{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox former subdivision |native_name = बाघल |conventional_long_name = Baghal State |common_name = Baghal |nation = British India |status_text = Princely State |capital = Arki |era = |year_start = c. 1310-40 |date_start = |event_start= |year_end = 1948 |date_end = |event_end= Independence of India |event1 = |date_event1 = |p1 = |s1 = India |flag_p1 = |flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg |image_flag = |image_coat = |image_map = Palace of erstwhile Arki Princely State, Himachal Prades, India.jpg |image_map_caption =Palace of Bhagal - Arki Princely State, Himachal Pradesh, India |stat_area1 =312 |stat_year1 = 1901 |stat_pop1 = 27,720 }}
'''Baghal State''', also known as '''Arki State''', was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Archer |first=William G. |title=Indian Paintings from the Punjab Hills: A Survey and History of Pahari Miniature Painting |publisher=Sotheby Parke Bernet (London and New York) / Oxford University Press (Delhi) |year=1973 |volume=1: Text |pages=1–7 |chapter=Painting in Baghal (Arki)}}</ref> It covers an area of {{convert|312|sqkm}} and is now part of Arki Tehsil in Solan District of Himachal Pradesh state. Baghal was founded by Rana Aje De in 1310-40 and was acceded to India on 15 April 1948. The capital of Baghal - Arki.
==History== The state of Baghal was founded around 1640.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
===Rulers=== The rulers of Baghal bore the title 'Raja' from 1860 onward.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely states of India]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://rulers.org/indstat1.html|title=Indian states before 1947 A-J|website=rulers.org|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref>
====Ranas==== *1670 - 1727 Prithvi Chand (d. 1727) *1727 - 1743 Mehar Chand (d. 1743) *1743 - 1778 Bhup Chand (d. 1778) *1778 - 1805 Jagat Singh (1st time) (d. 1828) (exiled in Nalagarh 1805 - 1815) *1805 - 1815 occupied by Nepal *3 Sep 1815 - Aug 1828 Jagat Singh (2nd time) (s.a.) *1828 - 16 Jan 1840 Shiv Saran Singh (b. 1793 - d. 1840) *1840 - 12 Mar 1875 Kishan Singh (b. 1817 - d. 1877) (personal style Raja from 1860)
====Rajas==== *12 Mar 1875 – 23 Jul 1877 Kishan Singh (s.a.) *23 Jul 1877 – 12 Oct 1877 Moti Singh (d. 1877) *1877 - 1904 Dhian Singh (b. 1842 - d. 1904) *23 Apr 1904 - 3 Oct 1922 Bikram Singh (b. 1893 - d. 1922) * 3 Oct 1922 – 21 Dec 1945 Surendra Singh (b. 1909 - d. 1945) *21 Dec 1945 – 15 Aug 1947 Rajendra Singh (b. 1928 - d. 2010)
==See also== *Kangra painting
==Gallery== <gallery> Harvinder ic upto Kasauli visit Dt 12 April 2015 167.JPG|Arki Palace, Capital city of Baghal State Harvinder ic upto Kasauli visit Dt 12 April 2015 182.JPG|Interior designing in Arki Palace Part of Palace of Arki princely state, now residence of its heirs, Himachal Prades, India.jpg|Part of Palace of Arki/Bhagal princely state, now residence of its legal heirs A side view of part of Palace of Arki princely state, now residence of its heirs, Himachal Prades, India.jpg|A side view of part of Palace of Arki/Bhagal Palace Design of top of palace of Arki Princely State, Himachal Prades, India.jpg|Design of top of palace of Arki/Bhagal Princely State Diwan E Aam, general assembly hall, palace of Arki Princely State, Himachal Prades, India.jpg|Diwan E Aam, general assembly hall, Arki/Bhagal Princely State Design and wall painting of palace of Arki princely state, Himachal Prades, India.jpg|Design and wall painting of palace of Arki/Bhagal princely state </gallery>
==References== {{reflist}}
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Category:14th-century establishments in India Category:1310s establishments in Asia Category:1948 disestablishments in India Category:Princely states of Himachal Pradesh
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