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{{short description|Princely state of the British Raj}}
{{other uses|Dhami (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Dhami State
|common_name =Dhami
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Princely State]]
|capital      = [[Halog (city)|Halog]]
|era = 
|year_start = 1815
|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 =Drapeau Dhami.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = 
|image_map_caption =
|stat_area1 =73
|stat_year1 = 1941
|stat_pop1 = 5114
|footnotes =
}}
'''Dhami''' was a [[Princely State]] situated {{convert|26|km|mi}} west of [[Shimla]], India.<ref name="Brentnall2004p161">{{cite book |title=The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh |volume=1 |first=Mark |last=Brentnall |publisher=Indus Publishing |location=New Delhi |year=2004 |isbn=978-81-7387-163-4 |page=161 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayYbAvECXQwC&pg=PA161 |accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref> Its capital was [[Halog (city)|Halog]] and the state formed a part of the region known as the [[Punjab Hill States Agency]] during the [[British Raj]] period. In 1941 it had an area of {{convert|73|km2|sqmi}} and a population of 5,114 people.<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1952) p. 510</ref>  In 1948 Dhami was made a part of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>Cohen, Saul B., ed. ''The Columbia Gazetteer of the World'' (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998) p. 828</ref>

==History==
They were the only [[Chauhan dynasty|Chauhan]] [[Rajput]] rulers<ref>[https://www.google.com/search?q=%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95+%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%95+%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%9C%E0%A5%8B+%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%AC%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A3+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3+%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%97+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80&client=ms-android-asus-tpin&prmd=vnmi&sxsrf=ALeKk02khQ8epn8oO3u-wRsiwmKXB7ILXA:1627234436196&source=lnms&tbm=bks&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiigqTU4P7xAhUW3jgGHcfOAacQ_AUoBnoECAIQBg&biw=360&bih=593&dpr=3 Dhami state]</ref> in the region and had settled there after being forced from [[Delhi]] by the invasion of [[Muhammad Ghori]] in the twelfth century AD. They were [[feudatory|feudatories]] of the princely state of [[Kahlur|Bilaspur]] until 1815, when the [[English East India Company]] formally recognised the state as an independent entity with the issue of a ''sanad'' ([[deed]]). The recognition was granted as a consequence of the support offered by the rulers to the British in their successful attempt to remove [[Gurkha]] influence from the [[Hill States#Simla Hills|Shimla Hills]] in 1803–1815 when Dhami was occupied by [[Nepal]]. The Dhami ruler who had formulated this policy was [[Rana (title)|Rana]] Govardhan Singh, who maintained his support through the [[Indian rebellion of 1857]] and until his death in 1867. The [[tribute]] exacted from the state was halved after 1857 in recognition of this, with the privilege being granted for his lifetime.<ref name="Brentnall2004p161" />

The successor to Govardhan Singh was Fateh Singh, his son, to whom the authorities of what was now the British Raj extended a similar concession with regard to the tribute from 1880. Fateh was in turn succeeded by his son, Hira Singh, in 1894 and the concession was granted once more. Hira was also made a [[Order of the Indian Empire|Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire]] (CIE) in recognition of his support of the British cause during [[World War I]]. The last formally recognised Rana was Dalip Singh, who succeeded his father, Hira, in 1920 and died in 1987. Subsequent to [[Partition of India|Indian independence]] from Britain, the princely states ceased to exist.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Princely and Noble Families of the Former Indian Empire: Himachal Pradesh |volume=1 |first=Mark |last=Brentnall |publisher=Indus Publishing |location=New Delhi |year=2004 |isbn=978-81-7387-163-4 |page=162 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ayYbAvECXQwC&pg=PA162 |accessdate=19 October 2012}}</ref>

===Rulers===
The rulers of Dhami bore the title 'Rana'.<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>

*1815 – 1868                Govardhan Singh                    (b. c.1802 – d. 1868)
*1868 – 1894                Fateh Singh                        (b. 1855 – d. 1894)
*1894 – Jan 1920            Hira Singh                         (b. 1878 – d. 1920)
*Jan 1920 – 15 Aug 1947     Dhalip Singh                       (b. 1908 – d. 1987)

==See also==
*[[List of Rajput dynasties]]
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Sati Pradha Mela]]

==References==
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