Maharaja Pratap Singh had no issue of his owns. So after his death in 1925 he was succeeded by his nephew. Hari Singh was the son of Raja Amar Singh . He made primary education compulsory in his area, granted many loans for the schools and scholarships for the schools. He increased the number of dispensaries and hospitals and improved water supply, fire projects and electricity.

He took major steps to eradicate prevalent evils like female infanticide, child marriage, woman trafficking and untouchability.
He made two other revolutionary social reforms – one to prevent juvenile’s smoking and other was the removal of legal disabilities on the marriage of Hindu widows.
He was a progressive rules of British as well as Indian Union. After the freedom in august 1947 there was a question about the accession of J&K.