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'''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 (Indian title)|Thakur]]''.<ref>[http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/beja.html Princely States of India] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110206143722/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/b/beja.html |date=6 February 2011 }} {{Dead link|date=August 2019}}</ref><br />
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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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> or 5&nbsp;mi<sup>2</sup> with 1,131 subjects.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hpsolan.nic.in/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=13 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812031130/https://hpsolan.nic.in/ |archive-date=12 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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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.<ref>[http://princelystatesofindia.com/Princely/beja.html The Indian Princes: BEJA]</ref><br />
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==Gallery==<br />
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File:Sh Laxmi Chand last emperor of Beja Hill State alongwith his wife,Himachal Prades, India.jpg|Sh. Laxmi Chand last Thakur of Beja Hill State along with his wife, Himachal Prades, India<br />
File:Fort of Beja Princely State ,Simla Hill States,Himachal Prades,India.jpg|Fort of Beja Princely State, Simla Hill States, Himachal Pradesh,India<br />
File:Ruines of fort of Beja State ,Simla Hill States,Himachal Prades,India.jpg|Ruines of fort of Beja State, Simla Hill States, Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
File:Sh. Vijay Chand,Son of Sh.Luxmi Chand, last king of Beja Princely State ,Himachal Prades, India.jpg|Sh. Vijay Chand, Son of Sh. Luxmi Chand, last king of Beja Princely State, Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
File:View from the roof of fort of Beja State part of Simla Hill States,Himachal Prades,India.jpg|View from the roof of fort of Beja State part of Simla Hill States, Himachal Pradesh, India<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Princely states of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Princely states of India]]<br />
[[Category:History of Himachal Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:18th-century establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]</div>>Dominus Moravian