1.21 Raja Anand Chand

• 1928-1948s

• Succeeded throne on February 1927. 

• prince/reformer Passed an Act to Abolish Begar and Abolish Child marriage
• prince/merger He signed the instrument of accession to join Indian Dominion.
• Raja Anand Chand remained Member of Constituent Assembly, Member of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and member of state legislative assembly.
• prince/book He wrote a book entitled, ”Bilaspur Past, Present, and Future“.
• He died in October 1983 in London.
• His son Raja Kriti Chand became Raja in 1983, which died in 2013.