Nobility of the World
Volume VIII - India
The History
and Register of the
Princely Families and States of India
A Indian Princely State (also called Native State or Indian State) was a nominally sovereign
entity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form
of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy. There were officially 565 princely states when India became independent
in 1947, but the great majority had contracted with the Viceroy to provide public services and tax collection. Only 21 had
actual state governments, and only three were large (Mysore, Hyderabad and Kashmir). They were absorbed into the two new independent
nations in 1947-49. The absorption process was peaceful except in Kashmir (which became bitterly divided between India and
Pakistan) and Hyderabad. All the princes were eventually pensioned off.
The
Princely States of India
Before the Partition of India
in 1947, their were hundreds of Princely States, also called Native States, that existed in India which were not part of British
India. These were the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or annexed by the British but were subject
to subsidiary alliances. Things moved quickly after the
partition of British India in 1947. By the end of 1949, all of the states except Sikkim had chosen to accede to one of the
newly independent states of India or Pakistan or else had been annexed.
In principle, the princely states had internal autonomy,
while by treaty the British had suzerainty and were responsible for their external affairs. In practice, while the states
were indeed ruled by potentates with a variety of titles, such as Raja, Maharaja, Nawab, Khan or Nizam, the British had considerable
influence. By the time of the departure of the colonial
power in 1947, only four of the largest of the states still had their own British Resident, a diplomatic title for advisors
present in the states' capitals, while most of the others were grouped together into Agencies, such as the Central India Agency,
the Deccan States Agency, and the Rajputana Agency. From
1920, the states were represented in the Chamber of Princes, which held its meetings in New Delhi. The most important states were ranked among the salute states.
By
the Indian Independence Act 1947, the British gave up their suzerainty of the states and left each of them free to choose
whether to join one of the newly independent countries of India and Pakistan. For a short time, some of the rulers explored
the possibility of a federation of the states separate from either, but this came to nothing. Most of the states then decided
to accede to India or to Pakistan, while others which held out for the possibility of independence were later invaded by India,
such as Junagadh (1947-1948), Hyderabad on 18 September 1948, Bilaspur on 12 October 1948, and Bhopal on 1 May 1949. Dewan
of Travancore chose to remain an independent country.
In Jammu and Kashmir, a state with a Muslim majority but a Hindu ruler, the Maharaja hoped
to remain independent but acceded to India on 27 October 1947 at the outset of the invasion of Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan
- leading to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. On 31 March
1948, Kalat acceded to Pakistan, although the brother of the Khan led a rebellion against this decision. The last remaining independent state, Sikkim, was incorporated into India on 16 May 1975,
following a referendum in which people of Sikkim overwhelmingly voted for this.
The Salute States of India
A Salute state was a princely state in India during the time of British rule which had been
granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocollary privilege for its ruler to be greeted
- originally by Royal Navy ships, later also on land - with a number of gun shots, as recognition of the state's relative
status. When the ruler of a princely state arrived at the Indian capital (originally at Calcutta (Kolkata), then at
Delhi), he was greeted with a number of gun-firings.
The number of these consecutive
"gun salutes" changed from time to time, being increased or reduced depending on the degree of honour which the
British chose to accord to a given ruler. The number of gun salutes accorded to a ruler was usually a reflection of the state
of his relations with the British and/or his perceived degree of political power; a 21-gun salute was considered the highest.
The King (or Queen) of the United Kingdom (who until 1948 was also the Emperor of India) was accorded a 101-gun salute, and
31 guns were used to salute the Viceroy of India.
The number of guns in a salute assumed particular importance at the time of holding of the
Coronation Durbar in Delhi in the month of December, 1911. The Durbar was held to commemorate the Coronation of H.I.M. George
V with the consequent firing of guns lasting almost all day and causing severe hearing disabilities to many attendees. At
that time there were three Princely States that were given 21 gun salutes. These were: H.H. The Nizam of Hyderabad; H.H. The
Maharaja (Gaekwad) of Baroda State; H.H. The Maharaja of Mysore. Apart from these three, no other Princely State was given
21 gun salutes. There were, however, other Princely States, which enjoyed a salute of 21 gun within the limits of their own
state and 19 guns in the rest of India. For example, H.H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir; H.H. The Maharaja (Scindhia)
of Gwalior; H.H. The Maharaja (Holkar) of Indore; H.H. The Maharana of Udaipur (Mewar). The then Maharaja of Travancore also
held a personal 21 gun salute.
In
1917, the Maharaja of Gwalior was upgraded to a permanent and hereditary 21-gun salute, and the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
was granted the same in 1921. Both were granted the increased ranks as a result of the meritorious services of their soldiers
in the First World War. The Nizam, Maharajas, Princes,
etc. were all deeply keen on protocol and ensured that it was practiced as a matter of faith. Any departure from it was not
taken kindly by them. Salute of guns was one such protocol that was strictly adhered to.
Hereditary salutes of
21-guns
H.E.H. the Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar
H.H. the Maharaja of Mysore
H.H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
H.H. the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda
H.H. the Maharaja Scindia of Gwalior
Hereditary salutes of 19-guns - 21-guns local
H.H. the Nawab of Bhopal
H.H. the Maharaja Holkar of
Indore
H.H. the Maharana of Udaipur
Hereditary salutes of
19-guns
H.H. the Maharaja of Kolhapur
H.H. the Maharaja of Travancore
Hereditary salutes of 17-guns - 19-guns personal
H.H. the Maharaja of Kotah
Hereditary salutes of 17-guns - 19-guns local
H.H. the Maharaja of Bharatpur
H.H. the Maharaja of Bikaner
H.H. the Maharao of Cutch
H.H. the Maharaja of Jaipur
H.H. the Maharaja of Jodhpur
H.H. the Maharaja of Patiala
Hereditary
salutes of 17-guns
H.H. the Maharao of Bundi
H.H. the Maharaja of Cochin
H.H. the Maharaja of Karauli
H.H. the Maharaja of Rewa
H.H. the Nawab of Tonk
Hereditary
salutes of 15-guns - 17-guns personal
H.H. the Maharaj Rana of Dholpur
Hereditary salutes of 15-guns
- 17-guns local
H.H. the Maharaja of Alwar
Hereditary salutes of 15-guns
H.H. the Maharawal of Banswara
H.H. the Maharaja of Datia
H.H. the Maharaja of Dewas
- Senior
H.H. the Maharaja of Dewas - Junior
H.H. the Maharaja of Dhar
H.H. the Maharawal of Dungarpur
H.H. the Maharaja of Idar
H.H. the Maharaja of Jaisalmer
H.H. the Maharaja of Kishangarh
H.H. the Maharaja of Orchha
H.H. the Maharawat of Partabgarh
H.H. the Nawab of Rampur
H.H. the Maharaja of Sikkim
H.H. the Maharao of Sirohi
Hereditary
salutes of 13-guns - 15-guns personal and local
H.H. the Maharaja of Jind
H.H. the Nawab of Junagadh
H.H. the Maharaja of Kapurthala
Hereditary
salutes of 13-guns - 15-guns local
H.H. the Maharaja of Benares
H.H. the Maharaja of Bhavnagar
H.H. the Maharaja of Nabha
H.H. the Maharaja Jam Sahib
of Nawanagar
H.H. the Maharaja of Ratlam
Hereditary salutes of 13-guns
H.H. the Maharaja of Cooch
Behar
H.H. the Maharaja Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra-Halvad
H.H. the Nawab of Jaora
H.H. the Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar
H.H. the Nawab of Palanpur
H.H. the Maharaja Rana Sahib
of Porbandar
H.H. the Maharaja of Rajpipla
H.H. the Maharaja of Tripura
Hereditary salutes of 11-guns
- 13-guns local
H.H. the Nawab of Janjira
Hereditary salutes of 11-guns
H.H. the Maharaja of Ajaigarh
H.H. the Raja of Ali Rajpur
H.H. the Nawab of Baoni
H.H. the Maharana of Barwani
H.H. the Maharaja of Bijawar
H.H. the Nawab of Cambay
H.H. the Raja of Chamba
H.H. the Maharaja of Charkhari
H.H. the Maharaja of Chhatarpur
H.H. the Raja of Faridkot
H.H. the Maharaja of Gondal
H.H. the Raja of Jhabua
H.H. the Raja of Bilaspur
H.H. the Nawab of Maler Kotla
H.H. the Raja of Mandi
H.H. the Raja of Manipur
H.H. the Maharaja of Morvi
H.H. the Raja of Narsinghgarh
H.H. the Maharaja of Panna
H.H. the Raja of Pudukkottai
H.H. the Nawab of Radhanpur
H.H. the Raja of Rajgarh
H.H. the Raja of Sailana
H.H. the Raja of Samthar
H.H. the Maharaja of Sirmur
H.H. the Raja of Sitamau
H.H. the Raja of Suket
H.H. the Maharaja of Tehri
Garhwal
H.H. the Maharana Raj Sahib of Wankaner
Hereditary salutes of 9-guns - 11-guns personal
H.H. the Maharaol of Baria
H.H. the Raja of Dharampur
H.H. the Raja of Sangli
Personal
salute of 11-guns
H.H. the Aga Khan
Hereditary salute of 9-guns - 11-guns local
H.H. the Raja of Savantwadi
Hereditary salutes of 9-guns
The Nawab of Balasinor
The Nawab of Banganapalle
The Maharaja of Bansda
The Raja of Baraundha
The Raja of Bhor
The Raja of Chhota Udepur
The Maharana of Danta
The Thakore Sahib of Dhrol
The Maharaja of Jawhar
The Maharaja of Kalahandi
The Raja of Khilchipur
The Thakore Sahib of Limbdi
The Nawab of Loharu
The Maharana of Lunawada
The Raja of Maihar
The Maharaja of Mayurbhanj
The Raja of Mudhol
The Raja of Nagod
The Thakore Sahib of Palitana
The Maharaja of Patna
The Thakore Sahib of Rajkot
The Nawab of Sachin
The Raja of Sant
The Raja of Shahpura
The Maharaja of Sonepur
The Maharana of Wadhwan
Personal salute of 9-guns
The Raja of Bashahr
The Non-Salute States
of India
The vast majority of the Indian states were not entitled to gun-salutes. These were mainly
smaller geographical units, some little more than a few square miles. They may have been acquired by conquest or, owed allegiance
to some larger regional power at some previous time in history. The powers enjoyed by the rulers of these states were usually
more limited than those of the salute states and they were not entitled to the hereditary style of Highness.
Precedence was usually arranged on a local or provincial basis.
AGAR AGRA BARKHERA AJRAODA
AKALKOT AKDIA ALAMPUR
ALIPURA ALWA AMALA
AMBLIARA AMOD AMRAPUR (Kathiawar)
AMRAPUR (Rewa Kantha) ANANDPUR ANGHAD
ANKEVALIA ARNIA ATHGARH
ATHMALIK AUNDH BABRA
BAGASRA BAGASRA HADALA BAGASRA KHARI
BAGASRA NATWAR BAGASRA RAM BAGHAL
BAGHAT BAGLI BAI
BAJANA BAKHTGARH BALSAN
BAMANBOR BAMRA BANERA
BANKA PAHARI BANTVA MANAVADAR BANTVA SARDARGADH
BARAMBA BARDIA BARKHERA
DEO DUNGRI
BARKHERA PANTH BARWALA BASODA
BASTAR BAUDH BERI
BHABHAR BHADAURA BHADLI
BHADVANA BHADWA BHAISOLA
BHAJJI BHALALA BHALGAM BHALDOI
BHALGAMDA BHALUSNA BHANDARIA
BHAREJDA BHARUDPURA BHATHAN
BHATKHERI BHAWAL BHIOLDIA
BHIMORIA BHOIKA BHOJAKHERI
BHOJAVADAR BHOROLE BICHHRAND-Senior
BICHHRAND-Junior BIHAT BIHORA
BIJA BIJNA BILAUD
BILAUDA BILBARI BILDI
BOAD BODANONES BOLUNDRA
BONAI BORKHERA (Indore) BORKHERA (Malwa)
CHACHANA CHAMARDI CHANGBHAKAR
CHARKHA CHERRA CHHALALA
CHHALIAR CHHOTA BARKHERA CHHUIKADAN
CHIKTIABAR CHINCHLI GADAD CHIRODA
CHITRAVAO CHOBARI CHOK
CHORANGLA CHOTILA CHUDA
CHUDESAR DABHA DABR
DADHALIA DAHIDA DAPHLAPUR
DARIA KHERI DARKOTI DAROD
DASADA DASPALLA DATANA
DATHA DEBHAVATI DEDAN
DEDARDA DEDHROTA DELOLI
DEODAR DERDI JANBAI DEROL
DEVALIA DEVLIA DHABLA DHIR
DHABLA
GHOSI DHAMASIA DHAMI
DHAORA GANJARA DHARI DHARNAUDA
DHENKANAL DHOLA DHOLARVA
DHULATIA DHURWAI DODKA
DRAPHA DUDHPUR DUDHREJ
DUGRI DUJANA GABAT
GAD BORIAD GADHALI GADHIA
GADHKA GADHULA GADVI
GANDHOL GANGPUR GARAMLI MOTI
GARAMLI
NAHANI GARHA GARHI
GARRAULI GAURIHAR GAVRIDAD
GEDI GHODASAR GIGARSARAN
GOTARDI GOTHDA GUNDIALI
HALARIA HAPA HAROL
HINDOL HINDUR HIRAPUR
ILPURA ILOL ITRIA
ITVAD JABRIA BHIL JAFARABAD
JAKHAN JALIA MANAJI JALIA DEVANI
JALIA
KAYAJI JAMBHUGHODA JAMKHANDI
JAMNIA JASDAN JASHPUR
JASO JATH JAWASIA
JESAR JETPUR JHALERA
JHAMAR JHAMKA JHAMPODAR
JHARI GHARKHADI JHINJHUVADA JIGNI
JIRAL KAMSOLI JOBAT JUBBAL
JUMKHA JUNAPADAR KACHCHI BARODA
KADANA KADOLI KALI
BAORI
KALSIA KALU KHERA KAMADHIA
KAMALPUR (Bombay) KAMALPUR (CI) KAMBHALA
KAMTA RAJAULA KANADA KANER
KANJARDA KANKER KANKREJ
KANKSIALI KANPUR ISHWARIA KANTHARIA
KARAUDIA KARIANA KARMAD
KAROL KASLA PAGINA MUVADA KASSALPURA
KATHAUN KATHIAWARA KATHROTA
KATODIA KATOSAN KAWARDHA
KAYATHA KEONJHAR KEONTHAL
KERWADA KESRIA KHADAL
KHAIRAGARH KHAJURI KHAMBLAV
KHANDIA KHANDPARA KHANIADHANA
KHARSAWAN KHARSI KHEDAWADA
KHERALI KHERAWARA KHERI RAJPUR
KHERWASA KHIAUDA KHIJADIA (Gohilwar)
KHIJADIA (Surath) KHIRASRA KHOJANKHERA
KHYRIM KIRLI KOREA
KOTDA NAYANI KOTDA PITHA KOTDA SANGANI
KOTHARIA KUBA KUMHARSAIN
KUNIHAR KURUNDVAD-Senior KURUNDVAD-Junior
KURWAI KUSHALGARH KUTHAR
LAKHAPADAR LAKHTAR LALGARH
LALIYAD LANGRIN LATHI
LAVEJ LAWA LIKHI
LIMBDA LODHIKA LUGASI
MAGODI MAGUNA MAHARAM
MAHLOG MAHMUDPURA MAKRAI
MAKSUDANGARH MALAISOHMAT MALIA
MALPUR MANAVADAR MANDWA
MANAL MANGAM MANGROL
MANSA MAOANG MAOSANGRAM
MARIAW MATHWAR MATRA TIMBA
MEN MENGANI MEVASA
MEVLI MIRAJ-Senior MIRAJ-Junior
MOHANPUR MOKA PAGINA MUVADA MONVEL
MORCHOPNA MOTA BARKHERA MOTA KOTHARNA
MOWA MUHAMMADGARH MULI
MULIA DERI MULTHAN MUNJPAR
MYLLIEM NAHARA NAIGAWAN RIBAI
NALIA NANDGAON NARSINGPUR
NARUKOT NARWAR NASWADI
NAUGAON NAULANA NAYAGARH
NILGIRI NILVALA NIMKHERA
NOBO SOHOH NOGHANVADAR NONGKLAO
NONGSPUNG NONGSTOIN PACHEGAM
PAH PAHRA PAL
PAL
LAHERA PALAJ PALALI
PALASNI PALASVIHIR PALDEO
PALIYAD PALSANI PANCHVADA
PANDU PANTALVAD1 PANTH PIPLODA
PARON PATAUDI PATDI
PATHARI PATHARIA PETHAPUR
PHALTAN PHULERA PIMLADEVI
PIMPRI PIPLIA PIPLIANAGAR
PIPLODA POICHA POL
PREMPUR PUNADRA RAGHUGARH
RAHRAKHOL RAI SANKLI RAIGARH
RAIKHA RAJGARH (CI) RAJPARA (Gohilwar)
RAJPARA (Halar) RAJPUR (Kathiawar) RAJPUR
(Rewa Kantha)
RAMANKA RAMAS RAMBRAI
RAMDURG RAGARH RAMPARDA
RAMPUR (UP) RAMPURA RANASAN
RANDHIA RANIGAM RANIPURA
RANPUR RATANMAL RATANPUR DHAMANKA
REGAN ROHISALA RUPAL
SADA KHERI SAHUKA SAKTI
SAMADHIALA SAMADHIALA CHARAN SAMADHIALA
CHHABHADIA
SAMLA SANALA SANAUDHA
SANDUR SANGRI SANJELI
SANOR SANOSRA SANTALPUR
SARANGARH SARILA SATANONES
SATHAMBA SATLASNA SATODAD VAVDI
SAVANUR SAYLA SEJAKPUR
SERAIKELA SHAHPUR SHAJAOTA
SHANOR SHEOGARH SHEOPUR-BARODA
SHEVDIVADAR SHIVBARA SIDRI
SIHORA SILANA SINDHIAPURA
SINGHANA SIRGUJA SIRSI (Gwalior)
SIRSI (Malwa) SISANG
CHANDLI SOHAWAL
SONGAD SONKHERA & SARWAN SUDAMRA
SUDASNA SUIGAM SUNTH
SURGANA SURGUJA SUTALIA
TAJPURI TAL TALSANA
TAPPA TARAON TAVI
TEJPURA TERVADA THANA DEVLI
THARAD & MORWARA THAROCH TIGIRIA
TIMBA TODA TODI TONK (CI)
TORI FATEHPUR UCHAD UDAIPUR (Chattisgarh)
UMETHA UMRI (Bombay) UMRI (CI)
UNI UNTDI UPAWARA
VADAL VADALI VADIA
VADOD (Gohilwar) VADOD (Jhalawar) VAGHVADI
VAJIRIA VAKHTAPUR VALA
VALASNA VANA VANALA
VANGADHRA VANOD VARAGAM
VARNOL MAL VARNOLI MOTI VARNOLI NANI
VARSODA VASAN SEWADA VASAN VIRPUR
VASAVAD VASURNA VAVDI DHARVALA
VAVDI
VACHANI VEKARIA VICHHAVAD
VIJANONES VIJAYANAGAR VIRAMPURA
VIRPUR VIRSORA VIRVAO
VITHALGARH VORA WADAGAM
WADI WAI WANKANER
WAO WADHWAN WARAHI
WASNA ZAINBAD
Alphabetical list of
former British Indian Princely States
A
- Achrol in
Rajasthan - Thikana of the Princely State of Jaipur
- Agar
- Agra
Barkhera
- Ahmadnagar -
salute
- Ajaigarh in
Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Ajraoda
- Akalkot in Maharashtra
- Akdia
- Ali
Rajpur in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Alampur
- Alipura in Madhya Pradesh
- Alwa
- Alwar in
Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 15 guns (17-guns local)
- Amala
- Amarchanta vassal state
- Amarkot (Umerkot) in Sindh, Pakistan
- Amarnaghar in Saurashtra (Gujarat)
- Amb (Tanawal state) Pakistani Frontier state
- Ambliara(also spelled Ambaliyara or Amliara) in Gujarat
- Amethi in Uttar Pradesh
- Amod in Gujarat: although the seat of a Thakore
Sahib, the taluka of Amod was administered as part of the Broach District
- Amrapur in Kathiawar;
- Amrapur in Rewa Kantha
- Anandpur
- Anegundi Zamindari
- Anghad
- Angre Political Pensioner
- Ankevalia
- Arcot (the
Carnatic) Political Pensioner
- Arnia
- Assam Political
Pensioner - roughly the homonymous Indian state
- Athgarh in Orissa
- Athmalik in Orissa
- Aundh in Maharashtra
- Awadh=Oudh Political Pensioner
B
- Babra
- Bagasra
- Bagasra Hadala
- Bagasra Khari
- Bagasra Natwar
- Bagasra Ram
- Baghal in
Himachal Pradesh (Punjab Hills States)
- Baghat in Himachal Pradesh
- Bagli
- Bahawalpur in
Pakistan
- Bai
- Bajana in Saurashtra
- Bakhtgarh
- Balasinor in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Balsan in Himachal Pradesh
- Baltistan (western Tibetan kingdom, since 1840 subject
to Kashmir) in Pakistan-administered Kashmir
- Bamanbor
- Bamra in
Orissa
- Banera in
Chattisgarh
- Banganapalle in
Andhra Pradesh (was in Madras till 1-10-1953) - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Banka Pahari in Madhya Pradesh
- Bansda in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Banswara in Rajastahn - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Bantva Manavadar
- Bantva Sardargadh
- Baoni in utter Pradesh(kadaura) - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Baramba in Orissa
- Baraundha - Hereditary salute of 9 guns = Baraundha Pathar
Kachhar in Madhya Pradesh - salute
- Bardia
- Baria -
Hereditary salute of 9 guns (11-guns personal) = Bariya in Bombay
- Barkhera Deo Dungri
- Barkhera Panth
- Baroda State in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 21 guns
- Barvala = Barwala in Saurashtra originally belongs to gedi limbadi state
- Barwani in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Bashahr in Himachal Pradesh - Personal salute of 9 guns
- Basoda
- Bastar in Madhya Pradesh
- Bavda vassal state
- Beja in Himachal Pradesh
- Benares in Uttar Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 13 guns (15-guns local)
- Bengal Political Pensioner - new title Nawab of
Murshidabad (their new capital)
- Beri (Behri) in Uttar Pradesh
- Bhabhar
- Bhadarwa
- Bhadaura
- Bhadli
- Bhadvana
- Bhadwa
- Bhagat in Himachal Pradesh
- Bhaisola
- Bhajji in Himachal Pradesh
- Bhalala
- Bhandaria
- Bharatpur in
Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns local)
- Bharejda
- Bharudpura
- Bhathan
- Bhatkeri
- Bhavnagar in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
(15-guns local)
- Bhawal
- Bhioldia
- Bhimoria
- Bhoika
- Bhojakheri
- Bhojavadar
- Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 19 guns (21-guns local)
- Bhor in Maharashtra - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Bhorole
- Bichhrand Junior
- Bichhrand Senior
- Bihat in Madhya Pradesh
- Bihora
- Bija
- Bijawar in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Bijna in Madhya Pradesh
- Bikaner in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns
local)
- Bilaspur in
Himachal Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Bilaud
- Bilauda
- Bilbari very small princely state in India
- Bildi
- Bilkha in Saurashtra
- Boad
- Bodanones
- Bolundra
- Bonai in Orissa
- Borkhera (Indore)
- Borkhera (Malwa)
- Boudh in Orissa
- Bundi in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns
C
- Cambay=Kambay in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Cannanore
- Carnatic
- Chachana
- Chamardi
- Chamba in Himachal Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11
guns
- Changbhakar in
Madhya Pradesh
- Charkha
- Charkhari in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11
guns
- Chera
- Chhaliar
- Chhatarpur in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Chhota Barkhera
- Chhota Udaipur=Chhota Udepur in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Chhuikadan in Madhya Pradesh
- Chiktiabar
- Chinchli Ghabad
- Chiroda
- Chitral Pakistani
Frontier State
- Chitravao
- Chobari
- Chok
- Chorangla
- Chotila
- Chuda in Saurashtra
- Chudesar
- Cochin in Kerala - Hereditary salute of 17 guns
- Cooch Behar in West Bengal - Hereditary salute of 13
guns
- Coorg Political
pensioner
- Cutch =Kutch
in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns local)
D
- Dabha
- Dabr
- Dadhalia
- Dahida
- Danta in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Daphlapur
- Darbhanga
- Daria
Kheri
- Darkoti in
Himachal Pradesh
- Darod
- Daryabad
- Dasada
- Daspalla in Orissa
- Datia in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Datva vassal state
- Debhavati
- Dedarda
- Dedhrota in
Bombay
- Delath, a tributary
of Bashahr, in Himachal Pradesh
- Delhi (Mughal Emperor)
- Deloli
- Deodar
in Gujarat
- Derdi Janbai
- Derol
- Devalia
- Devlia
- Dewas Junior
Branch in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Dewas Senior Branch in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Dhabla Dhir
- Dhabla Ghosi
- Dhamasia
- Dhami
- Dhamri in Himachal Pradesh
- Dhaora Ghanjara
- Dhar in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Dharampur in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns (11-guns
personal)
- Dharnauda
- Dhenkanal in Orissa
- Dhola
- Dholarva
- Dholpur in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 15 guns (17-guns personal)
- Dhrangadhra -Halvad in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute
of 13 guns
- Dhrol in
Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Dhulatia
- Dhurwai in
Madhya Pradesh
- Dir (Dhir)
Pakistani Frontier State
- Dodka
- Drapha
- Dudhpur
- Dudhrej
- Dugri
- Dujana in Punjab (now in Haryana)
- Dungapur/Dungarpur in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of
15 guns
F
- Faridkot in PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
G
- Gabat
- Gad Boriad
- Gadhali
- Gadhia
- Gadhka
- Gadhula
- Gadvi
- Gadwal vassal
state
- Gandhol
- Gangpur in Orissa
- Garamli Moti
- Garamli Nahani
- Garrauli in Madhya Pradesh
- Gaurihar in Madhya Pradesh
- Gavridad
- Gedi
- Ghodasar = Ghodsar in Maharashtra
- Gigarsaran
- Gohad
- Gondal in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Gopalpet vassal state
- Gotardi
- Gothda
- Gundh in
Himachal Pradesh
- Gundiali
- Gurgunta vassal state
- Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 21 guns
H
- Halvadin surendranagar (Gujarat)
- Halaria
- Hapa in Bombay
- Hadol in Mehasana (Gujarat)
- Hindol in Orissa
- Hindur
- Hirapur
- Hunza Pakistani Frontier State
- Hyderabad - Hereditary salute of 21 guns
- Halduar now (Bijnor) district in Uttar Pradesh
- Hirpura
I
- Ichalkaranji vassal state
- Idar in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Ilol in Bombay
- Ilpura
- Indore in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 19 guns (21-guns local)
- Itria
- Itvad
J
- Jabria Bhil
- Jadawata
- Jafrabad in Saurashtra
- Jafarabad and Janjira fusion of both states named
- Jaipur in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns
local)
- Jaisalmer in
Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Jakhan
- Jalia
Devani=Jaliadevani in Saurashtra
- Jalia Kayaji
- Jalia
Manaji
- Jambughoda or
Jambuodha in Bombay
- Jamkhandi in
Bombay
- Jammu in Jammu
and Kashmir - Hereditary salute of 21 guns
- Jamnia
- Janjira in
Bombay - Hereditary salute of 11 guns (13-guns local)
- Jaora in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
- Jasdan in Saurashtra
- Jashpur
- Jashur in Madhya Pradesh
- Jaso in Madhya Pradesh
- Jath in Bombay
- Jatprole vassal state
- Jawalgiri vassal state
- Jawasia
- Jawhar in
Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Jesar
- Jetpur in
Saurashtra
- Jhabua in
Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Jhalawar in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
- Jhalera
- Jhamar
- Jhamka
- Jhampodar
- Jhari Gharkadhi
- Jhinyuvada
- Jigni in Madhya Pradesh
- Jiliya in Rajasthan
- Jind in PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 13 guns (15-guns personal and local)
- Jiral Kamsoli
- Jobat in Madhya Pradesh
- Jodhpur in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns local)
- Jubbal in Himachal Pradesh
- Jumkha
- Junagadh - Hereditary salute of 13 guns (15-guns personal and local)
- Junapadar
K
- Kachchi Baroda
- Kadana
- Kagal
Junior vassal state
- Kagal
Senior vassal state
- Kahlur = Kehloor -
former names of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh
- Kaithal
- Kalahandi in Orissa - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Kalat in Pakistani Baluchistan
- Kali Baori
- Kalsia in PEPSU
- Kalu Khera
- Kamalpur (Bombay)
- Kamalpur
(Central India)
- Kambay =
Cambai in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Kambhala
- Kamta
Rajaula
- Kanada
- Kaner
- Kangra-Lambagraon
- Kanika
- Kanjarda
- Kanker
- Kankrej
- Kanksiali
- Kanpur
Ishwaria
- Kanta Rajaulia in
Madhya Pradesh
- Kantharia
- Kapshi vassal state
- Kapurthala in PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 13 guns (15-guns
personal and local)
- Karaudia
- Karauli in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns
- Kariana
- Karmad
- Karol
- Kashmir in
Jammu & K.
- Kasla
Pagina Muvada
- Kassalpura
- Kathaun
- Kathiawar - also name of the large Gujarati peninsula, roughly corresponding to Saurashtra
(divided into numerous minor (e)states)
- Kathrota
- Katodia
- Katosan
- Kawardha in Madhya Pradesh
- Kayatha
- Kehloor = Kahlur - former names of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh
- Keonjhar in Orissa
- Keonthal in Himachal Pradesh
- Kerwada
- Kesria
- Khadal in Bombay
- Khairagarh in Madhya Pradesh
- Khairpur in Pakistan
- Khajuri
- Khamblav
- Khandia
- Khaneti, a tributary of Bashahr
- Khandpara in Orissa
- Khandpara
- Khaniadhana in Madhya Pradesh
- Kharan in Pakistani Baluchistan
- Kharsawan in Bihar
- Kharsi
- Khedawada
- Kherali
- Kherawara
- Kherwasa
- Kheri Rajpur
- Khetri vassal state
- Khiauda
- Khijadia
(Gohilwar)
- Khilchipur in
Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Khirasra in Saurashtra
- Khojankhera
- Khudadad the state of Tippu Sultan - his heirs became Political Pensioner
- Khyrim
- Kiari see Madhan in Himachal Pradesh
- Kirli
- Kishangarh in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Kolara Political Pensioner
- Kolhapur in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 19 guns
- Koriya (Korea) in Madhya Pradesh
- Kotah in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns
personal)
- Kotda Nayani in
Saurashtra
- Kotda Pitha in
Saurashtra
- Kotda Sangani in
Saurashtra
- Kotharia in Saurashtra
- Kothi in Madhya Pradesh
- Kuba (not Quba in Armenia!)
- Kumarsain in Himachal Pradesh = Kumharsain
- Kunihar in Himachal Pradesh
- Kurandvad?Kurundvad Junior Branch
- Kurandvad Senior Branch
- Kurnool Political Pensioner
- Kurwai in Madhya Pradesh
- Kushalgarh
- Kutch=Cooch in Saurashtra
- Kuthar in Himachal Pradesh
L
- Labhowa Uttar Pradesh
- Lakhapadar
- Lakhtar in Saurashtra
- Lalgarh
- Laliyad
- Landhora
- Langrin
- Las Bela in Pakistani Baluchistan
- Lathi in Saurashtra
- Lavej
- Lawa in Rajasthan
- Likhi
- Limbda
- Limbdi in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Lodhika
- Logasi in Madhya Pradesh
- Loharu in Punjab (now in Haryana) - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Lugasi
- Lunavada=Lunawanda in Bombay = Lunawarda Lunawara - Hereditary salute of
9 guns
M
- Madhan = Kiari in Himachal Pradesh
- Mogalthur in Andhra Pradesh
- Magodi in Bombay
- Maguna in Bombay
- Maharam
- Mahlog = Mahilog in Himachal Pradesh
- Maihar in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Mahmudpura
- Makrai in Madhya Pradesh
- Makran in Pakistani Baluchistan
- Maksudangarh
- Malaudh one of the Phulkian princely States in Punjab
- Malerkotla=Maler Kotla in PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Malaisohmat
- Malia = Maliya in Saurashtra
- Malpur in Bombay
- Manavadar
- Mandavad officially also called Nawa-Visavadar until Independence.
- Mandholi in Rajasthan, a thikana under Torawati in Jaipur
state.
- Mandi in
Himachal Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Mandva in Bombay = Mandwa
- Mangal in Himachal Pradesh
- Mangam
- Mangrol
- Manipur
- Mansa
- Maoang
- Maosangram
- Mariaw
- Masulipatam Political Pensioner
- Mathwar
- Matra Timba
- Mayurbhanj in Orissa - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Men
- Mengani
- Mevasa
- Mevli
- Mewar, or after its capital Udaipur - The first and foremost of all states in
British India, Hereditary salute of 19 guns (21-guns local), soon full 21-guns
- Miohanpur in Bombay
- Miraj Junior Branch in Bombay
- Miraj Senior Branch in Bombay
- Mirpur in Pakistan
- Mohanpur
- Moka Pagina Muvada
- Monvel
- Morchopna
- Morvi in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Mota Barkhera
- Mota Kotharna
- Mowa
- Mudhol in
Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Muhammadgarh in Madhya Pradesh
- Muli in Saurashtra
- Mulia Deri
- Multhan
- Munjpar
- Murshidabad Political Pensioner- new seat of the former
rulers of (Greater) Bengal
- Mylliem
- Mysore (modern Maisuru) in Madras - Hereditary salute
of 21 guns
N
- Nabha in PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 13 guns (15-guns
local)
- Nagar Pakistani
Frontier State
- Nagod -
Hereditary salute of 9 guns = Nagodh in Madhya Pradesh
- Nagpur in Madhya Pradesh- Political Pensioner
- Nahara
- Naigawan Ribai
- Nalagarh in PEPSU
- Nalagarh in Himachal Pradesh
- Nalia
- Nandgaon in
Madhya Pradesh
- Narsingarh in
Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Narsinghpur in Orissa
- Narukot
- Narwar
- Nashipur
- Naswadi
- Naugaon
- Naulana
- Navagarh
- Nawanagar in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 13 guns (15-guns local)
- Nayagarh in Orissa
- Nilgiri in Orissa
- Nilvala
- Nimkhera
- Nobo Sohoh
- Noghanvadar
- Nongklao
- Nongspung
- Nongstoin
O
- Orchha in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Oudh = Awadh Political Pensioner - salute
P
- Peddapuram in Andhra Pradesh
- Pachegam
- Pah
- Pahara in
Madhya Pradesh =Pahra
- Paigah vassal
state
- Pal
- Palaj in Bombay
- Palali
- Palanpur in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
- Palasni
- Palasvihir
- Paldeo in Madhya Pradesh
- Palitana in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Paliyad
- Pal Lahara in Orissa =Pal Lahera
- Palsani
- Panch Mahal Maroth in Rajasthan
- Panchvada
- Pandu
- Panna in
Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Pantalvadi
- Panth Piploda
- Paron
- Partabgarh in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Patan or Torawati in Rajasthan, vassal state
to Jaipur
- Pataudi in
Punjab (now in Haryana)
- Patdi in
Saurashtra
- Pathari in
Madhya Pradesh = Patharia
- Patiala in
PEPSU - Hereditary salute of 17 guns (19-guns local)
- Patna in Orissa - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Pethapur
- Phaltan in Bombay
- Phulera
- Pimladevi
- Pimpri
- Piplia Sisodia
- Piplianagar
- Piploda in Madhya Pradesh
- Poicha
- Pol
- Poonch vassal state
- Porbandar in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
- Prempur in Bombay
- Pudukottai in Madras - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Punadra
- Punial Pakistani Frontier State
- Punjab Political Pensioner - salute
- Pundara in Bombay
- Palvancha Biggest Principality in Telengana Region(Under Nizam)
R
- Radhanpur in Gujarat - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Raghugarh
- Rahrakhol
- Raigarh in Madhya Pradesh
- Rairakhol in Orissa
- Rai Sankli
- Rajgarh in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Rajpara (Gohilwar)
- Rajpara (Halar)
- Rajkot in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Rajpipla in Gujarat - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
- Rajpur (Kathiawar) in Saurashtra
- Rajpur (Rewa Kantha) in Saurashtra
- Ramanka
- Ramas
- Rambrai
- Ramdurg in
Bombay
- Ramgarh
- Ramgadi estate in Uttar Pradesh - Hereditary salute of
9 guns
- Rampur in
Uttar Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Rampura
- Ramnad
estate (Ramanathapuram) in Tamil Nadu
- Ranasan in Bombay
- Randhia
- Raj-Ranpur in
Orissa
- Ratanmal
- Ratanpur Dhamanka
- Ratesh a zaildar in Keonthal in Himachal Pradesh
- Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
(15-guns local)
- Rawin = Rawingarh,
a tributary of Jubbal in Himachal Pradesh
- Regan
- Rewa=Rewah
in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 17 guns
- Rohisala
- Rudrapur=
In Deoria District of Uttar Pradesh -Satashi Naresh
- Rupal
S
- Sachin -
Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Sada
Kheri
- Sahuka
- Sailana in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Sakti in Madhya Pradesh
- Samadhiali
- Samla
- Samode vassal state
- Samthar in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Sahaspur-bilari Uttar Pradesh- title of RAJA BAHADUR
- Sanala
- Sandur in Karnataka (was in Madras Presidency before 1-10-1953)
- Sangli in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns (11-guns
personal)
- Sangri in Himachal
Pradesh
- Sanjeli in
Bombay
- Sanor
- Sanosra
- Sant in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Santalpur (Adesar)
- Sarangarh in Madhya Pradesh
- Sarila in Madhya Pradesh
- Satanones
- Sarangarh
- Sarila
- Satara Political Pensioner - cfr. the Peshwa's Maratha
confederation
- Sathamba in
Bombay
- Satlasna
- Satodad Vavdi
- Savantvadi=Savantwadi in Bombay - Hereditary salute of 9 guns (11-guns local)
- Savanur in Bombay
- Sayla in Saurashtra
- Sejakpur
- Seraikela= Seraikhela in Bihar
- Shahpur
- Shahpura in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Shajaota
- Shanor
- Sheogarh
- Sheopur-Baroda
- Shevdivadar
- Shivabara
- Shorapur vassal
state
- Siba -No Salute
(a sovereign Princely State of Punjab Hills up to 1947)
- Sidki
- Sihora
- Sikkim (a
Himalayan constitutive state since Indian annexation) - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Silana
- Sindh in Pakistan (khanate extinguished in 1843)
- Sindhiapura
- Singhana
- Sirguja
- Sirmur in
Himachal Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Sirohi in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 15 guns
- Sirsi (Gwalior)
- Sirsi (Malwa)
- Sitamau in Madhya Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Sohawal in Madhya Pradesh
- Sonepur in Orissa - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Songad
- Sonkhera & Sarwan
- Sudamra
- Sudasna in Bombay
- Suigam
- Suket
in Himachal Pradesh - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Sundem
- Sunth
- Surat Political Pensioner
- Surgana in Bombay
- Surguja in Madhya Pradesh
- Sutalia
- Swat Pakistani Frontier State
- [Sidhowal{India}in Punjab]
- Srikalahasti under Madras Presidency-sold Area of Madras to East India Company
T
- Tuni in Andhra Pradesh
- Tajpuri in Bombay
- Tal
- Talegaon Dabhade vassal state
- Talcher in Orissa
- Talsana
- Tanawal
state (see Amb) Pakistani Frontier state
- Tanjore Political Pensioner
- Tappa
- Taraon in
Madhya Pradesh
- Tavi
- Tehri Garhwal in Uttar Pradesh - Hereditary salute of
11 guns
- Tejpura
- Tervada
- Thana Devli
- Tharad & Morwara
- Tharoch in Himachal Pradesh
- Tigiria? Tigria in Orissa
- Timba
- Toda
Todi
- Tonk in Rajasthan
- Hereditary salute of 17 guns
- Torgal vassal state
- Tori Fatehpur in Madhya Pradesh
- Travancore in Kerala - Hereditary salute of 19 guns
- Tripura in colonial Assam (now a separate state) - Hereditary salute of 13 guns
- House of Tulsipur One of Taluqs of Oudh - Formerly Tulsipur-Dang,
one of 22 Principalities in Nepal
U
- Uchad
- Udaipur,
Chhattisgarh
- Udaipur capital
of Mewar in Rajasthan - Hereditary salute of 19 guns (21-guns local), soon full 21-guns
- Umeta In Gujurat of Thakore Jagdevsinhji Ramsinhji Padhiar
- Umri (Bombay)
- Umri (Central India)
- Uni
- Untdi
- Upawara
V
- Vizianagaram The only (Kshatriya-Suryavansh)Rajput Kingdom in South India (Andhra Pradesh)
- Vadal
- Vadali
- Vadia in Saurashtra
- Vadod (Gohilwar)
- Vadod (Jhalawar)
- Vaghvadi
- Vajiria
- Vakhatpur in Bombay = Vakhtapur
- Vallabhpur
- Vala in Saurashtra
- Valasna in Bombay
- Vana
- Vanala
- Vanghdhra
- Vanod in Saurashtra
- Varagam
- Varnol Mal
- Varnoli Moti
- Varnoli
Nani
- Varsoda in
Bombay
- Vasan Sewada
- Vasan Virpur
- Vasna in Bombay
- Veja-no-ness
- Vekaria
- Vichhavad
- Vijanones
- Vijayanagar in Bombay
- Virampura
- Virpur in Saurashtra
- Virsora
- Virvao
- Vishalgarh vassal state
- Vithalgarh
- Vora
W
- Wadagam
- Wadi
- Wai
- Wadhwan in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 9 guns
- Wadi jagir in Bombay
- Wanapurthy vassal state
- Wankaner in Saurashtra - Hereditary salute of 11 guns
- Wao in Bombay
- Warahi
- Wasna
Z
