Faridkot's Maharaja lost his only son, and a will read three days after his death gave his forts and palaces to a trust run by his staff

Harinder Singh Brar became Raja of Faridkot as a child in 1918 and kept his private estate after the state merged into India in 1948. It included Raj Mahal and Qila Mubarik in Faridkot, Surajgarh Fort at Manimajra, Faridkot House in Delhi and a house at Mashobra. His only son, Tikka Harmohinder Singh, died on 13 October 1981. A will dated 1 June 1982 left everything to the Maharawal Khewaji Trust, with two daughters as chair and vice chair. His eldest daughter, Amrit Kaur, who had married against his wishes in 1952, got nothing. He died on 16 October 1989. Employees signed declarations on 17 October that they now worked for the trust. The will was read to its board on 20 October. Amrit Kaur sued in 1992. In July 2013 a Chandigarh court declared the will void, citing a witness related to the executor, mismatched inks and the word "harrograph" for holograph. In June 2020 Justice Raj Mohan Singh of the Punjab and Haryana High Court held the will "forged, fabricated" and found the story of its discovery in the Raja's locker false. He split the estate between the two surviving daughters, with a share for a nephew. The estate is valued at about Rs 20,000 crore. In September 2022 the Supreme Court upheld the finding^†. Faridkot House now houses the National Green Tribunal.