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Nabha is a city in north-western India and lies to the south-east of the state of Punjab. It has a population of 54,079 (1991 census).

Contents 1 Princely Nabha 2 Famous Personalities From Nabha In The History 3 Modern Nabha 4 External links

Nabha (नाभा) was a state of the Sikh Royal House of Siddhu Jat origins founded by the grandson of Chaudhary Phul Singh. Chaudhary Phul Singh (under the patronage and protection of Sikh Guru's Guru Har Gobind and Guru Har Rai) ^[1] had six sons namely ^[2], 1.Tiloka 2.Ram Singh 3.Rudh 4.Chunu 5. Jhandu and 6.Takhtmal. Annual income of Nabha state was Rs 1,50,000/-. ^[3]

Claiming descent from the Jaisal, founder of the State of Jaisalmer in 1156, the founder of this Sikh dynasty, Phul, was Chaudhri (Governor) of a country located at the south east of Delhi. Phul’s descendants founded 3 States: Patiala, Jind and Nabha. Nabha was founded by the great-grandson of Phul in 1755.

Tiloka had two sons namely, 1. Gurudutta 2. Sukh Chain. Sukh Chain's descendants ruled Jind state and Gurudatta's descendants ruled Nabha state. Gurudatta's only son was Surat Singh. Surat Singh died in 1742 prior to Gurudatta in 1744. Surat Singh had two sons 1. Hamir Singh (1755-1783 ) and 2. Kapur Singh. Hamir Singh's son Raja Jaswant Singh (1783-1840) became the ruler. He had two sons namely 1. Raja Devendra Singh and 2. Ranjit Singh. Raja Devendra Singh had two sons namely, Raja Bharpur Singh and 2. Raja Bhagwan Singh. Raja Bharpur Singh died in 1863 prior to Raja Devendra Singh. Raja Bhagwan Singh ruled from 1864-1871. He had no son, so he adopted Raja Hira Singh (1871-1911), who ruled from 1871-1911. He was honoured with G.C.S.I. and G.C.I.I. titles by British. His only son was Maharaja Ripudman Singh (1911-1923) or Gurcharan Singh, who became ruler in 1912 after Raja Hira Singh. His only son was Maharaja Tika Pratap Singh (1923-1995) born in 1919.

The town of Nabha was formerly the capital of the eponymous princely state in the British Raj: Its territories were scattered; one section, divided into twelve separate tracts, was interspersed among the territories of Patiala and Jind, in the east and south of the Punjab; the other section was in the extreme southeast of that province. The whole of the territories physically belonged to a plain; however, they varied in character from the great fertility of the Pawadh region to the aridity of the Rajputana desert.

The ruling dynasty of Nabha are Sikh the state was founded around 1763 by a member of the Phulkian family. The first relations of the state with the HEIC occurred in 1807-08, when the raja obtained protection against the threatened encroachments of Ranjit Singh. After India's independence, Nabha united with four other Phulkian states to form the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU), which later merged into Punjab state.

There are many people related to Nabha those had left name in the History.
Few of them are
1. Bhai Kahan Singh

In 1947, Nabha formed a part of Patiala and East Punjan States Union (PEPSU). At a subsquent reorganisation, Patala was created as a district and Nabha formed a subdivision in Patiala District. The modern Nabha is a thriving, if somewhat dusty town (about 30 kilometers from Patiala). Nabha boasts of several institutions which are somehwat unusual for a town of this size:

1. Punjab Public School (PPS), Nabha is one of the more well known "public schools" in India (other notable schools of this league being YPS Patiata and Mohali, Scindia School,Gwalior, MNSS, Rai and Sainik School, Kunjpura.

2. A factory of Glaxo Smith Kline (better known as Horlicks factory).

3. A high security jail which was used to house terrorists in the height of Khalistani movement in the late 1980's

Like many other cities of India, Nabha has landmarks called "gates" which roughly circumscribe the city. In Nabha, these are named Patiata Gate, Dulladi Gate, Mehs Gate and Boda Gate.

• Genealogy of the ruling chiefs of Nabha
• History Of Nabha
• Bhai Kahan Singh

This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.

• Guru Har Rai Connection