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and his forces. The rai's army was defeated and the rai himself was killed, whereupon Janmi Pál became the suzerain of Bhawána. Upon the succession of the 73rd ruler, Rana Dalel Singh, the family thenceforth adopted the honorary suffix
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was issued conferring the state of Baghát on Dalip Singh, then a child of two years. The restoration saw a significant reduction in tribute paid by the state to the
British Raj, due to the outright deduction of territory returned.
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according to the doctrine. Ummed Singh then established a claim to the throne for himself, and pleaded his case before the Court of
Directors. It was initially rejected, but eventually in 1861, upon the recommendation of
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on 15 April 1948. He died in 1977. The current head of the Baghát lineage is his grandson, Keshvinder Singh, who succeeded on 27 April 2004.
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to the amount of Rs. 1,282 were assigned to the royal family and the state was formally annexed to
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