Nagar Panchayat Amb | Una

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Amb is a town situated in the district of Una in Himachal Pradesh state of India.

Amb has some ancient historical ruins of royal palaces and gardens. In the year 1877, at the request of Maharaja Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, the British government restored to Raja Ran Singh the Jagir in Jaswan, originally held by Raja Ummed Singh consisting of 21 villages in Jaswan Dun valley and the family garden at Amb, as well as palace buildings of Raja Ummed Singh at Rajpura.

Raja Ran Singh died in 1892 and was succeeded by his son Raja Raghunath Singh who died in 1918. Thereafter, Raja Laxman Singh succeeded him and was in turn succeeded by his son Raja Chain Singh.

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After his death in 2009, Raja Nagendra singh succeeded him and get family palace in Amb estate of H.P and brothers of Raja laxman Singh namely Rajkumar Hardev Singh and Rajkumar Shiv Dev Singh look after their Ramkot estate in District Kathua of Jammu province and immovable land properties in village Samnavanj and its adjoining villages at tehsil Ramnagar of District Udhampur of Jammu province which was gifted by Maharaja of Jammu and kashmir Raja Ranbir Singh. The immovable land properties, buildings and palaces left behind after the death of Raja Raghunath Singh which are situated in Amb estate in H.P and in Ramkot estate in J&K respectively is still matter of dispute between the descendants of Raja Raghunath Singh.

Now the next generation of both the families of Rajkumar Shiv Dev and Rajkumar Hardev now fight for their rightful claim in property of Ramkot estate of District kathua of Jammu province.