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Every branch holds a story. Explore the recorded family trees of Punjab’s chiefs, from ancestral homes to the lives remembered today.
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A family across generations
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Nabha royal family
- Misl
- Phulkian
- Chief / historical figure
- Nabha royal family
- Ancestral home
- Nabha, Punjab
- Region
- Patiala & Phulkian houses
- Historical district
- Patiala & Phulkian houses
- Historical connection
- Not specified
Our family story
Nabha shares Phulkian ancestry with Patiala and Jind. The pedigree traces Hamir Singh and Jaswant Singh through Gurditta and Suratiya. A separate collateral branch from Sukhchain leads through Basawa and Sukha Singh to Hira Singh and Ripudaman Singh. Keeping both branches visible prevents a succession list from being mistaken for one unbroken father-to-son line.
Sources & references
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Digitised pedigree scan — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genealogical_pedigree_(family-tree)_of_the_ruling_family_of_Nabha_State,_Punjab,_revised_pedigree-table_(1940).jpg
Source and relationship notes
Selected historical branches transcribed from the 1940 government pedigree appendix. Parent links mean recorded in this source, not independently proven biological descent. Spelling variants are retained in notes. Gaps are left open; succession alone is not parentage. Recent descendants, current locations, contact details and schooling require further sources and consent. Legendary remote origins are not entered as established ancestry.
Two people named Bhagwan Singh appear in different branches. This transcription distinguishes them. Hira Singh is entered under Sukha Singh as the chart records; an adoptive link to the preceding ruling line is not inferred from succession alone.
Family hierarchy
Open a branch to explore descendants. Each person appears under their first recorded parent; both parents, spouses and adoption notes appear in the profiles below.
Phul (1)
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View profileSukhchain (1)
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People & generations
Follow parent links to move through generations. Only profiles approved for public display appear here.
Generation 1
Phul
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 2
Tiloka
– 1687
Parent (recorded): Phul
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 3
Gurditta
– 1754
Parent (recorded): Tiloka
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Sukhchain
– 1751
Parent (recorded): Tiloka
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 4
Suratiya
– 1752
Parent (recorded): Gurditta
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Raja Gajpat Singh
– 1789
Parent (recorded): Sukhchain
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 5
Kapur Singh
– 1766
Parent (recorded): Suratiya
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Hamir Singh
– 1783
Parent (recorded): Suratiya
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Bhup Singh
– 1815
Parent (recorded): Raja Gajpat Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 6
Raja Jaswant Singh
– 1840
Parent (recorded): Hamir Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Basawa Singh
– 1830
Parent (recorded): Bhup Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 7
Ranjit Singh
– 1832
Parent (recorded): Raja Jaswant Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Raja Devendra Singh
– 1865
Parent (recorded): Raja Jaswant Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Sukha Singh
– 1852
Parent (recorded): Basawa Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Bhagwan Singh (Basawa branch)
– 1852
Parent (recorded): Basawa Singh
Different person from Raja Bhagwan Singh of Nabha.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 8
Raja Bharpur Singh
– 1863
Parent (recorded): Raja Devendra Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Raja Bhagwan Singh
– 1871
Parent (recorded): Raja Devendra Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Harnam Singh
– 1856
Parent (recorded): Sukha Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Raja Hira Singh
– 1911
Parent (recorded): Sukha Singh
Collateral Phulkian branch; not the biological son of Raja Bhagwan Singh of Nabha.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Generation 9
Maharaja Ripudaman Singh
1883
Parent (recorded): Raja Hira Singh
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 245 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n244/mode/1up
Family history
History from the book
Nabha shares Phulkian ancestry with Patiala and Jind. The pedigree traces Hamir Singh and Jaswant Singh through Gurditta and Suratiya. A separate collateral branch from Sukhchain leads through Basawa and Sukha Singh to Hira Singh and Ripudaman Singh. Keeping both branches visible prevents a succession list from being mistaken for one unbroken father-to-son line.
Important people and events
Two people named Bhagwan Singh appear in different branches. This transcription distinguishes them. Hira Singh is entered under Sukha Singh as the chart records; an adoptive link to the preceding ruling line is not inferred from succession alone.
Migration and ancestral homes
Historical association: Nabha, Punjab. This describes an estate or state, not the present home of descendants.
Where the family is now
Present-day descendants and locations have not been established by these historical sources. Family members can propose documented updates for administrator review.
Read the sources
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