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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Princely state during British Raj}}<br />
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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name = <br />
|conventional_long_name = Bushahr State<br />
|common_name = Bushahr<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 1412 A.D.<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start = <br />
|year_end = 1948<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end = [[Independence of India]]<br />
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|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 = <br />
|s1 = India<br />
|flag_p1 = <br />
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag = <br />
|image_coat = <br />
|image_map = Punjab-Districts_1911.png<br />
|image_map_caption = Bushahr in a map of Punjab, 1911<br />
|stat_area1 = 8907<br />
|stat_year1 = 1941<br />
|stat_pop1 = 115,000<br />
|demonym = <br />
|capital = [[Rampur, Himachal Pradesh|Rampur Bushahr]] (Last)<br />
|today = <br />
}}<br />
'''Bushahr''' was a Rajput [[princely state]] in India during the [[British Raj]]. It was located in the hilly western [[Himalaya]] promontory bordering [[Tibet]].<br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Bashar 1911.png|thumb|right|280px|Map of the Bushahr state, 1911]]<br />
[[File:Eastern-Punjab-1863.jpg|thumb|right|280px|Bushahr and Tehri Garhwal shown in yellow in an 1863 map of Eastern Punjab]]<br />
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In 1898, Bushahr state was taken over by the British administration, although the ''Râja'' remained nominally in charge.<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Bashahr|volume=3|page=464}}</ref> After British occupation, the Bushahr state was by far the largest of the 28 [[Simla Hills States]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2021}} There was a tax revolt by Bushahr's peasants in 1906.<ref name="EB1911"/><br />
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[[File:The Padam Palace - panoramio - Utpal Basu.jpg|thumb|Padam Palace]]<br />
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==Rulers==<br />
Rulers bore the title of [[Rana (title)|Rana]] and then [[Raja]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html|title=Indian Princely States before 1947 A-J|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat1.html|title=Indian states before 1947 A-J|website=rulers.org|access-date=2019-08-30}}</ref><br />
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'''Ranas'''<br />
**** : Kehri Singh<br />
*1780 - 1799: Ram Singh<br />
*1799 - 1803 : Ugar Singh<br />
*1803 - 1815 : ''[[Nepal]]ese occupation''<br />
'''Rajas'''<br />
*1816 - 1850 : Mahendra Singh<br />
*1850 - 1887 : Shamsher Singh<br />
*1887 - 1898 : Raghunath Singh<br />
*1898 - 1914 : Shamsher Singh (''return to power'')<br />
*1914 - 1947 : Padam Singh<br />
*1947 - 2021 : [[Virbhadra Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-09|title=Virbhadra Singh: Congress stalwart, Himachal's Raja Sahib passes away at 87|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/virbhadra-singh-congress-stalwart-himachal-s-raja-sahib-passes-away-at-87-101625773886137.html|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-09|title=Virbhadra Singh dies: Rampur Bushahr mourns the passing of 'Raja sahab'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/rampur-bushahr-mourns-virbhadra-singh-death-7396375/|access-date=2021-07-10|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><br />
*2021 - till date : [[Vikramaditya Singh (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Vikramaditya Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bushashr Royalty: Vikramaditya Singh Crowned As 'Raja Sahib' In Private Ceremony|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-busheshr-royalty-vikramaditya-singh-crowned-as-raja-sahib-in-private-ceremony/387714|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-10|website=www.outlookindia.com|date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710085811/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-busheshr-royalty-vikramaditya-singh-crowned-as-raja-sahib-in-private-ceremony/387714 |archive-date=10 July 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=Vikramaditya's 'raj tilak' before Raja's cremation|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/vikramadityas-raj-tilak-before-rajas-cremation-281014|access-date=2021-07-10|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
*[[Simla Hills States]]<br />
*[[Political integration of India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzhsoszy/ips/b/bashahr.html Genealogy of the rulers of Bashahr]<br />
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