Beja State

The Princely State of Beja was a Princely State of India, in present-day Himachal Pradesh, from the 18th century till 15 April 1948. It was ruled by a cadet branch of the Tomara dynasty (Tunwar) with the title of Thakur.[1]

It is one of the 18 Simla Hill States, situated just below Kasauli to the west and is bordered by Mahlog, Patiala State, Kuthar and the Bharauli tract of Simla District around Sabathu. Beja included 45 villages, over an area of 13 km2 or 5 mi2 with 1,131 subjects. [2]

Beja is one of the original constituent members of the Chamber of Princes, a number of smaller states indirectly represented by 12 princes whom they periodically elected.[3]

  • Sh. Laxmi Chand last Thakur of Beja Hill State along with his wife, Himachal Prades, India
  • Fort of Beja Princely State, Simla Hill States, Himachal Pradesh,India
  • Ruines of fort of Beja State, Simla Hill States, Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Sh. Vijay Chand, Son of Sh. Luxmi Chand, last king of Beja Princely State, Himachal Pradesh, India
  • View from the roof of fort of Beja State part of Simla Hill States, Himachal Pradesh, India

References
  1. Princely States of India Archived 6 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 13 October 2019.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. The Indian Princes: BEJA
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