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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
|native_name = दार्कोटी<br />
|conventional_long_name =Darkoti State<br />
|common_name =Darkoti<br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
|status_text = [[Princely State]]<br />
|era = <br />
|year_start = 11th century<br />
|date_start = <br />
|event_start= <br />
|year_end = 1948<br />
|date_end = <br />
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]<br />
|event1 = <br />
|date_event1 = <br />
|p1 =<br />
|s1 = India<br />
|flag_p1 = <br />
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
|image_flag = <br />
|image_coat =<br />
|image_map = <br />
|image_map_caption =<br />
|stat_area1 =13<br />
|stat_year1 = 1901<br />
|stat_pop1 = 518 |today = [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]]<br />
|footnotes =<br />
}}<br />
'''Darkoti State''' was one of the [[Princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Punjab |volume=22 |page=653}}</ref> Its last ruler signed the accession to the Dominion of India on 15 April 1948. Currently, it is part of the Indian state of [[Himachal Pradesh]].<br />
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==History==<br />
According to legend the state of Darkoti was founded during the 11th century by Raja Durga Singh Kachhawa. It was occupied by the [[Gurkha]]s of [[Nepal]] from 1803 to 1815 when they were expelled by the British. After the occupation ended it became a [[British protectorate]].<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely states of India]</ref><br />
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===Rulers===<br />
The rulers of Darkoti bore the title '[[Rana (title)|Rana]]'.<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><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html|title=Indian Princely States before 1947 A-J|website=www.worldstatesmen.org|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref><br />
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===Ranas===<br />
* ... - 1787 ... <br />
*1787 - ... Bal Ram <br />
* ... - 1815 Jathu Ram <br />
*1815 - 1854 Sutes Ram (d. 1854) <br />
*1854 - 1856 Paras Ram (d. 1856) <br />
*1856 - 1883 Ram Singh (b. 1815 - d. 1883) <br />
*15 Oct 1883 – 24 Sep 1918 Ramsaran Singh (b. 1843 - d. 1918) <br />
*24 Sep 1918 – 15 Aug 1947 Raghunath Singh (b. 1881 - d. 1951)<br />
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