Forestry accounted for a bulk of the state's revenues and much of the timber was used as railway sleepers.
[7] Wheat, tobacco and opium were the major agricultural products of Jubbal State.
[9][10] The royal family were Rathore Rajputs and its founding ruler Karan Chand was a son of the Raja of Sirmaur.
[17] In 1815, it was made an independent state by virtue of a sanad issued to its ruler Rana Puran Chand by Lord Moira the Governor-General of India.
Health and education services were made free by the state and Bhagat Singh also established a college in Shimla for his subjects.