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 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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