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Name: kapurthala state

Type: Cluster

Start: 1773 AD

End: 1947 AD

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The cluster includes all the forms of the country.

The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

  • Kapurthala State
  • Kapurthala State (Princely State)
  • Establishment


  • January 1773: Kapurthala State established.
  • Chronology


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    1. Partition of India


    Was the partition of British India in two independent entities: India (with a Hindu majority) and Pakistan (with a Muslim majority). This included the several princely states that were dependent on the British Colony.

  • January 1948: Accession to India (exact date not known). The Indian Independence Act came into being on 15 August.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 1802: The formal start of the Sikh Empire began with the unification of the Misls (states) by 1801, creating a unified political state.

  • January 1847: After the British took over the Sikh territories in 1846, Jassa Singh Ahluwalia's descendants became the ruling family of the Kapurthala State. Jassa Singh Ahluwalia was a prominent Sikh leader and military commander during the 18th century.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1948: Accession to India (exact date not known). The Indian Independence Act came into being on 15 August.
  • Selected Sources


  • Hugh, C. (1911): Ranjit Singh, Encyclopædia Britannica, Vol. 22 (11th ed.), Cambridge (UK), p. 892
  • Indian independence Act. Retrieved on March, 24th 2024 on https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1947/30/pdfs/ukpga_19470030_en.pdf
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