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Una
- Present Una is comprised of three princely states of Jaswan, Siba, and Kutlehr.
Jaswan State
- Una is mostly covered by Jaswan Dun was ruled by the Katoch family of Kangra.
- Capital at Rajpura near Amb, was founded by Purab Chand in 1170 A.D.
- From Purab Chand to Umed Singh, 27 princes ruled the Jaswan state.
- Mughal Empire
- Under Akbar it came to Mughal Rule
- After Mughal Empire decline and the rise of Sikhs
- Sikh Empire
- the Jaswan state came under Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s kingdom in 1815 A.D.
- Ranjit Singh ordered Umed Singh to attend the assembly at Sialkot, which he refused.
- As a result, Ranjit Singh imposed fine on him which was beyond his capacity to pay
- Ultimately he abdicated his state and accepted a Jagir of Rs 12 per year
- Anglo Sikh War
- In 1848
- Umed Singh joined the revolt against the British which was crushed
- Raja along with his son departed to Almora where both died.
- Ram Singh
- Grandson of Umed Singh
- In 1879, he restored his ancestral jagir at Jaswan originally consisting of 21 villages in Jaswan Dun + family garden at Amb + building at Rajpura (palace of Raja Umed Singh).
- Died in 1892 and was succeeded by his son Raja Raghunath Singh (died in 1918).
- Laxman Singh succeeded him
Siba State
- Northern extreme of Una
- offshoot of the Kangra ruling family.
Kutlehr Sate
- Easter Una was under the rule of Kutlehrias those who migrated from Uttar Pradesh.
- The smallest of all principalities in the Kangra area.
- Capital - Kot-Kutlehr.
Under Britishers
- Present Una district excluding Bangana block was part of the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab
- Una was a tehsil and also a sub-division of that district with Anandpur Sahib tehsil of Ropar district as a part of it
Punjab Reorganization
- Una was bifurcated in two states
- Una district was merged within Himachal Pradesh with district headquarters at Dharmsala
- Anandpur Sahib tehsil remained in Punjab.
Kangra Division
- On 1 Sep 1972
- Divided Kangra district into three districts - Una, Hamirpur, and Kangra.