1 The address of Lord
2 Canning atthe Ambala
3 darbar, 1860.
4 Death of Rija Bhar-
5 pur Singh, 1863.
6 Raja Bhagwan Singh,
7 succeeds.
8 The genealogy,
9 834 HISTORY OF THE PANJAB.
10 or at the Governor-Gencral’s darbar, and the return of his visits to the
11 Governor-General by the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India.
12 The Government was also pleased to confer upon him substantial gifts
13 of far greater value. <A portion of the confiscated Jhajjar territory, with
14 an income of Rs. 1,06,000 a year, was granted to the raja in perpetuity,
15 with independent powers and privileges, as in‘ his ancestral estates, on the
16 condition of good behaviour and service, military and political, in all
17 cases of emergency. His khilat was more than doubled, and his salute
18 was increased. The right of adoption was conferred upon him by a sanad,
19 granted in May, 1860; his honorary titles* were increased ; his visits to
20 the Governor-General were ordered to be returned by the Foreign Secretary,
21 and he was invested: with’ powers of life and death. The gifts were truly
22 royal and well deserved.
23 In the darbir held at Ambdla, on 18th January 1860, Lord Canning,
24 Viceroy and Governor-General, addressed the Nabha chief as follows, in
25 the presence of all the Cis-Sutlej' chiefs :-—
26 “ You have been equally forward and equally earnest, with other chiefs
27 of your ancient race, in your support of the authority of the British Govern-
28 ment,
29 “The assistance which-you gave’to the’ Queen’s army in: the transport
30 of its heavy artillery from the Sutlej to Delhi was a signal and valuable
31 service: ss
32 « Your loyalty and zeal have, as in the case of your fellow-chiefs, been
33 marked by rewards and honours, which will assure you of the high esteem
34 in which your conduct is held by the Government.
35 “ Additions have been made to your possessions, and the grant will be
36 formally confirmed to yourself and your descendants. If these should
37 fail you, your adoption of an heir from amongst the members of the
38 Phulkian House will be legally recognized..
39 “Tt is the desire of the Queen’s Government that the power and dignity
40 of your loyal family should endure and: flourish.”
41 Lord Elgin, Viceroy and Governor-General, gave Raj Bharpur Singh
42 a seat in the Legislative Council in September 1863; but the raja died
43 on the 9th of November of the same year, of a severe fever contracted from
44 over-exertion. He left no son, and was succeeded by his younger brother,
45 Bhagwan Singh, the fixed nazrdnd in accordance with the terms of the
46 sanads of 1860 and 1862, equal to one-third of the gross annual revenue of
47 the State, being paid. to the Government on the occasion.
48 12.—THE SUKERCHAKIA JISL.
49 THE ANCESTORS OF MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH.
50 The last, but by far the most important, of the Sikh confederacies,
51 whose members were destined to rule over the fortunes of the whole of
52 the Panjdb, was the Sukerchakia misi. Ranjit Singh, afterwards known as
53 the Mahardjd, belonged to this mis, An account of the descent and
54 family of this extraordinary man will, it is hoped, be of particular interest
55 to the reader. The following is the genealogy :—
56 * His honorary title was Farzand Ary oy ° oop iF -
57 Bans Sarmour Rdjd Bharpir Singh iMohandar Bakddue a? Rope Doulat-t-Eng Oe a.
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