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Jaswan State

1170 CE – 1849 CE (approx.) · capital Rajpura

A Katoch Rajput hill state in the Jaswan Dun, an offshoot of Kangra whose Raja lost his lands after joining the revolt of 1848.

Origins

Jaswan was founded as a branch of the Katoch dynasty of Kangra State; tradition places the split around 1170. Its capital was Rajpura in the Jaswan Dun, the valley of the Sohan near modern Una.

Rule and society

A small agricultural state, Jaswan was often dominated by Kangra and later by the Sikh Empire. Ranjit Singh annexed it in 1815, leaving the Raja a jagir.

Decline and legacy

The British confirmed the jagir in 1846, but Raja Umed Singh joined the rising of the hill chiefs during the Second Anglo-Sikh War in 1848, and his lands were confiscated in 1849. The area is now in Una district, Himachal Pradesh.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jaswan State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/jaswan-state
MLA
“Jaswan State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/jaswan-state. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Jaswan State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/jaswan-state.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Jaswan State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/jaswan-state (Accessed: ).

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