# Baghal State

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{{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](/source/British_India)
|status_text = [Princely State](/source/Princely_State)
|capital      = [Arki](/source/Arki%2C_India)
|era = 
|year_start = c. 1310-40
|date_start = 
|event_start= 
|year_end = 1948
|date_end = 
|event_end= [Independence of India](/source/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 state](/source/Princely_state)s of [India](/source/India) during the period of the [British Raj](/source/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](/source/Solan) District of [Himachal Pradesh](/source/Himachal_Pradesh) [state](/source/States_and_territories_of_India). Baghal was founded by Rana Aje De in 1310-40 and was acceded to India on 15 April 1948. The capital of Baghal - [Arki](/source/Arki%2C_India).

==History==
The state of Baghal was founded around 1640.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}

===Rulers===
The rulers of Baghal bore the title '[Raja](/source/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](/source/Nalagarh) 1805 - 1815) 
*1805 - 1815                occupied by [Nepal](/source/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](/source/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==
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