Forgotten Maharaja Jagatjit Singh’s Rest House in Bhunga

Bhunga Parghana of Kapurthala Princely State consisted of 24 villages which were administered by the administration of the Kapurthala state adminstration. Post Independence the area was merged into the Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. In the village Bhunga, a rest house of Maharaja Jagatjit Singh was there, which is covering around fifty acres of land. In this land the gardens of mango, orange and many other types of fruits used to be there. It also had a stable in which the horses and elephants were kept. Maharaja used to take the ride of elephant surrounded by his army.
The border of the Bhunga parghana is defined on the Hoshiarpur Dasuya road. Border is defined at Dosarhka and on the other side at Hariana. The main villages of the parghana were, Bhunga, Dhootan, Chotala, Sotla, Kang Mai and many more villages. Schools, Police Station, and other administrative offices were under the administration of Kapurthala Princely State.
Maharaja used to visit Bhunga parghana and stay in the rest house and go for hunting. The rest house have the two photographs of the Maharaja Jagatjit Singh and his adminstration of Bhunga parghana. A dressing table and a coat stand of Maharaja, which is placed in the living room was brought from Germany. Fireplace is built in every room of the rest house. Good architectural work is done in the rest house and is built in British Style.
It was well maintained by the then administration but at present the rest house is left mismanaged. The rest house and the 50 acres of land is under the Department of Horticulture, Punjab. The condition of the rest house is deteriorating day by day. The stable of the horses and elephants have also been destroyed by the department of horticulture.
At present, Department of Horticulture has the gardens of mangoes, litchi, guavas, peach and many other fruits. The friut nursery is also there, where the department prepare the fruit plants and sell it to the farmers. The workers use the rest house to have rest and sleep during night.

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