tributes to the Marathas, until the Second Anglo-Maratha War of 1803–1805, after which the Marathas lost this territory to the British. On 25 April 1809 Jind became a British protectorate. Gajpat Singh ruled under the title of raja until 1789, then Bhag Singh until 1819, Fateh Singh until 1822, and Sangat Singh until 1834. After a vacancy of three years, Sarup Singh ruled until 1864, succeeded by Raghubir Singh, who took the title Raja-i Rajgan in 1881. In 1887 he was succeeded by Ranbir Singh, who became Maharaja in 1911 and continued to rule the state until its accession to India in 1947. Ranbir Singh, last Ruler of Jind, was called Colonel His Highness Farzand-i-dilband Rasikh-ul-itikad Daulat-i-englishia Raja-i-rajgan Maharaja Sir Ranbir Singh Rajendra Bahadur.  On 20 August 1948, with the signing of accession to India, Jind became a part of the Patiala and East Punjab States Union and ceased to exist as a separate state. Jind town and district now form a part of Indian state of Haryana. Postage stamps prior to King George V consisted of Indian stamps over printed as "Jhind State", with the letter 'H' in the name. On the George V stamps, the 'H' is omitted and is overprinted as "Jind State" (Reference actual stamps from the Victorian, Edward VII and George V eras).






POSTAGE , REVENUE and  SERVICE  STAMPS

Half Anna                            Three Pies

Postage Stamps with the Portrait of Queen Victoria  ( JHIND / STATE Overprinted)

(Size 19 X 22.5 mm. Perf. 14)



Portrait of Edward –VII (SERVICE and JHIND STATE Overprinted 
(Size 19 X 22.5 mm. Perf. 14)
                                    Portrait of George V (JHIND / JIND /STATE Overprinted  
                                                       (Size 19 X 22.5 mm. Perf. 14)

Portrait of George V ( JIND /STATE / SERVICE Overprinted  

(Size 19 X 22.5 mm. Perf. 14)

Portrait of George V ( JIND /STATE / SERVICE Overprinted  

(Size 19 X 22.5 mm. Perf. 14)


Portrait of George V ( JIND /STATE / SERVICE Overprinted)



Portrait of George VI ( JIND only or JIND /STATE Overprinted Postage)


Portrait of George VI ( JIND Overprinted on Service Postage Stamp)










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