ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : Faridkot </title> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "150" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xfaridkot.html"> <img src = "../banners/banfaridkot.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "100" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on November 5th 2005</i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; 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Faridkot State reestablished <BR> Raja Gulab Singh assassinated <BR> Death of Sardar Attar Singh, succeeded by Pahar Singh <BR> Practice of Female Infanticide abolished <BR> Faridkot aided E.I.C. in <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/afghanwar1.html">First Afghan War</A> <BR> For loyal service to the E.I.C., Faridkot was granted territory <BR> Succession of Wazir Singh <BR> <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/sepoy185758.html">Sepoy Rebellion</A>; Faridkot loyal to E.I.C. <BR> Faridkot aided British India in <A HREF = "../../military/19cen/afghanwar2.html">Second Afghan War</A> <BR> Faridkot began issuing postage stamps <BR> Death of Raja Bikram Singh <BR> Population 124,912 <BR> Death of Raja Balbir Singh <BR> World War I; Faridkot soldiers served in East Africa <BR> Death of Raja Brij Indar Singh <BR> World War II; 9,000 Faridkotans served in the army <BR> <A HREF = "xpatiala.html">Patiala</A>, <A HREF = "xnabha.html">Nabha</A>, <A HREF = "xnalagarh.html">Nalagarh</A>, <A HREF = "xmalerkotla.html">Malerkotla</A>, <A HREF = "xjind.html">Jind</A>, Faridkot, <A HREF = "xkapurthala.html">Kapurthala</A>, <A HREF = "xkalsia.html">Kalsia</A> joined the <BR> <A HREF = "xindia.html">Indian Union</A>, established PEPSU; organized in eight districts <BR> Number of PEPSU districts reduced from eight to five <BR> East Punjab was merged with Patiala and East Punjab States Union <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR> </div> <div align="center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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