KEONTHAL

keonthal, a petty hill state in the punjab, india, with an area of 116 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 22,499; estimated revenue, £4400. the chief, a rajput, received the title of raja in 1857. after the gurkha war in 1815, a portion of keonthal, which had been occupied by the gurkhas, was sold to the maharaja of patiala, the remainder being restored to its hereditary chief. in 1823 the district of punar was added to the keonthal state. the raja exercises rights of lordship over the petty states of kothi, theog, madhan and ratesh.