As the Raja was a minor and his mother who on the succession of her son had become the Rajmata declared that she did not see anyone fit to administer Kutlehar in the Raja’s minor ship, the Imperial government took superintendence of the Kutlehar administration and of the young Raja, who was to remain under the guardianship of his mother, the Rajmata, who was made regent and the young Raja was provided for a personal staff of 33 people, including an European governess, secretaries, armed guards, drivers, maids, cooks, barber etc. along with two motor cars and numerous heads of cattle. All this was too be paid for by the revenue of Kutlehar, along with this 3208 acres of private land was provided for the Raja.

In 1954 Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, inaugurated the Bhakra Nangal Dam, the largest in Asia, and a wonder of engineering, as the highest straight-gravity dam in the world, many people were displaced as the dam flooded thousands of acres of land in Kutlehar, the displaced people were given lands in Haryana.

The government managed the administration while the minor Raja studied at the Chief’s college at Lahore, and handed over the management of Kutlehar and the Kutlehar Forests to the Raja when he reached the age of 18 and in 1957 the Punjab government passed an act to acquire all the lands, the Raja, as the spokesperson of the Punjab Hill States, met the first Prime Minister of India, Jawahar Lal Nehru, to put forth his case and of his brother rulers for the reconsideration of the resumption of the lands, but eventually the lands were resumed and the Rajas provided for with compensation.

In 1964 the Raja was married to Rajkumari Kamal Dei, the daughter of Kanwar Saheb Shri Nihal Singhji of Chamba and in 1974 the royal couple had their first and only child, Prince Rupendra.

Shortly after this it was decided to make a home in the new town of Chandigarh which was designed by the famous French architect, Le Corbusier, as it would serve as the perfect place for educating the young Prince. The Kutlehar family had a house which was taken on lease for the Raja and the Rani when they would visit Chandigarh, but with the changed requirements a house was constructed and the royal family started to spend more time in Chandigarh, it was during one of the visits to Chandigarh that in 1977 on the 20th of July, the Rajmata Rattan Deiji Saheba passed away due to a heart attack.

In 1992 the Government passed an act to acquire the Kutlehar forests, which was challenged by the Raja in the court, and the act was stayed but in 1996 the Kutlehar Forest Administration was taken over by the Government of India.

In 1993 Prince Rupendra was married to Rajkumari Omkareshwari Parihar, the granddaughter of His Late Highness the Maharaja Mahendra Singh Ju Deo of Nagod, and the daughter of Maharaj Saheb Shri Ranti Dev Singh Ju Deo, and in 1995, Prince Rupendra and Princess Omkareshwari were blessed with their first child, a girl and was named, Durgeshwari, after the Goddess Durga and in 1996 they were blessed with a son, and was named Shivendra, after Lord Shiva.

The Royal family now divides their time between Kutlehar, Dharamshala and Chandigarh.