Keonthal

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Keonthal

(Kiimtha/). — One of the Simla Hill States, Punjab, lying between 30 degree 55' and 31 degree 13' N. and 77 degree 10' and 77 degree 25' E. The main block of territory adjoins Simla station. It has an area of 116 square miles, divided into 22 villages, and the population in 1901 was 22,499. The revenue in 1903 was estimated at Rs. 66,000. The principal products are grain and opium. The present Raja is Bijai Sen, a Rajput by caste, who succeeded his father Balblr Sen in 1901. The chief of Keonthal was formerly styled Rana, but was raised by the British Government to the higher rank of Raja in 1857. After the Gurkha War a portion of the territory of Keonthal, which had been occupied by the Gurkhas, was sold to the Maharaja of Patiala. In consideration of this, no tribute is paid by the Keonthal Raja for the remainder of his State, which was restored to him by sanad in 181 5, on the expulsion of the Gurkhas from the country. The Raja holds another sanad, dated September, 1815, conferring on the Keonthal chief and his heirs for ever paramount authority over the petty states of Theog, Koti, Ghund, and Madhan, the chiefs of which, with their descendants, are bound to regard the chief of Keonthal as their liege, and to pay him tribute. Ratesh also is a fief of Keonthal. A third sanad was granted to the Raja, conferring Punnar "on him and his heirs. It is dated 1823, though the transfer was authorized in 1816. The reasons given for this measure were the isolated position of Punnar, the turbulent character of its inhabitants, the indisposition of Government to extend its territories in the hills, and a desire to benefit Keonthal.