Darkoti State was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Dominion of India on 15 April 1948. Currently, it is part of the Indian state of

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

History

According to legend the state of Darkoti was founded during the 11th century by Raja Durga Singh Kachhawa. It was occupied by the

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s of Nepal from 1803 to 1815 when they were expelled by the British. After the occupation ended it became a

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Rulers

The rulers of Darkoti bore the title '

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Ranas

* ... – 1787 ... *1787 – ... Bal Ram * ... – 1815 Jathu Ram *1815 – 1854 Sutes Ram (d. 1854) *1854 – 1856 Paras Ram (d. 1856) *1856 – 1883 Ram Singh (b. 1815 – d. 1883) *15 Oct 1883 – 24 Sep 1918 Ramsaran Singh (b. 1843 – d. 1918) *24 Sep 1918 – 15 Aug 1947 Raghunath Singh (b. 1881 – d. 1951)

References

Princely states of Himachal Pradesh History of Himachal Pradesh Rajput history 11th-century establishments in India 1948 disestablishments in India {{HimachalPradesh-geo-stub