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Bilaspur (Kahlur) royal family
- Chief / historical figure
- Bilaspur (Kahlur) royal family
- Ancestral home
- Bilaspur / Kahlur, Himachal Pradesh
- Region
- Himachal & Punjab hill states
- Historical district
- Himachal & Punjab hill states
- Historical connection
- Not specified
Our family story
Bilaspur, also called Kahlur, belongs in the wider Punjab hill-state archive. The government pedigree begins this segment with Ajmer Chand and separates the Devi Chand and Sakhat Chand branches. The later line runs through Narpat, Hira, Amar and Bije Chand. The district’s official history provides context for the former state and its later place within Himachal Pradesh.
Sources & references
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Digitised pedigree scan — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Genealogical_pedigree_(family-tree)_of_the_ruling_family_of_Bilaspur_(Kahlur)_State,_Punjab,_revised_pedigree-table_(1940).jpg
Government district history — https://hpbilaspur.nic.in/history/
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.
This is a later historical segment, not a reconstruction of the legendary founding dynasty. Anand Chand and later descendants require a separate modern-source check before extension.
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.
Raja Ajmer Chand (2)
View profileSakhat Chand (1)
View profileBishan Chand (1)
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People & generations
Follow parent links to move through generations. Only profiles approved for public display appear here.
Generation 1
Raja Ajmer Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 2
Raja Devi Chand
Parent (recorded): Raja Ajmer Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Sakhat Chand
Parent (recorded): Raja Ajmer Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 3
Raja Maka Chand
Parent (recorded): Raja Devi Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Bishan Chand
Parent (recorded): Sakhat Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 4
Raja Kharak Chand
– 1839
Parent (recorded): Raja Maka Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Raja Jagat Chand
Parent (recorded): Bishan Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 5
Rai Narpat Chand
– 1850
Parent (recorded): Raja Jagat Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 6
Raja Hira Chand
– 1882
Parent (recorded): Rai Narpat Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 7
Raja Amar Chand
– 1889
Parent (recorded): Raja Hira Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 8
Raja Bije Chand
– 1931
Parent (recorded): Raja Amar Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Mian Sohan Singh
1881
Parent (recorded): Raja Amar Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Generation 9
Mian Shiv Singh
1893
Parent (recorded): Raja Bije Chand
Historical profile in the cited pedigree. Current descendants are not inferred.
Sources
Government pedigree appendix (1940), PDF page 249 — https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7390/page/n248/mode/1up
Family history
History from the book
Bilaspur, also called Kahlur, belongs in the wider Punjab hill-state archive. The government pedigree begins this segment with Ajmer Chand and separates the Devi Chand and Sakhat Chand branches. The later line runs through Narpat, Hira, Amar and Bije Chand. The district’s official history provides context for the former state and its later place within Himachal Pradesh.
Important people and events
This is a later historical segment, not a reconstruction of the legendary founding dynasty. Anand Chand and later descendants require a separate modern-source check before extension.
Migration and ancestral homes
Historical association: Bilaspur / Kahlur, Himachal Pradesh. 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
Historical accounts reflect the source and its period. Family contributions are reviewed by the site administrator. Neither publication nor a download purchase certifies ancestry.