Princely States of India A-J
Note: The British ruled India with
two administrative systems: British Provinces
and Indian "princely" states; about 60% of the
territory of the Indian sub-continent were provinces
and 40% were princely states. Provinces were British
territories directly administered by the colonial
government of British India. Princely states were
states with native rulers which had entered into treaty
relations with the British.
Except for some states that
were extinguished in the 19th century (such as Arkat,
Assam, Awadh, Kodagu, Mahratta states,
Pañjab, Utkala), this record contains those Indian
("princely") states that acceded to India with
effective date on or after 15 Aug 1947. If no date of
accession is noted, 15 Aug 1947 is understood. This list
is selective, there were roughly 584 states when
Britain granted the Indian independence 15 Aug 1947; about
210 are listed here. Rulers of 118 states (113 in
modern India, 4 in Pakistan, plus Sikkim) were entitled to
gun salutes (number of guns denote state names). The
states continued after the accession until their
"integration" (merger into larger provinces/ states or in
case of 9 states becoming provinces/states on their own)
at various dates from Jan 1948 to Jan 1950 (Jammu and
Kashmir in 1952). However, only "states" are included;
"estates" (jagir), "estate revenue
grants" (thikana), and "land
grants" (zamindari) are excluded,
no matter how prominent and/or titled their their
jagirdars, thakurs, or zamindars were.
Obsolete but once official English-language names of
the polities are given in parentheses, i.e., Awadh (Oudh).
The princely states of India entered into
protectorate/tributary relations with Britain by the end
of the 19th century, where exact dates are known
they are noted. The phrase "British
India" is used for U.K. colonial possessions
even before 1858, for brevity.
Party abbreviations: ABHM = Akhil
Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All-India Hindu Grand-Assembly,
Hindu nationalist, est.1915); AISPC = All India
States Peoples' Conference (social-democratic,
association of princely states-based parties, 1927-Apr
1948, merged into INC); INC = Indian National
Congress Party (populist, social-democratic, est.1885;
split 1967/77 into separate parties INC-I, INC-O, INC-S,
the INC-I was later recognized by the election
commission as the successor to the INC, use of INC-I
continues)
Ahmadnagar:
see Idar
Ajaygarh (Ajaigarh)
Capital: Ajaygarh
(Ajaigarh)
|
Population: 96,596 (1941)
|
Salute: 11 guns
|
1731
Ajaygarh state founded.
8 Jul 1807
British
protectorate.
1855 -
1859
Occupied by British India.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh.
Rajas
1731 - 1758
Jagat Raja
1758 - 1765
Pahar Singh
(d. 1765)
1765 -
1792
Guman Singh
(d. 1792)
1792 -
1793
Bakht Singh (1st
time)
(b. 17.. - d. 1837)
1793 -
1802
`Ali Bahadur (usurper)
1802 -
1804
Shamsher Bahadur (usurper)
1804 -
1807
Lakshman Dada (usurper)
1807 - 21 Jun
1837
Bakht Singh (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1837 -
1849
Madho
Singh
(d. 1849)
1849 - 22 Jun
1853
Mahipat
Singh
(d. 1853)
1853 - 12 Sep
1855
Bijai
Singh
(d. 1855)
12 Sep 1855 - 4 Sep 1859 Interregnum
4 Sep 1859 - 1 Jan
1877 Ranjor
Singh
(b. 1844 - d. 1919)
4 Sep 1859 - 1868
Rajmata of Ajaygarh (f) -Regent
Rulers (title Sawai Maharaja)
1 Jan 1877 - 7 Jun
1919 Ranjor
Singh
(s.a.)
(from 1 Jan 1897, Sir Ranjor Singh)
7 Jun 1919 - 11 Jul 1942 Bhopal
Singh
(b. 1866 - d. 1942)
11 Jul 1942 - 4 Apr 1948 Punya Pratap
Singh
(b. 1884 - d. 1958)
Dewan
c.1939
H.P. Buch
Akkalkot (Akalkot)
Capital: Akkalkot
(Akalkot)
|
Population: 103,903
(1941)
|
Salute: None
|
7 Jul
1708
Akkalkot founded as
a fief of Satara.
1708 - 5 Apr 1848
Tributary of
Satara.
1848
Akkalkot recognized as a state.
1866 -
1896
British India administration.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes
to India.
8 Mar 1948
Merged into Bombay.
Rajas (title Raja Meherban
Shrimant)
7 Jul 1708 - 1760
Fattehsingh
Rao I Bhonsle (d.
1760)
1760 -
1789
Shahaji Rao I Fattehsingh Rao
(d. 1789)
Bhonsle
"Baba Saheb Raje"
1789 -
1822
Fattehsingh Rao II Shahaji
Rao (b. 1770 - d. 1822)
Bhonsle "Aba Saheb Raje"
1822 - 1828
Maloji Rao I Fattehsingh Rao
(b. 1803 - d. 1828)
Bhonsle "Baba Saheb Raje"
1828 - 1857
Shahaji Rao II Maloji Rao
Bhonsle (b. 1821 - d. 1857)
"Appa Saheb Raje"
1828 - 1830
Pratapsinha "Bowa
Sahib" of (b. 1793 - d. 1847)
Satra -Regent
1830 -
1838
Jameson -Regent
1857 -
1870
Maloji Rao II Shahaji Rao Bhonsle (b.
1838 - d. 1870)
"Bhuwa Saheb Raje"
1866 - 1867
Mahadeo Govind Ranade -Regent
(b. 1842 - d. 1901)
1867 - 1870
.... -Regent
1870 - 31 Dec
1896
Shahaji Rao III Maloji Rao Bhonsle (b. 1867 - d. 1896)
"Baba Saheb Raje"
1870 - Nov
1891
.... -Regent
31 Dec 1896 - 4
Apr 1923 Fattehsingh Rao III
Bhonsle (b.
1894 - d. 1923)
31 Dec 1896 - 1904
Rani Lakshmibai Raje
Bhonsle (f) -Regent
1904 - 20 Aug 1916?
Waman Ganesh Rale -Regent
(b. 1857 - d. 19..)
4 Apr 1923 - 8 Mar 1948 Vijayasingh
Rao Bhonsle
(b. 1915 - d. 1952)
4 Apr 1923 - 27 Feb 1936
Rani Tarabai Bhonsle (f) -Regent
(b. 1899 - d. 1942)
Dewans
c.1939
Vishnupant B.
Parulekar
bf.1940 -
af.1941
G.B. Deshmukh
bf.1944 - af.1945
S.T. Raja
c.1946
K.V. Shah
Alipura
Capital: Alipura
|
Population: 14,580
(1941)
|
Salute: None
|
1757
State founded.
1808
Named Alipura.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh.
Rulers (title Rao)
1757 -
1790
Achal
Singh
(d. 1790)
1790 -
1835
Pratap Singh
1835 -
1840
Pancham Singh
1840 - 1841
Daulat Singh
1841 - Nov 1871
Hindupat
Singh
(d. 1871)
3 Nov 1871 - 26 Mar 1922 Chhatrapati
Singh
(b. 1853 - d. 1922)
(from 1903, personal style Raja)
1919 - 26 Mar 1922
Harpal Singh -Regent
(b. 1882 - d. 1934)
26 Mar 1922 - Nov 1934 Harpal
Singh
(s.a.)
(from 1931, personal style Raja)
14 Nov 1934 - 4 Apr 1948 Raghuraj
Singh Ju Deo
(b. 1901 - d. 1987)
Ali Rajpur
Capital: Ali Rajpur
|
Population: 112,754 (1941)
|
Salute: 11 guns
|
1437
Ali state founded.
1800
Capital moved to Ali Rajpur
(Alirajpur).
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
28 May 1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat.
Rulers (title Rana)
.... - ....
Pahad Deo I
.... -
....
Udai Deo
.... -
1765
Pahad Deo II
(d. 1765)
1765 -
1818
Pratap Singh I
(d. 1818)
1818
Musafir Mekran (usurper)
1818 - 17 Mar
1862
Jashwant
Singh
(b. 1818 - d. 1862)
1818 - 1839
Musafir Mekran -Manager
1862 - 1869
Gang Deo
(b. c.1845 - d. 1871)
1869 - 29 Oct
1881 Rup
Deo
(b. 1847 - d. 1881)
1869 - 1873
Muhammad Najaf Khan -Superintendent
1881 - 16 Aug
1890
Bijai
Singh
(b. 1881 - d. 1890)
16 Aug 1890 - 14 Feb 1891 Interregnum
14 Feb 1891 - Dec
1911 Pratap Singh II
(b.
1881 - d. 1948)
(installed Mar 1892)
Rajas
Dec 1911 - 1941
Pratap
Singh II
(s.a.)
(from 3 Jun 1933, Sir Pratap
Singh II)
(personal style of Maharaja from
1941)
1941 - 23 Oct
1941
Fateh
Singh
(b. 1904 - d. 1941)
23 Oct 1941 - 28 May 1948
Surendra
Singh
(b. 1923 - d. 1996)
23 Oct 1941 - 28 May 1948 Sir
Pratap Singh II -Regent
(s.a.)
Dewan
c.1939
Chhotalal Rajaram
Mankad
Alwar
-
- c.1775 - 1931
|
-
- 1931 - 18 Mar 1948
|
Capital: Alwar
|
Population: 823,055
(1941)
|
Salute: 15 guns
|
23 Nov
1775
Alwar state founded (previously part of Jaipur).
14 Nov 1803
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
18 Mar 1948
Merged into Matsya.
Rulers (title Rao Raja)
23 Nov 1775 - 26 Sep 1791 Pratap
Singh
(b. 1740 - d. 1791)
(personal style Maharao Rana Shri Sawai)
26 Sep 1791 - 27 Jan 1815 Bakhtawar
Singh
(b. 1779 - d. 1815)
27 Jan 1815 - 30 Jul 1857
Banni
Singh
(b. 1806 - d. 1857)
- jointly with following -
1815 -
1826
Balvant
Singh
(b. 1808 - d. 1845)
30 Jul 1857
- 11 Oct 1874 Sheodan
Singh
(b. 1845 - d. 1874)
1858 - 1863
Thakur Lakhdhir Singh
-Regent
(d. 1876)
11 Oct 1874 - 1 Jan 1889 Mangal
Singh
(b. 1859 - d. 1892)
(from 1 Jan 1886, Sir Mangal Singh)
11 Oct 1874 - Dec 1877 the
U.K. Political agent -Regent
Maharajas
1 Jan 1889 - 22 May 1892 Sir Mangal
Singh
(s.a.)
22 May 1892 - 19 May 1937 Jai Singh (exiled from
1933) (b. 1882 - d. 1937)
(from 1 Jan 1909, Sir Jai Singh)
22 May 1892 - 10 Dec 1903 the U.K. Political
agent -Regent
19 May 1937 - 18 Mar 1948 Tej Singh
(installed 22 Jul 1937) (b. 1911 - d. 2009)
(from 2 Jun 1943, Sir Tej Singh)
Prime ministers
Feb 1933 - Mar 1933
Arthur Cunningham Lothian (acting) (b. 1887 - d. 1962)
Mar 1933 - Dec
1934 Francis
Vernier
Wylie
(b. 1891 - d. 1970)
Dec 1934 - Sep 1936
Walter Fendall
Campbell
(b. 1894 - d. 1973)
Sep 1936 - 1938
Charles Godfrey
Prior
(b. 1896 - d. 1972)
1938 -
1941
Cecil Walter
Harvey
(b. 1897 - d. 1958)
Dec 1941 - Dec
1943 Kunj
Beharilal
Seth
(b. 1895 - d. 19..)
1944 - 1947
Sir Seray Mal Bapna
(b. 1882
- d. 1964)
1947 - 1948
Narayan Bhaskar Khare
(b. 1884 - d. 1970) ABHM
Indian Administrator
1948
K.B. Lall
(b. 1917 - d. 2005)
Amarnagar
(Thana Devli)
Capital: Amarnagar
|
Population: 11,348
(1941)
|
Salute: None
|
17 Sep
1883
Thana Devli State, known as Amarnagar, founded.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Feb 1948
Merged into Saurashtra.
Rulers (title Darbar)
17 Sep 1883 - 12 May 1922 Laksman
Meran
(b. 1849 - d. 1922)
12 May 1922 - 12 Oct 1922 Regency
12 Oct 1922 - 15 Feb 1948 Amra
Laskman
(b. 1895
- d. 1960)
Amb
(Tanawal State): see Pakistani Princely
States
Amber:
see Jaipur
Ambliara (Ambalaria)
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Capital: Ambliara (Ambalaria)
|
Population: 12,437
(1891)
|
Salute: None
|
c.1619
Ambliara (Ambalaria, Ambaliyara)
state founded.
10 Jul 1943
Annexed to Baroda.
Rulers (title Thakur Sahib)
1689 - 1724
Roop Singhji
1724 - 1773
Moghaji
1773 - 1796
Bhalji
1796 - 1814
Bhathhiji
(d.
1814)
1814 - 1838
Nathu Singhji
(b.
1799 - d. 1838)
1838 - 1876
Amar Singhji
(b. 1838 - d. 1876)
1838 - 1858
Regency
23 Apr 1876 - 7 Mar 1908 Jhalamsinghji
Amarsinghji (b. 1860 -
d. 1908)
7 Mar 1908 - 10 Jul 1943 Keshrisinghji
Jalamsinghji (b. 1887 - d.
1963)
Angul
1803
British protectorate.
1813 -
1814
British administration.
16 Sep
1848
Annexed to British India.
Rajas
.... -
....
Dhanujjaya Singh Jagadeo
.... -
....
Nityananda Singh Jagadeo
1803
Krishna Chandra Singh Jagadeo (d.
1803)
1803 -
1806
Achala Man Singh Jagadeo
1806 -
1809
Jarawar Singh
(d. 1809)
1809
Jaya Singh
(d. 1809)
1809 -
1813
Prithvi Singh
1813 -
1814
British administration
3 Oct 1814 - 31 Jan 1848 Somanath Singh
(b. 1798? - d. 1853)
31 Jan 1848 - 16 Sep 1848 Loknath Singh
Arakan: see under Burma
Arkat (Arcot/Carnatic)
1692
State of Arkat (Arcot) also called, Karnataka (Carnatic)
after
the
region it dominated, founded (initially under
Haydarabad).
10 Feb
1763
Recognized by the Treaty
of Paris as an independent ruler
(recognized by the Emperor in Delhi 26 Aug 1765).
26 Jul
1801
Arkat is de facto absorbed by the U.K. colonial
government.
7 Oct
1855
State extinguished, annexed to British India.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1692 -
1703
Zulfikar Ali Khan
1703 -
1710
Daud Khan
1710 -
1732
Mohammad Saadatullah Khan I
1732 -
1740
Dost Ali
Khan
(d. 1740)
1740 -
1742
Safdar Ali
Khan
(d. 1742)
1742 -
1744
Mohammad Saadatullah Khan
II (d. 1746)
1744 - 31 Jul
1749
Anwaruddin Mohammad Khan
(b. c.1672 - d. 1749)
31 Jul 1749 - 16 Oct
1795 Mohammad Ali
Khan
(b. 1717 - d. 1795)
16 Oct 1795 - 15 Jul 1801 Omdat
al-Omara
(b. 1748 - d. 1801)
15 Jul 1801 - 2 Aug 1819 Azim
al-Dowla
(b. 1775 - d. 1819)
2 Aug 1819 - 12 Nov 1825 Azam
Jah
(b. 1797 - d. 1825)
12 Nov 1825 - 7 Oct 1855 Gholam
Mohammad Ghows
Khan (b.
1824 - d. 1855)
12 Nov 1825 - 25 Aug 1842 Azim
Jah Bahadur -Regent
(b. 1800 - d. 1874)
Assam
1228
The Ahom people (Ahom is a dialectal version of Assam).
found a state, frequently under Burmese
suzerainty.
Mar 1817 - Apr 1817
Occupied by Burma.
Mar 1819 - Jun 1825
Occupied by Burma.
1824 - 1826
Occupied by Britain.
24 Feb
1826
Burma formally cedes Assam to U.K.
(incorporated in Bengal).
24 Apr 1833 - 16 Sep 1838 A briefly revived Ahom
state in Upper Assam (from Biswanath to
the Burhi Dihing)(by treaty of 2 Mar 1833).
Rajas
1679 - 1681
Lora Rojaa Sulikphaa Ratnadhwaj
(d. 1681)
1681 - Feb
1696
Gadapani Supaatphaa Gadadhar Singh
(d. 1796)
1696 -
1714
Sukhrungphaa Rudra Singh
(d. 1714)
1714 -
1744
Sutanphaa Siva Singh (Xiba Xingha) (d. 1744)
1744 -
1751
Sunenphaa Pramatta Singh
(d. 1751)
1751 -
1769
Suramphaa Rajesvar Singh
(d. 1769)
1769 -
1780
Sunyeopha Lakshmi Singh
1780 -
1792
Suhitpangpha Gaurinathasimha
Juvaraja (1st time)
1792 -
1793
Baratha Singh Mahamari (1st time)
1793 -
1796
Sarvananda Singh
1796
Baratha Singh Mahamari (2nd time)
1796 -
1808
Suhitpangpha Gaurinathasimha
Juvaraja (2nd time)
1808 - 1811
Suklingpha Kamaleshvarasimha (d.
1811)
1811 -
1818
Sudinpha
Chandrakantasimha
(d. 1839)
Narendra (1st time)
1818 - 9 Mar
1819
Purendrasimha Narendra (1st time) (d. 1846)
(Purandar Singh Narendra)
Mar 1819 - Apr
1821 Sudinpha
Chandrakantasimha
(s.a.)
Narendra (2nd time)
Apr 1821 -
1822
Yogeshvarasimha (1st time)
1822 - 21 Jun 1822
Sudinpha
Chandrakantasimha
(s.a.)
Narendra (3rd time)
21 Jun 1822 - 1825
Mingi Maha Thilawa -Burmese governor
1822 - 24 Feb
1826
Yogeshvarasimha (2nd time)
24 Feb 1826 - 24 Apr 1833 Post
abolished
28 Apr 1833 - 16 Sep 1838 Purendrasimha
Narendra (2nd time) (s.a.)
(personal style Shri Maharaja)
British Officers Commanding in Assam
Jan 1824 - May
1824 George
McMorine
(b. 1763 - d. 1824)
May 1824 - Feb 1825 Alfred
Richards
(b. 1781 - d. 1825)
British Political Agents, (Eastern) Upper Assam and
Junior Commissioners
Feb 1825
- Dec 1825 Alfred
Richards
(s.a.)
Dec 1825 - Mar 1828
G. Cooper (acting)
Political Agents, (Eastern) Upper Assam
Mar 1828 - 26 Jul 1830
John Bryan Neufville
(b. 1795 - d. 1830)
26 Jul 1830 - 1 Oct 1831 James Matthie
(acting)
1 Oct 1831 - 1838 Adam
White
(b. 1790 - d. 1839)
Athgarh
Capital: Athgarh
|
Population: 55,498
(1941)
|
Salute: None
|
1178
Athgarh state founded.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan 1948
Merged into Orissa.
Rajas
1681 -
1709
Karan
Narayana Bawarta Patnaik
1709 -
1741
Karan
Rama Krishna Bawarta Patnaik
1741 -
1771
Karan Debia Singh Bawarta Patnaik
1771 -
1821
Karan Gopinath Bawarta Patnaik
1821 -
1825
Karan
Krishna Chandra Bawarta Patnaik
1825 -
1837
Karan
Rama Chandra Bawarta
1837 -
1862
Karan Bhubaneswar Bawarta Patnaik
1862 - 1869
Karan Jagunath Bawarta Patnaik II (d. 1869)
1869 -
1893
Karan
Bhagirathi Bawarta Patnaik (b.
c.1844 - d. 1893)
1893 - 25 Jan
1896
Karan Raghunath Bawarta Patnaik (b. 1865 -
d. 1896)
25 Jan 1896 - 22 Jun 1918 Karan
Vishvanath Bawarta Patnaik (b. 1885 - d. 1918)
25 Jan 1896 - 1908
.... -Regent
22 Jun 1918 - 1 Jan 1948 Karan Radhanath
Bawarta Patnaik (b. 1909 - d. 1983)
22 Jun 1918 - 5 Sep 1932 .... -Regent
Prime minister
1947
Biswanath
Rath
AISPC
Athmallik (Athmalik)
Capital: Kaintaragarh
|
Population: 72,765
(1941)
|
Salute: None
|
1874
Athmallik estate (jagir) is
recognized as a state.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan 1948
Merged into Orissa.
Rajas
1874 - 4 Feb
1877
Jogendra
Samant
(b. 1821 - d. 1877)
4 Feb 1877 - 2 Nov
1901 Mahendra Deo
Samant
(b. c.1848 - d. 1901)
(personal style Maharaja from
1890)
2 Nov 1901 - 3 Nov
1918 Bibhendra Deo Samant
(b. 1874 - d. 1918)
3 Nov 1918 - 1 Jan
1948 Kishor Chandra Deo
Samant
(b. 1904 - d. 1958)
3 Nov 1918 - 24 Dec 1925 Louis
Eveleigh Bawtree Cobden-
(b. 1873 - d. 1962)
Ramsay -Regent
Dewans
bf.1939 - af.1941
Bamdeb Misra
bf.1944 - af.1946
Dugra Charan Rai
Aundh
Capital: Aundh
|
Population: 88,723 (1941)
|
Constitution Act
(21 Jan 1939) |
Salute: None |
1699
Aundh state founded.
1699 - 5 Apr
1848
Tributary of Satara.
1806 -
1818
Administered by Peshwa.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
8 Mar 1948
Merged into Bombay.
Rulers (title Pant Pratinidhi)
1699 - 27 May
1718
Parusharam
Trimbak
(b. 1660 - d. 1718)
1718 - 25 Nov
1746
Shrinivasrao
Parashuram
(d. 1746)
"Shripat Rao"
1746 - 1749
Jagjivanrao
Parashuram "Dadobha"
(d. 1754)
(1st time)
1749 -
1752
Shrinivasrao Gangadhar (1st time) (d. 1777)
1752 -
1754
Jagjivanrao Parashuram "Dadobha"
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1754 - 1762
Shrinivasrao
Gangadhar (2nd time) (s.a.)
1762
Bhaskarrao
(d. 1762)
1763 -
1765
Shrinivasrao Gangadhar (3rd time) (s.a.)
1766 - 5 Apr 1776
Bhagwantrao Trimbak
(d. 1776)
1776 - 30 Aug 1777
Shrinivasrao Gangadhar (4th time)
(s.a.)
(in rebellion
from 1765, then co-ruler 1768-1776)
30 Aug 1777 - 11 Jun 1848 Parashuramrao
Shrinivas
(b. 1777 - d. 1848)
"Thoto
Pant"
(Peshwa prisoner 1806-1818)
11 Jun 1848 -
1901
Shrinivasrao
Parashuram
(b. 1833 - d. 1901)
"Anna Sahib"
1901 -
1905
Parashuramrao Shrinivas
"Dada
Sahib"
(b. 1858 - d. 1905)
3 Nov 1905 - 4 Nov
1909 Gopalkrishnarao Parashuram
"Nana Sahib"
4 Nov 1909 - 8 Mar
1948 Bhavanrao Shrinivas "Bala Sahib"
(b. 1868 - d. 1951)
Prime ministers
1939 – 1941
Parashuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib" (b. 1912 -
d. 1992)
(1st time)
1941 – 1947
Ramappa Balappa
Bidari
(b. 1898 - d. 19..) AISPC
1947 -
1948
Parashuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib"
(s.a.)
AISPC
(2nd time)
Avuku
1473
Avuku state
1805
Annexed to Haydarabad (as a zamindar).
Rulers
1691 -
1735
Pedda Kumara Raghava
1735 -
1737
Appa Naransimha
1737 -
1739
Shellama (Chellamma)(f)
1739 -
1743
Narasinha II
1743 -
1751
Kishama
1751 -
1759
Olajapati II
1759 -
1767
Kumara Raghava
1767 -
1771
Venkata Narasimha
1771 -
1785
Narayana
(d. af.1785)
1785 -
1805
Krishna
Awadh (Oudh)
c.1842 - 13 Feb 1856
|
1732
A senior official of the Mughal Empire establishes a
hereditary polity (under Mughal sovereignty) in Awadh
(Oudh).
1 May
1816
British protectorate.
8 Oct
1819
The ruler takes the style of padshah
(king), signaling
formal independence.
7 Feb
1856
King deposed and Awadh (Oudh) incorporated into British
India.
5 Jul 1857 - 3
Mar 1858 Brief rebellion by son of deposed king.
Rulers (title Subadar Nawab)
1732 - 19 Mar
1739
Borhan al-Molk Mir Mohammad Amin
Musawi Sa`adat `Ali Khan
I (b. c.1680 - d.
1739)
19 Mar 1739 - 28 Apr 1748 Abu´l Mansur Mohammad
Moqim Khan
(1st
time)
(b. c.1708 - d. 1754)
Ruler (title Nawab Wazir al-Mamalik)
28 Apr 1748 - 13 May 1753 Abu´l Mansur Mohammad
Moqim Khan (s.a.)
(acting to 29 Jun 1748)
Rulers (title Subadar Nawab)
5 Nov 1753 - 5 Oct 1754 Abu´l Mansur
Mohammad Moqim Khan (s.a.)
(2nd time)
5 Oct 1754 - 15 Feb 1762 Jalal ad-Din
Shoja` ad-Dowla (b.
1732 - d. 1775)
Haydar
Rulers (title Nawab Wazir al-Mamalik)
15 Feb 1762 - 26 Jan 1775 Jalal ad-Din Shoja`
ad-Dowla (s.a.)
Haydar
26 Jan 1775 - 21 Sep 1797 Asaf ad-Dowla
Amani
(b. 1748 - d. 1797)
21 Sep 1797 - 21 Jan 1798 Mirza Wazir `Ali
Khan
(b. 1780 - d. 1817)
21 Jan 1798 - 11 Jul 1814 Yamin ad-Dowla Nazem
al-Molk
Sa`adat `Ali Khan II Bahadur (b.
bf.1752 - d. 1814)
11 Jul 1814 - 19 Oct 1818 Ghazi ad-Din Rafa`at
ad-Dowla (b. 1769 - d.
1827)
Abu´l-Mozaffar Haydar Khan
Kings (title Padshah-e Awadh, Shah-e Zaman)
19 Oct 1818 - 19 Oct 1827 Ghazi ad-Din Mo`izz
ad-Din
(s.a.)
Abu´l-Mozaffar Haydar Shah
19 Oct 1827 - 7 Jul 1837 Naser ad-Din
Haydar Solayman (b.
1803 - d. 1837)
Jah Shah
7 Jul 1837 - 17 May 1842 Mo`in ad-Din
Abu´l-Fath Mohammad (b. 1777 - d. 1842)
`Ali Shah
17 May 1842 - 13 Feb 1847 Naser ad-Dowla Amjad
`Ali Thorayya (b. 1801 - d. 1847)
Jah Shah
13 Feb 1847 - 7 Feb 1856 Naser ad-Din `Abd
al-Mansur (b.
1822 - d. 1887)
Mohammad Wajed `Ali Shah
5 Jul 1857 - 3 Mar 1858 Berjis Qadr
(in
rebellion)
(b. 1845? - d. 1893)
British East India Company Residents (Agents) at
Lucknow
Jan 1773 - Feb 1775
Nathaniel Middleton
(1st time) (b. 1750 - d. 1807)
Feb 1775 - Dec
1776 John Bristow
(1st
time)
(b. 1750 - d. 1802)
Dec 1776 - Nov
1779 Nathaniel
Middleton (2nd time) (s.a.)
Nov 1779 - Nov
1780 Charles
Hutchinson Purling
(b. 1746 - d. 1791)
Nov 1780 - Feb
1781 John Bristow
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Feb 1781 - Oct
1782 Nathaniel
Middleton (3rd time) (s.a.)
Oct 1782 - 31 Dec
1783 John Bristow (3rd
time)
(s.a.)
1783 -
1784
William Palmer
(acting)
(b. 1740 - d. 1816)
1784 -
1785
Gabriel Harper (acting)
(b. 17.. - d. 1800)
Oct 1785 - Mar 1794
Edward Otto Ives
(b. 1754 - d. 1809)
Mar 1794 - Jul 1796
George
Frederick Cherry
(b. 1761 - d. 1799)
Jul 1796 - May
1799 John
Lumsden
(b.
c.1763 - d. 1818)
1799 -
1804
William Scott
(b. 1754? - d.
1804)
1804 - 11 Jun
1807
John Ulrich
Collins
(b. 1752 - d. 1807)
1808 - 1816
John Baillie
(b. 1772 - d.
1833)
1816 - 1818
Richard Charles Strachey
(b. 1781 - d. 1847)
1818 - 1821
John Monckton
(b. 1779 -
d. 1852)
1821 - 1822
Felix Vincent
Raper (1st time) (b. c.1787 - d.
1849)
(acting)
1821 - 9 Aug 1821
Paris
Bradshaw
(b. 1764 - d. 1821)
(died before arrival)
1822 -
1823
Felix Vincent Raper (2nd time)
(s.a.)
(acting)
1823 - 1830
Mordaunt Ricketts
(b. 1786 - d. 1862)
1830 -
1831
Thomas Herbert
Maddock
(b. 1790 - d. 1870)
1831 -
1842
John
Low
(b. 1788 - d. 1880)
1839 -
1841
James Caulfield (acting for Low) (b. 1782 - d.
1852)
1843 - 1845
William Nott (envoy)
(b. 1782 - d. 1845)
Dec 1843 -
1844
George Pollock (acting)
(b. 1786 - d. 1872)
1844 - 1845
John Dowdeswell
Shakespear (acting)(b. 1806 - d. 1867)
7 Oct 1845 - 1847
Thomas Reid Davidson (acting)
(b. 1799? - d. 1851)
1847 - Jan 1849
Archibald Fullarton Richmond
(b. 1789 - d. 1866)
1849 - 1856
William Henry
Sleeman
(b. 1788 - d. 1856)
1856 - 8 May 1856
James
Outram
(b. 1803 - d. 1863)
Baad: see Idar
Baghal
13th
cent.
Predecessor state found.
c.1643
Baghal state founded.
1803 - 1815
Occupied by Nepal.
Rulers (title Rana)
1670 -
1727
Prithvi Chand
(b. c.1655 - d. 1727)
1727 -
1743
Mehar Chand
(b. c.1702 - d.
1743)
1743 -
1778
Bhoop Chand
(d. 1778)
1778 - 1803
Jagat Singh (1st time)
(b. 1770 - d. 1828)
(in Nalagarh exile 1803-1815)
1803 - 1815
occupied by Nepal
1815 - Aug 1828
Jagat Singh (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Aug 1828 - 16 Jan 1840 Shiv
Saran Singh
(b. 1793 - d. 1840)
16 Jan 1840 - 12 Mar 1875 Kishan
Singh
(b. 1817 - d. 1877)
(personal style Raja from 1860)
Rajas
12 Mar 1875 - 23 Jul 1877 Kishan
Singh
(s.a.)
23 Jul 1877 - 12 Oct 1877 Moti
Singh
(b. 1871 - d. 1876)
12 Oct 1877 - 12 Apr 1904 Dhyan Singh
(b. 1842 - d. 1904)
12 Apr 1904 - 3 Oct 1922 Tikka Bikram
Singh
(b. 1893 - d. 1922)
3 Oct 1922 - 21 Dec 1945 Surendra
Singh
(b. 1909 - d. 1945)
21 Dec 1945 - 15 Aug 1947 Rajendra
Singh
(b. 1928 - d. 2010)
Baghat
Middle
Ages
Baghat state founded.
1815
British protectorate.
11 Jul 1839 -
1842
Part of British India.
Jan 1849 -
1861
Part of British India.
Rulers (title Rana)
1777 - 1787
Fateh Pal
1787 - 1810
Raghunath Pal
(d. 1810)
1810 - 1821
Dalel Singh
1821 - 11 Jul
1839
Mohindar
Singh
(d. 1839)
11 Jul 1839 - 1842
part of British India
1842 - Jan
1849
Bije
Singh
(d. 1849)
Jan 1849 -
1861
part of British India
1861
Umaid
Singh
(b. 1825 - d. 1861)
1861 - 30 Dec
1911
Dhalip
Singh
(b. 1859 - d. 1911)
30 Dec 1911 - 4 Jun 1928 Durga
Singh
(b. 1901 - d. 1977)
30 Dec 1911 - c.1915
Kanwar Amar Singh -Regent
Raja
4 Jun 1928 - 15 Aug 1947 Durga
Singh
(s.a.)
Bahawalpur:
see Pakistani
Princely States
Balasinor
-
- State Flag
|
-
- Royal Flag
|
1758
Balasinor state independent.
Rulers (title Nawab Babi)
28 Sep 1758 -
17..
Muhammad Khanji Bahadur Khanji
17.. -
....
Jamiyat Khanji I Muhammad Khanji
.... - May
1820
Salabat Khanji I Jamiyat Khanji (d.
1820)
May 1820 -
1822
Abid Khanji
1822 - 2 Dec
1831
Jalal Khanji (Edul
Khanji)
(d. 1831)
2 Dec 1831 - 30 Nov 1882 Zorawar
Khanji
(b. 1826 - d. 1882)
2 Dec 1831 - 20 May 1841 Shri Yamuna
Bibi
(d. 1841)
Sahiba (f) -Regent
30 Nov 1882 - 24 Mar 1899 Munawar Khanji Zorawar
Khanji (b. 1846 - d. 1899)
24 Mar 1899 - 2 Feb 1945 Jamiyat Khanji
II Munawar Khanji (b. 1894 - d. 1945)
(suspended 30 Aug 1933, exiled Feb 1938)
24 Mar 1899 - 9 Nov 1915 .... -Regent
2 Feb 1945 - 15 Aug 1947 Muhammad Salabat
Khanji II (b.
1944)
2 Feb 1945 - 15 Aug 1947 .... -Regent
Balsan (Balson)
.... -
1815
Vassal state of Sirmur.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
Rulers (title Thakur)
.... -
....
Jai Singh
.... -
1815
Dharam Singh
1815 -
1858
Jog Raj Singh
(b. 1780 - d. 1867)
Rulers (title Rana)
1858 - 29 Nov
1867 Jog
Raj Singh
(s.a.)
29 Nov 1867 - 17 Nov 1884 Bhup
Singh
(b. 1820 - d. 1884)
17 Nov 1884 - 1 Mar 1920 Bir
Singh
(b. 1860 - d. 1920)
1 Mar 1920 - 19 May 1936 Atar
Singh
(b. 1868 - d. 1936)
19 May 1936 -
1943 Ran
Bahadur Jandaive
Singh
(b. 1905 - d. 1965)
1943 - 15 Aug
1947
Vidya Bhushan
Singh
(b. 1938 - d. 1979)
Baltistan:
see Pakistani
Princely States
Bamra
c.1545
Bamra (Bamanda) state
founded according to tradition.
1803
British protectorate.
Rajas
1673 - 1713
Bhagirath Deb
1713 - 1745
Pratap Deb
1745 - 1779
Sidasar Deb
1779 - 1819
Arjun Deb
1819 -
1832
Balunkabrusabha Deb
1832
Khageswar Deb
1832 - 12 May
1869
Brajasundar Deb "Tribhuban Singh" (d.
1869)
12 May 1869 - 19 Nov 1903 Basu
Deb Sudhal
Deb
(b. 1851 - d. 1903)
(from 1 Jan 1895, Sir Basu Deb
Sudhal Deb)
12 May 1869 - 1871
.... -Regent
19 Nov 1903 - 11 Mar 1916 Satchitananda
Tribhuban Deb (b. 1872 - d.
1916)
11 Mar 1916 - 1 Jan 1920
Dibyashankar Sudhal
Deb
(b. 1890 - d. 1920)
1 Jan 1920 - 15 Aug 1947
Bhanuganga Tribhuban
Deb
(b. 1914 - d. 1982)
1 Jan 1920 - 1935
.... -Regent
Banaras (Benares)
....
Kashi (or Banaras) state
1194
Part of Awadh
(Oudh).
1740
Estate (zamindari) transformed
into Banaras state.
21 May 1775 - 9 Nov
1910 Part of British India.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India, as Varanasi.
Rajas
1740 - 19 Aug
1770
Balwant
Singh
(b. 1711 - d. 1770)
19 Aug 1770 - 14 Sep
1781 Chait
Singh
(b. 17.. - d. 1810)
14 Sep 1781 - 12
Sep 1795 Mahipat Narayan
Singh
(b. 1756 - d. 1795)
12 Sep
1795 - 4 Apr 1835 Udit Narayan
Singh
(b. 1778 - d. 1835)
4 Apr 1835 - 13 Jun 1889 Ishvari
Prasad Narayan Singh
(b. 1822 - d. 1889)
(personal style Maharaja
Bahadur from 11 Aug 1859)
(from 1 Jan 1877, Sir
Ishvari Prasad Narayan Singh)
13 Jun 1889 - 1 Apr 1911
Prabhu Narayan
Singh
(b. 1855 - d. 1931)
(personal style Maharaja
Bahadur from 23 Sep 1889)
(from 1 Jan 1891, Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh)
Rulers (title Maharaja Bahadur)
1 Apr 1911 - 4 Aug
1931 Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh
(s.a.)
4 Aug 1931 - 5
Apr 1939 Aditya Narayan
Singh
(b. 1874 - d. 1939)
(from 3 Jun 1933, Sir Aditya Narayan
Singh)
5 Apr 1939 - 15 Aug 1947
Vibhuti Narayan
Singh
(b. 1927 - d. 2000)
5 Apr 1939 - 11 Jul 1947
.... -Regent
British Resident
1793 - 14 Jan 1799
George
Frederick Cherry
(b. 1761 - d. 1799)
Banda
1790
Banda state founded.
1858
Annexed to British India.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1790 - 28 Aug 1802
Ali Bahadur I
(b. 1758 - d. 1802)
1802 - 1823
Shamsher
Bahadur
(b. 1788 - d. 1823)
1823 - 1849
Zulfikar Ali Bahadur
(b. 1800 - d.
1849)
1849 -
1858
Ali Bahadur
II
(b. 1835 - d. 1873)
Bandhora:
see Jaso
Banganapalle
1665
Banganapalle
(Bunganpully) jagir created by Bijapur.
1783 - 1790
Annexed by Mahisur
(Mysore).
1790 -
1800
Tributary to Haydarabad (Hyderabad).
Oct 1835 - 12 Jul 1848 Annexed to
British India (part of Madras).
18..
Estate becomes a state.
1 Feb 1905 - 19 Dec 1908 Administered
by British India (Madras).
1939 - 1947
Again administered by
British India.
23 Feb 1948
administratively merged with Madras
(annexed 1 Aug 1949).
Rulers (title Nawab)(personal
style to 24 Jan 1876, then hereditary)
1686 - 1725
Muhammad Beg Khan-i-lung
(d. 1725)
1725 - 1728
Ata
Khan
(d. 1728)
1728 - 1737
Fazil `Ali Khan I
(d. 1737)
1737 - 1769
Fazil `Ali Kahn
II
(d. 1769)
7 Apr 1769 - 26 Aug 1783 Saiyid Husain
`Ali
Khan
(d. 1783)
(personal style Khan Bahadur)
26 Aug 1783 - 1790 Ghulam
`Ali Khan I (1st time) (d. 1825)
1784 - 1790
Muhammad Yusuf
(Mahisur [Mysore] Administrator)
1790 -
1814
Mozaffar al-Molk Asad `Ali Khan
- jointly with following-
1790 - 8 Sep 1822
Ghulam `Ali
Khan I (2nd time) (s.a.)
8 Sep 1822 - Oct 1835
Husain `Ali Khan (1st time)
(d. 1848)
Oct 1835 - 12 Jul 1848
annexed to British India
12 Jul 1848 - 1848
Husain `Ali
Khan (2nd time)
(s.a.)
20 Mar 1849 - 7 Oct 1868
Ghulam Mohammad `Ali Khan
II (d. 1868)
7 Oct 1868 - 21
Apr 1905 Fath `Ali
Khan
(b. 1848 - d. 1905)
1 Feb 1905 - 19 Dec 1908 John
Chartres Molony -Administrator(b.
1877 - d. 1948)
(assistant political agent)
22 Jun 1905 - 22 Jan 1922 Ghulam `Ali
Khan
III
(b. 1874 - d. 1922)
22 Jan 1922 - 15 Aug 1947 Fazli `Ali Khan III
(b. 1901 - d.
1948)
(forced to reside outside the state
1939-1947)
Bangahal
c.1200
Bangahal state founded.
1770
Divided between Kangra
and Guler.
Rajas
1709 - 1720/28
Prithvi Pal
(b. 1686 - d.
1720/28)
1720/28 - 1735
Raghunath Pal
(b. 1708 - d.
1735/49)
1735 - 1749
Dalel Pal
(b. 1728
- d. 1749)
1749 - 1770
Man Pal
(b. 1747 - d. 1770)
Bangala: see Bangladesh
Bansda
-
- bf.1877 - ....
|
-
- .... - 1947
|
c.1250
Bansda state founded.
Rulers (title Raja Sahib; from c.1829, Maharaja
Sahib)
.... -
1701
Udaisimhji II
(d.
1701)
1701 -
1716
Virsimhji I
(d. 1716)
1716 -
1739
Ralbhamji
(d. 1739)
1739 -
1753
Ghulabsimhji I
(d.
1753)
1753 -
1770
Udaisimhji III
(d. c.1770)
1770 -
1780
Kiratsimhji Las
(d. 1780)
1780 -
1789
Virsimhji II
(d.
1789)
1789 - 1793
Naharsimhji
(d. 1793)
1793 -
1815
Raisimhji
(d. 1815)
1815 - 27 Oct 1828
Udaisimhji IV
(d. 1828)
1828 - 16 Jun 1861
Hamirsimhji
(b. 1826 - d. 1861)
1861 - 13 Feb
1876
Ghulabsimhji II
(b. 1838
- d. 1876)
6 Mar 1876 - 21 Sep 1911
Pratapsimhji
Ghulabsimhji
(b. 1863 - d. 1911)
21 Sep 1911 - 15 Aug 1947
Indrasimhji
Pratapsimhji
(b. 1888 - d. 1951)
(from 11 May 1937, Sir Indrasimhji
Pratapsimhji)
Banswara
1527
Banswara state founded.
1786 - 1818
Tributary to Dhar.
16 Nov
1818
British protectorate.
1900 -
1906
State under administration by the political
officer.
Rulers (title Maharawal; from
c.1914 Sri Raj-i-Rajan Maharawal)
1688 - 1706
Ajab Singh
(b. 16.. - d.
1706)
1706 - 1713
Bhim
Singh
(d. 1713)
1713 -
1737
Bishan
Singh
(d. 1737)
1737 -
1747
Udai Singh
II
(d. 1747)
1747 -
1786
Prithvi
Singh
(d. 1786)
1786 -
1816
Bijai
Singh
(b. 17.. - d. 1816)
1816 -
1819
Umaid
Singh
(d. 1819)
1819 - 6 Nov
1838
Bhawani
Singh
(b. c.1803 - d. 1838)
6 Nov 1838 - 2 Feb 1844 Bahadur
Singh
(b. c.1788 - d. 1844)
2 Feb 1844 - 29 Apr 1905 Lakshman
Singh
(b. 1835 - d. 1905)
2 Feb 1844 - 1856
Ratan Lal -Regent
29 Apr 1905 - 27 Dec 1913 Shambhu
Singh
(b. 1868 - d. 1913)
27 Dec 1913 - 28 Jul 1944 Prithvi
Singh
(b. 1888 - d. 1944)
(from 2 Jan 1933, Sir Prithvi Singh)
28 Jul 1944 - 15 Aug 1947 Chandra Vir
Singh
(b. 1909 - d. 1985)
Dewans
c.1931
Rajkumar Chatterjee
Jun 1937 - Aug 1940 Mohan
Sinha Mehta (1st time)
1944 - Mar
1947
Mohan Sinha Mehta (2nd time)
Bantva-Manavadar:
see Manavadar
Baoni
1784
Baoni state founded.
1806
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1784 - 1 Sep
1800
`Emad al-Molk Ghazi ad-Din Khan (b.
1736 - d. 1800)
1 Sep 1800 - 11 May 1815 Naser
ad-Dowla
(b. c.1756 - d. 1815)
11 May 1815 - 18 Oct 1838 Amir
al-Molk
(d. 1838)
18 Oct 1838 - 18 Aug 1859 Mohammad
Hosayn
(d. 1859)
18 Aug 1859 - 5 Oct 1883 Emam ad-Dowla
Hosayn
(d. 1895)
(administrator 1857-18 Aug 1859)
5 Oct 1883 - 27 Jun 1893 Mohammad Hasan
Khan
(b. 1863 - d. 1893)
27 Jun 1893 - 27 Oct 1911 Riaz al-Hasan
Khan
(b. 1876 - d. 1911)
(recognized 2 Aug 1894)
27 Oct 1911 - 15 Aug 1947 Mohammad Moshtaq
al-Hasan Khan (b. 1896 - d.
1977)
Baramba
1305
Baramba (Badamba) state founded.
1748 -
1749
Occupied by Khandpara.
Rulers (title Rawat)
1679 -
1711
Balabhadra Mangraj
1711 -
1743
Fakir Mangraj
1743 -
1748
Banadhar Mangraj
1748 -
1793
Padmanava Birbar Mangraj
1793 -
1842
Pindik Birbar Mangraj Mahapatra
1842 -
1869
Gopinath Birbar Mangraj
1869 -
1874
Daswanathi Birbar Mangraj
(b. 1851 - d. 1881)
Mahapatra
Rajas
1874 - 15 Jul
1881
Daswanathi Birbar Mangraj
(s.a.)
Mahapatra
15 Jul 1881 - 20 Aug 1922 Bisambhar Birbar
Mangraj (b.
1880 - d. 1922)
Mahapatra
20 Aug 1922 - 15 Aug 1947 Narayan Chandra Birbar
Mangraj
Mahapatra
(b. 1914 - d. 1954)
20 Aug 1922 - 16 Jan 1935 .... -Regent
Baraundha Pathar Kachhar
![[Baraundha Pathar Kachhar
(India)] [Baraundha Pathar
Kachhar (India)]](baraundha.jpg)
1169
Baraundha Pathar Kachhar state founded.
1807
British protectorate.
1887
Baraundha (Baroundha)
made second capital of the state.
Rulers (title Thakur)
1790 - 4 Jan
1827
Mohan
Singh
(d. 1827)
1827 - Dec
1867
Sarabjit Singh
(d. 1867)
1867 -
1870
Dharampal Singh
1870 -
1874
Chhatarpal
Singh
(b. c.1849 - d. 1874)
1874 - 18 Dec 1885
Raghubar
Dayal
Singh
(b. 1840 - d. 1885)
(personal style Raja Bahadur from 1 Jan 1877)
18 Dec 1885 - 10 Jan 1886 Vacant
10 Jan 1886 - Dec 1908
Pratap
Singh
(b. 1847 - d. 1908)
Rajas
9 Jul 1909 - 8 Apr 1933 Gaya
Prasad
Singh
(b. 1865 - d. 1933)
8 Apr 1933 - 15 Aug 1947 Ram Pratap
Singh
(b. 1908 - d. 1983)
Bariya (Baria)
c.1524
Bariya state founded.
Rajas
.... -
....
Rayasimhji Udaisimhji
.... - ....
Vijaysimhji Rayasimhji
.... -
c.1720
Mansimhji I Vijaysimhji
(d. c.1720)
17.. -
17..
Prithvirajji I Mansimhji
(d. af.1732)
.... -
....
Rayadharji Prithviraji
.... -
....
Gangdasji I Rayadharji
.... -
....
Gambhirsimhji Gangdasji
.... -
....
Dhiratsimhji Gambhirsimhji
1803?
Jashwantsimhji Sahibsimhji
18.. - Aug
1819 Gangdasji
II Jashwantsimhji
(d. 1819)
1819
Prithvirajji II Gangdasji
(d. 1864)
(1st
time)
1819
Rupji
(usurper)
1819 - 1820
Bhimsimhji Gangdasji
1820 -
1864
Prithvirajji II Gangdasji
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Rulers (title Maharawal)
5 Mar 1864
- 25 Feb 1908 Mansimhji II
Prithirajji
(b. 1855 - d. 1908)
25 Feb 1908 - 15 Aug 1947
Ranjitsimhji
Mansimhji
(b. 1886 - d. 1949)
(from 1 Jan 1922, Sir Ranjitsimhji Mansimhji)
Baroda
-
|
![[Baroda
c.1875-1936 Maharaja's flag (India)] [Baroda c.1875-1936
Maharaja's flag (India)]](in-baro1.gif) - c.1875 -
1936 Maharaja's Flag
|
-
- 1936 - 1949 Maharaja's Flag
|
2 Aug 1921 - 15 Aug 1947
Merchant Flag
|
|
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|
Map of Baroda |
Population:
2,855,000
(1941)
|
Government of
Baroda Act (1940)
|
Salute: 21
guns |
Capital: Baroda |
Anthem
"Gaekwadi"
------------------------------
State
Forces: 3,924
(1945) |
Ethnic groups: Gujarati 87%,
Bhil 7%, other 6% (1931)
|
Religions: Hindu 77%,
traditional 13%, Muslim 8%,
other 2% (1941) |
Apr
1731
Baroda state founded by Mahratta
general.
1732 - 1734
Baroda under Mughal rule.
1772
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accession to India.
1 May 1949
Merged into Bombay.
Rulers (title Maharaja Gaekwar)
Apr 1731 - 14 May 1732 Pilaji
Rao
Gaekwar
(d. 1732)
14 May 1732 - 18 Aug 1768 Damaji Rao II
Gaekwar
(d. 1768)
1732 - 1734
Sher Khan Babi -Mughal governor
18 Aug 1768 -
1771
Govind Rao Gaekwar (1st
time) (d. 1778)
1771 -
1774
Sayaji Rao I Gaekwar (1st time)
1771 -
1774
Fateh Singh I Rao Gaekwar -Regent (d. 1789)
(1st time)
1774 -
1778
Govind Rao Gaekwar (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1778 -
1792
Sayaji Rao I Gaekwar (2nd time)
1778 - 1779
Fateh Singh I Rao Gaekwar -Regent
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1779 -
1792
Manaji Rao Gaekwar -Regent
(b. c.1751 - d. 1793)
1792 - 27 Jul
1793
Manaji Rao
Gaekwar
(s.a.)
27 Jul 1793 - 19 Sep 1800 Govind Rao Gaekwar
"Mama Sahib" (b. 17.. - d. 1800)
19 Sep 1800 - 2 Oct 1819 Anand Rao
Gaekwar
(b. 17.. - d. 1819)
19 Sep 1800 - 23 Jun 1818 Fateh Singh II Rao
Gaekwar -Regent (b. 1769 - d. 1818)
23 Jun 1818 - 2 Oct 1819 Sayaji Rao
Gaekwar -Regent
(b. 1800 - d. 1847)
2 Oct 1819 - 28 Dec 1847 Sayaji Rao II
Gaekwar
(s.a.)
28 Dec 1847 - 19 Nov 1856 Ganpat Rao
Gaekwar
(b. 1816 - d. 1856)
19 Nov 1856 - 28 Nov 1870 Khande Rao II
Gaekwar
(b. 1828 - d. 1870)
(from 25 Jun 1861, Sir Khande Rao II
Gaekwar)
28 Nov 1870 - 19 Apr 1875 Malhar Rao
Gaekwar
(b. 1831 - d. 1882)
(regent to 5 Jul 1871; suspended from 13 Jan 1875)
19 Apr 1875 - 25 May 1875 Sir Madhav Rao
Thanjavurkar
(b. c.1828 - d. 1891)
(chairman regency council)
25 May 1875 - 6 Feb 1939 Sayaji Rao III
Gaekwar
(b. 1863 - d. 1939)
(from 15 Feb 1887, Sir Sayaji Rao III
Gaekwar)
25 May 1875 - 28 Dec 1881 Jamna Bai Sahib Gaekwar
(f)-Regent (b. 1853 - d. 1898)
6 Feb 1939 - 1 May 1949 Pratap Singh
Rao
Gaekwar
(b. 1908 - d. 1968)
(from 1 Jan 1941, Sir Pratap Singh Rao
Gaekwar)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1743 - 17..
Diwanji Takapir
+ Mahadaji
Govind Kakirde
17.. - 17..
Madhav Nimbaji Vanikar
17.. - 17..
Ramchandra Basvant
17.. - 17..
Balaji Yamaji
(acting
for Basvant)
17.. - 17..
Gopal Naik Tambekar
c.1777
Antaji Ganesh
17.. - 1780
Govind Pandit
17.. - 17..
Hiramand (acting)
17.. - 17..
Baloba
17.. - 17..
Gumaji Patel
c.1787
Ramchandra Bhaskar
Dec 1793 - 20 Sep 1800 Raoji
Appaji (1st time)
(d. 1803)
1800 - 1820
Vithalrao Devaji (Dewan of
Kathiawar)
- jointly
with following -
20 Sep 1800 - 27 Jan 1801 Shrimant Sardar
Khanjirao
Maharaja Sahib Gaekwar
27 Jan 1801 - 18 Jul 1803 Raoji
Appaji (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1803 - 1807
Sitaram Raoji
1807 - 28 Nov 1810 Babaji
Rao
(d. 1810)
1810 - 1812
Vithalrao Bhau (1st time)
(Vithal Rao Bhau)
1812 - 14 Jul 1815
Gangadhar
Shastri
(d. 1815)
Jul 1815 - Oct 1819
Bhimashankar
12 Oct 1819 - Jan 1820 Dhakji Dadaji
Jan? 1820 - 1828
Vithalrao Bhau (2nd time)
+ Vithalrao
Devaji
1828 -
1829
Veniram Aditram
+ Prabhaka
Dikshit
1829 -
1833
Gopal Atmaram Devadar
1833 - 28 Nov 1839
Veniram Aditram
1839 - 1848
Vacant
1848 - 1849
Balasaheb Dhaibar
1849 - 1854
Bhau Tambekar
1854 - 10 Nov 1867 Govindrav
Pandurang Rode
(d. 1868)
+ Ganesh
Sadashiv Ojhe (to Mar 1861)
17 Nov 1867 - 24 Nov 1869 Bhau Shinde
25 Nov 1869 - Dec 1870 Nimbaji
Rao Dhole (or Davale)
(acting)
Dec 1870 - Mar 1871
Hariba Dada
22 Mar 1871 - 1872
Gopal Rav Mairal
(d. 1872)
1872 (4
months)
Balwant Rao Bhicaji Rahurakar
Nov 1872? - Mar 1873?
Balvantrav Khanvelkar (Balwant Rao)
5 Mar 1873 – 4 Aug 1874 Shivaji Rao
Khanvelkar
4 Aug 1874 - 7 Jan 1875 Dadabhai
Naoroji
(b. 1825 – d. 1917)
10 May 1875 - 28 Sep 1882 Sir
Madhav Rao Thanjavurkar
(s.a.)
29 Sep 1882 - 31 Jul 1886 Khan Bahadur Kazi
Shahabuddin (b. 1832 - d. 1900)
1 Aug 1886 - 30 May 1890 Bahadur
Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya
31 May 1890 - 21 Nov 1895 Manibhai
Jasbhai Mehta
(b. 1844 - d. 1900)
22 Nov 1895 - 14 Jul 1896 Jaisingh Rao Agre
(acting)
15 Jul 1896 - 2 Oct 1901 S. Srinivasa
Raghava Iyengar (b. 1849 - d.
1903)
3 Oct 1901 - 30 Jun 1904 R.V.
Dhamnaskar
1 Jul 1904 - 28 Feb 1909 Kersaspji
Rustamji Dadachanji
1 Jun 1909 - 30 Nov 1909 Shri Romesh
Chunder Dutt
(b. 1848 - d. 1909) INC
1 Dec 1909 - 3 Jan 1912 V.P.
Madhava Rao
(b. 1850 - d. 1930)
1 Dec 1912 - 16 Mar 1914 Bihari Lal
Gupta
(b. 1849 - d. 1916)
17 Mar 1914 - 7 May 1916 Vishwanath
Patankar Madhava Rao (b. 1850 - d.
1934)
9 May 1916 - 17 Feb 1926 Manubhai Nandshankar
Mehta (b. 1868 - d. 1946)
18 Feb 1926 – 17 Feb 1927 Ganpatrao Gaekwad
(acting)
18 Feb 1927 - 27 Apr 1944 Sir Vangal
Thiruvenkatachari (b. 1881 - d.
1946)
Krishnamachari
1944 -
1945
Bhadrasinh Anandrao Gaekwar
Jan 1945 – 1947
Sir Brojendra Lal
Mitter
(b. 1875 - d. 1950)
Oct 1947 – Jun 1948
Sakharam Amrut
Sudhalkar
(b. 1891 - d. 19..)
Prime minister
Jun 1948 -
1949
Jivraj Narayan
Mehta
(b. 1887 - d. 1977) INC
British Residents at Baroda
11 Jul 1802 - 1809
Alexander
Walker (1st time) (b. 1734 -
d. 1831)
1809 - 1810
James Rivett-Carnac (1st time) (b. 1785 -
d. 1846)
(acting)
1810
Alexander Walker (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1810 - May 1820
James Rivett-Carnac (2nd time) (s.a.)
1 Jun 1820 - May 1821 Charles
Norris (acting)
May 1821 - Nov
1837 James
Williams
(d. 1837)
Nov 1837 - Jun
1840 James
Sutherland
(b. 1790 - d. 1840)
26 Jun 1840 - Jul/Aug 1844 William Sprot
Boyd
(b. 1799 - d. 1845)
Aug 1844 - Jul
1845 T.
Ogilvie (acting)
Jul 1845 - Apr
1846 Robert
Keith Arbuthnot
(b. 1801 - d. 1873)
Apr 1846 - May
1847 William
Charles Andrews (acting) (d. 1851)
May 1847 - Oct 1848
James Outram (1st time)
(b. 1803 - d. 1863)
Oct 1848 - May
1850 Patrick
Theodore French (acting) (b. 1803 - d.
1890)
23 May 1850 - Jan 1852 James
Outram (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jan 1852 - Jun 1853 John
Marshal Davies
Jun 1853 - Mar 1854
George Berkeley Seton-Karr (acting)(b.
1820 - d. 1862)
Mar 1854 - May 1854
James Outram (3rd time)
(s.a.)
May 1854 - 1 Oct 1855 Duncan
Archibald Malcolm (b.
1807 - d. 1855)
Feb 1856 - Mar
1857 Cuthbert
Davidson
(b. 1810 - d. 1862)
Mar 1857 - May 1859
Sir Richmond
Campbell Shakespear (b. 1812 - d. 1861)
May 1859 – Aug
1859 John
Proudfoot Stratton (acting) (b. 1830 – d. 1895)
Aug 1859 - 10 Jan 1866 Robert Wallace
(b. 1816 - d. ....)
10 Jan 1866 - 23 May 1867 John Turnly Barr
(1st time) (b. 1818 - d.
1873)
23 May 1867 - Nov 1867 Edward
Penfold Arthur (acting) (b. 1825
- d. 1870)
Nov 1867 - 29 Apr 1872 John
Turnly Barr (2nd time)
(s.a.)
29 Apr 1872 - Mar 1873 Alexander
Young Shortt (acting) (b. 1834 - d.
1903)
Mar 1873 - Dec
1874 Robert
Phayre
(b. 1820 - d. 1897)
Dec 1874 - Apr 1875
Lewis Pelley
(b. 1825 - d. 1892)
18 Apr 1875 - Nov 1875 Richard
John
Meade
(b. 1821 - d. 1899)
Agents of the Governor-general
16 Nov 1875 - 2 Apr 1881 Philipp Sandys
Melvill (1st time) (b. 1827 - d. 1906)
2 Apr 1881 - 10 Apr 1881 J.H. Seller
(acting)
11 Apr 1881 - 1 Jul 1881 William Garrow
Waterfield (acting) (b. 1833 - d. 1897)
2 Jul 1881 - 2 Jan 1881
Philipp Sandys Melvill (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Jan 1882 - 15 Sep 1883 John Watson (1st
time) (b. 1829
- d. 1919)
16 Sep 1883 - 15 Nov 1883 Freeman Henry Jackson
(1st time) (b. 1842 - d. 1916)
(acting)
16 Nov 1883 - 26 Aug 1885 John Watson
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
27 Aug 1885 - 24 Oct 1885 Charles Kenneth
Mackenzie Walter (b. 1833 - d. 1892)
(acting)
25 Oct 1885 - 3 Mar 1886 John
Watson (3rd time)
(s.a.)
4 Mar 1886 - 4 Nov 1886
Freeman Henry Jackson (2nd
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
4 Dec 1886 - 7 Jul 1886
James Cavan Berkeley (1st time)
(b. 1838 - d. 1926)
8 Jul 1886 - 10 Jul 1886 Freeman
Henry Jackson (3rd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Aug 1886 - 29 Dec 1887 James Cavan Berkeley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
30 Dec 1887 - 1 Oct 1888 Sir Oliver
Beauchamp Coventry (b.
1837 - d. 1891)
St. John
2 Oct 1888 - 17 Jan 1889
Freeman Henry Jackson (4th
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
18 Jan 1889 - 26 Mar 1889 Harry North Dalrymple
Prendergast (b. 1834 - d. 1913)
(1st
time)
27 Mar 1889 - 22 Oct 1889 Freeman Henry
Jackson (5th time) (s.a.)
(acting)
23 Oct 1889 - Apr 1890 Harry
North Dalrymple Prendergast (s.a.)
(2nd
time)
Apr 1890 - Jul 1890
Freeman Henry Jackson (6th
time) (s.a.)
(acting)
Jul 1890 - 6 Feb 1891
Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (s.a.)
(3rd
time)
6 Mar 1891 - 4 Jan 1893 Edward
Swalman
Reynolds
(b. c.1839 - d. 1896)
11 Jan 1893 - 27 Apr 1893 John Biddulph
(1st time)
(b. 1840 - d. 1922)
27 Apr 1893 - 27 Jul 1893 Francis William
Snell (acting) (b. 1848 - d. 19..)
28 Jul 1893 - 24 Feb 1895 John Biddulph
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
25 Feb 1895 - 23 Jul 1896 Norton Charles
Martelli (1st time) (b. 1844 - d. ....)
24 Jul 1896 - Oct 1896 Percy
Zachariah Cox (acting) (b. 1864 -
d. 1937)
Oct 1896 - 1899
Norton Charles Martelli (2nd time) (s.a.)
Residents
30 Aug 1899 - 13 Mar 1901 Charles Withers
Ravenshaw (b. 1835 -
d. 1935)
14 Mar 1901 - 9 Oct 1901 William Hall
Mackintosh Stewart (b. 1856 - d. 19..)
(acting)
4 Nov 1901 - 2 May 1902 Malcolm
John Meade (1st time) (b.
1854 - d. 1933)
3 May 1902 - 3 Nov 1902 Harry
George Carnegy (acting) (b. 1865 -
d. 1905)
4 Nov 1902 - 30 Mar 1906 Malcolm
John Meade (2nd time) (s.a.)
31 Mar 1906 - 13 Apr 1906 Hugh Harrison
(acting)
(b. 1870 - d. 1944)
14 Apr 1906 - 11 Dec 1906 Charles Hamerton
Pritchard (acting)(b. 1863 - d. 1916)
12 Dec 1906 - 3 Sep 1908 Malcolm
John Meade (3rd time) (s.a.)
4 Sep 1908 - 29 Oct 1908 Robert
Southey Pottinger (acting) (b. 1870 - d. 1943)
30 Oct 1908 - 18 Feb 1909 Malcolm
John Meade (4th time) (s.a.)
19 Feb 1909 - 1 May 1912
Henry Venn
Cobb
(b. 1864 - d. 1949)
19 Feb 1909 - 30 Sep 1910 Oswald
Vivian Bosanquet
(b. 1866 - d. 1933)
(acting for Venn Cobb)
5 May 1912 - 13 Mar 1914 Lawrence Impey (1st
time) (b. 1862 - d.
1944)
(acting
to 17 May 1913)
14 Mar 1914 - 11 Apr 1914 Wyndham Madden Pierpoint
Wood (b. 1869 - d. 1950)
(acting)
12 Apr 1914 - 14 Dec 1914 William Ellis Jardine
(acting) (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
15 Dec 1914 - 3 Mar 1917 Lawrence
Impey (2nd time)
(s.a.)
4 Mar 1917 - 16 Feb 1918 Frederick Weston
Peile Macdonald (b. 1863 - d. 1955)
(acting)
17 Feb 1918 - 23 Mar 1918 Kenneth Samuel Fitze
(acting) (b. 1887 - d. 1960)
23 Mar 1918 - 7 Apr 1919 Charles
Lennox Russell
(b. 1872 - d. 1960)
(acting to 19 Apr 1918)
8 Apr 1919 - 5 May 1919 Thomas
Brian Russell (acting) (b.
1888 - d. 19..)
6 May 1919 - 28 May 1919 William
Pell Barton (1st time) (b. 1871 - d. 1956)
1 Jun 1919 - 9 Sep 1919 Walter Hugh
John Wilkinson (acting)(b. 1874 - d. 1939)
10 Sep 1919 - 2 Feb 1920 William
Pell Barton (2nd time) (s.a.)
3 Feb 1920 - 30 Oct 1920 Charles Joseph
Windham
(b. 1867 - d. 1941)
31 Oct 1920 - 21 Jul 1921 Denys
Brooke Blakeway
(b. 1870 - d. 1933)
22 Jul 1921 - 1 Dec 1922 Leslie Maurice
Crump (acting) (b. 1875 -
d. 1929)
1 Dec 1922 – 12 Dec 1922 Cyril William
Prescott (1st time)
(acting)
13 Dec 1922 -
1923
Reginald Isidore Robert Glancy (b. 1974 -
d. 1939)
29 Apr 1923 – 7 Jun 1923 Cyril William
Prescott (2nd time)
(acting)
8 Jun 1923 – 4 Mar 1927 Edward Herbert
Kealy
(b. 1873 - d. 1953)
1926 - 27 Oct 1926
Henry Stuart Strong
(acting for Kealy)
5 Mar 1927 – 14 Nov 1929 Richard
John Charles Burke (b. 1878
- d. 1960)
15 Nov 1929 - 1931
Denis Grey Wilson
(b. 1880 - d. 1964)
21 Mar 1931 – 1932?
Charles Gilbert Crosthwaite
(b. 1878 - d. 1940)
(acting to 17 Jun 1931)
27 Mar 1932 – 21 Jul 1932 Frederick Marshman
Bailey
(b. 1882 - d. 1967)
22 Jul 1932 – 18 Jan 1933 Arthur Cunningham
Lothian
(b. 1887 - d. 1962)
19 Jan 1933 - Jan 1938 James Leslie Rose
Weir (b. 1883
- d. 1950)
18 Apr 1935 – 3 May 1935 George Arthur
Falconer
(b. 1894 - d. 1981)
(acting for Weir)
4 May 1935 – 16 Nov 1935 Kenmure Alick
Garth Evans-Gordon (b. 1885 - d. 1960)
(acting for Weir)
29 Jan 1938 - 1939
Elliott James Dowell Colvin
(b. 1885 - d. 1950)
15 Apr 1939 - Jul 1939
George van Baerle Gillan (1st time)(b. 1890 - d. 1974)
4 Jul 1939 - 1942
Clive
Kirkpatrick Daly
(b. 1878 - d. 1966)
1 Oct 1942 -
1943
George van Baerle Gillan (2nd time)(s.a.)
Feb 1943 -
1944
Lionel W.
Jardine
(b. 1895 - d. 1980)
Residents for Baroda, Western India States and
Gujarat
5 Nov 1944 - 6 May 1947 Sir Cyril P.
Hancock
(b. 1896 - d. 1990)
(acting to 4 Jul 1945)
7 May 1947 - 14 Aug 1947 Leonard Coke
Wallis
(b. 1900 - d. 1974)
Barwani
Capital: Barwani
(Sidhanagar c.1640 ....)
|
Population: 176,666 (1941)
141,110 (1931)
|
836
Barwani state founded, originally called Avasgarh.
1819
British
protectorate.
1861 -
1873
British India administration.
1880 - 1886
British India administration.
Rulers (title Rana)
1675 -
1700
Jodh
Singh
(d. 1700)
1700
Mohan Singh I (1st time)
(d. 1731)
1700 -
1708
Parbat
Singh
(d. 1708)
1708 -
1730
Mohan Singh I (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1730 -
1760
Anup
Singh
(d. 1760)
1760 -
1794
Umed
Singh
(d. 1794)
1794 -
1839
Mohan Singh
II
(d. 1839)
1839 -
1861
Jashwant Singh (1st
time)
(d. 1880)
1839 - 1854
.... Rajmata of
Barwani (f) -Regent
1861 -
1873
Vacant
1873 - 15 Aug
1880
Jashwant Singh (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
15 Aug 1880 - 14 Dec 1894 Indrajit
Singh
(b. 1840 - d. 1894)
15 Aug 1880 - Jan 1886
.... Rajmata of Barwani (f) -Regent
14 Dec 1894 - 1921
Ranjit Singh II
(b. 1888 - d. 1930)
(from 1 Jan 1918, Sir Ranjit Singh II)
14 Dec 1894 - 12 Jan 1910 Rajmata Dhan
Kunwar
Basaheba (f) -Regent
Rulers (title Maharana)
1921 - 21 Apr 1930
Sir Ranjit Singh II
(s.a.)
22 Apr 1930 - 15 Aug 1947 Devi
Singhji
(b. 1922 - d. 2007)
22 Apr 1930 - 1939
Harilal Nemchand Gosalia -Regent
(b. 1877 - d. 19..)
(from 9 Jun 1928, Sir Harilal Nemchand Gosalia)
(chairman of regency council)
1939 - 1943
Kumari Shri
Tejkunuerba Rajmata
of Barwani (f) -Regent
Diwan
c.1939
Thakur Bharat Singh
Bashahr
1412
Bashahr state founded.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
5 Aug 1914 - 30 Nov 1917
British India administration.
Ruler (title Rana)
.... -
1708
Vijay Singh
1708 -
1725
Udai Singh
1725 -
1761
Ram
Singh
(d. 1761)
1761 -
1785
Udar Singh
(d.
1785)
1785 -
1803
Ugar
Singh
(d. 1811)
1803 -
1815
occupied by Nepal
1815 - 8 Feb 1816
Mahendra
Singh
(b. 1803 - d. 1850)
Rajas
8 Feb 1816 -
1850
Mahendra
Singh
(s.a.)
1850 - 4 Aug 1914
Shamsher
Singh
(b. 1838 - d. 1914)
1887 - 2 Feb
1898
Raghunath Singh -Administrator
(b. 1868 - d. 1898)
1898 - 1911
Lala Mangat Ram -Manager
5 Aug 1914 - 30 Nov 1917 A.A. McMitchell -Manager
5 Aug 1914 - 16 Apr 1947 Padam Singh (installed
18 Nov 1914) (b. 1873 - d. 1947)
(from 1 Jan 1945, Sir Padam Singh)
5 Aug 1914 - 30 Nov 1917 Alan
Alexander McCaskill Mitchell (b. 1884 - d.
1941)
(manager)
16 Apr 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Virbhadra
Singh
(b. 1934 - d. 2021)
Basoda
1753
Basoda state founded as a vassal state of Gwalior.
1817 -
1822
Occupied by Gwalior.
1822
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1753 -
1786
Ahsan Allah
Khan
(d. 1786)
1786 -
1800
Baqa´ Allah Khan
1800 - 1817
Asad `Ali Khan (1st time)
(d. 1864)
1817 - 1822
occupied by Gwalior
1822 -
1864
Asad `Ali Khan (2nd time)
(s.a.)
6 Feb 1864 - 11 Jun 1896 `Omar `Ali
Khan
(b. c.1830 - d. 1896)
12 Jun 1896 - 2 Jul 1929 Haydar `Ali Khan
Firuz Jung (b.
1854 - d. 1929)
27 Jul 1929 - 15 Aug 1947 Mohammad Ayyub `Ali
Khan Firuz Jung (b. 1877 - d. 1947)
Basohli
c.750
AD
Basohli state founded.
Jun
1836
Incorporated into Jammu.
Rajas
1693 -
1725
Diraj
Pal
(d. 1725)
1725 -
1736
Medini
Pal
(b. 1717? - d. 1736)
1736 -
1757
Ajit
Pal
(d. 1757)
1757 -
1776
Amrit
Pal
(b. 1745 - d. 1776)
1776 -
1806
Vijay
Pal
(b. 1763 - d. 1806)
1806 -
1813
Mahendra
Pal
(d. 1813)
1813 - Nov
1834
Bhupendra
Pal
(b. c.1806 - d. 1834)
17 Dec 1834 - Jun 1836 Kalyan
Pal
(b. 1834 - d. 1857)
Bastar
1324
Bastar state founded.
Rajas
1680 -
1709
Digpal Deo
1709 -
1721
Rajpal Deo
1721 -
1731
Mama
1731 -
1774
Dalpat Deo
1774
Daryao Deo (1st time)
1774 -
1777
Ajmar Singh Deo
1777 - bf.1819
Daryao Deo (2nd time)
c.1819
Mahipal Deo
1830 -
1853
Bhopal Deo
(d. 1853)
27 Aug 1853 - 20 Jul 1891 Bhairam
Deo
(b. 1839 - d. 1891)
20 Jul 1891 - 16 Nov 1921 Rudra Pratap
Deo
(b. 1885 - d. 1921)
20 Jul 1891 - Jan 1908 .... -Regent
23 Nov 1921 - 28 Feb 1936 Prafulla Kumari Devi (f)
-Rani (b. 1910 - d. 1936)
Maharaja
29 Feb 1936 - 15 Aug 1947 Pravir Chandra Bhanj
Deo
(b. 1929 - d. 1966)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1842 - 1862
Lal Dalganjan Singh
(d. 1863)
1862 - 1867
Moti Singh
1867 - 1881?
Gopinath Kapardas
1881 - 1886
Kalendra Singh
1886 - 1888
Krishna Rao
1888 - Mar 1890
Ganpat Rao Gokle
1890 - 1891
Gopinath Guru
(d.
1891)
Superintendents
1891 - 1893
Rama Krishna Rao
1893 - 1896
Pandit
Alamchand
1896 - 1899
L.J.
Fagan (administrator)
Mar 1899 - Jul 1903
George Whitty Gayer (administrator)(b. 1865 - d. 1945)
1903 - 1908
Rai
Bahadur Panda Baijnath
Dewans
1908 -
1910
Rai Bahadur Panda Baijnath
Aug 1910 – May
1913 James May
May 1913 - 16 Apr 1917 Frederick
James Langhorne (b.
18.. - d. 1936)
Apr 1917 – bf.Mar 1918 Mahdi
Hassan
1918 - 1923?
Hafiz Mohammad Walayatullah
May 1923 -
1925/27
William Alfred Tucker
(b. 1880 - d. 19..)
Mar 1927 - Mar 1931
Wilfrid Vernon Grigson
(b. 1896 - d. 1948)
Mar 1931 - 1934
Donald Ross Rutnam
(b. 1902 - d.
1968)
Mar 1934 - Mar 1940 Edgar
Stanley
Hyde
(b. 1906 - d. 1981)
Apr 1940 - 1942
Alfred Norval
Mitchell
(b. 1906 - d. 1988)
1942 -
1943
K. Radhakrishnan
Sep 1943 - Jul 1945 Richmond
Keith Molesworth Battye (b. 1905 - d. 1958)
1945 - Jul 1947
Herbert William
Alderson
Jul 1947 - 1947
Rao Sahib Ragho Raj
Baudh
21 May
1874
Baudh (Boudh) estate becomes a state.
Rajas
21 May 1874 - 5 Oct 1879 Pitambar Deo
(b. 1821 - d. 1879)
5 Oct 1879 - 10 Mar 1913 Jogendra
Deo
(b. 1857 - d. 1913)
10 Mar 1913 - 15 Aug 1947 Narayan Prasad
Deo
(b. 1904 - d. 1956)
Bayar:
see Idar
Beja
c.1350
Beja founded.
1790
Independence from Bilaspur (confirmed 4 Sep 1815).
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815/39
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Thakur)
1773 -
1817
Man
Chand
(d. 1817)
1817 - 1841
Pratap
Chand
(d. 1841)
1841 - 20 Jun
1905
Udai
Chand
(b. 1831 - d. 1905)
20 Jun 1905 - 1943
Puran Chand
(b. 1896 - d.
1943)
1905 - 22 Jan 1918
Regency
1943 - 1947
Lakshmi
Chand
(b. 1916 - d. 1949)
Benares: see Banaras
Bengal: see Bangladesh
Beri
(Beri-Bundelkhand)
c.1750
Beri (Beri-Bundelkhand) state
founded.
1809
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Diwan)
c.1750
Acharju Singh
17.. -
c.1780
Khuman Singh
(d.
c.1780)
Rulers (title Rao)
c.1780 -
1814
Jugal Prasad
(d. 1814)
1814 -
1857
Phairan Singh
(d. 1857)
1857 - May 1861
Vishvanath
Singh
(d. 1861)
18 Mar 1862 - 21 Oct 1892 Vijay
Singh
(b. 1848 - d. 1892)
21 Oct 1892 - 7 Jun 1904
Raghuraj Singh
(b. 18.. - d. 1904)
8 Jun 1904 - 1945
Lokendra
Singh
(b. 1891 - d. 19..)
8 Jun 1904 - 3 Jun
1914 Maharajkumari ... of Panna (f) -Regent
Raja
1945 -
1947
Yadvendra
Singh
(b. 1918 - d. 1984)
Bhadarwa
1483
Bhadarwa state founded.
Rulers (title Shrimat Thakur Sahib Shri)
1722 -
1781
Adesinhji I
1781 - 1783
Interregnum
1782 -
1825
Pratapsinhji Adesinhji
1826 - 1842
Jhalamsinhji Pratapsinhji
1842 - 1879
Sardarsinhji
Pratapsinhji
(b. 1812 - d. 1879)
1880 - 1888
Adesinhji II
Sardarsinhji
(d. 1888)
26 Jan 1888 - 1912
Fatehsinhji Sardarsinhji
(b. 1847 - d. 1912)
1912 - 25 Oct 1917
Amarsinhji
(b. c.1900 - d. 1917)
1912 - 27 Feb 1918 Agency
manager -Regent
14 Dec 1917 - 27 Apr 1935 Ranjitsinhji
Amarsinhji
(b. 1875 - d. 1935)
27 Apr 1935 - 15 Aug 1947 Natwarsinhji
Ranjitsinhji (b.
1903 - d. 1950)
Bhadrawa (Bhadrawah)
10th cent.
Bhadrawa founded possibly as an estate (jagir)
later becoming a
state (as a tributary to Chamba).
c.1628 - 1782
Tributary to Basohli.
1783 -
1821
Tributary to Chamba.
Jun
1821
Annexed to Chamba.
1845
Annexed to Jammu.
16 Mar 1846
Ceded by the British government to Jammu
and Kashmir.
Rajas
1691 -
1707
Abhaya
Pal
(d. 1707)
1707 -
1735
Medini Pal
1735 -
1770
Sampat
Pal
(b. 1710
- d. 1770)
1770 -
1790
Fateh
Pal
(b. 1732 - d. 1790)
1790 - 1794
Daya Pal (1st time)
(b. 1756 - d. af.1810)
1794 - ....
Bhup
Chand
(d. 1810)
.... - 1810
Daya Pal (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1810 - Jun
1821
Pahar
Chand
(b.
1789 - d. 18..)
Bhaisaunda
![[Bhaisaunda state (India)] [Bhaisaunda state
(India)]](Bhaisunda.png)
1812
Bhaisaunda state founded.
Rulers (title Chaube; from 1885, Rao
Chaube)
1812 -
1829
Newal Kishor
(d. 1829)
1829 - 18..
Acharju Sing
(b. c.1819 - d. ....)
1829 - 1840
Zirat Prasad -Regent
1840? - 10 Oct
1885 Tirath
Prasad
(b. 1822 - d. 1885)
10 Oct 1885 - 8 Jan 1916 Chhatarsal
Prasad
(b. 1877 - d. 1916)
10 Oct 1885 - 1896
.... -Regent
8 Jan 1916 - 4 Nov 1916 Bharat
Prasad
(b. 1884
- d. 1916)
4 Nov 1916 - 1947
Govind Prasad
(b. 1884 - d.
af.1948)
Bhajji
bf.1800
Bhajji state founded.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
21 Sep 1815
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Rana)
.... -
....
Amrit Pal
1800 -
1803
Rudrapal (1st time)
(d. 1842)
1803 -
1815
occupied by Nepal
1815 -
1842
Rudrapal (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1842 -
1875
Bahadur Singh
(b.
c.1824 - d. 1875)
18 Nov 1875 - 8 May 1913 Durga
Singh
(b. 1842 - d. 1913)
9 May 1913 - 8 Sep 1940 Bipal Indra
Singh
(b.
1904 - d. 1961)
9 May 1913 - 22 Feb 1918 Council of
Regency
8 Sep 1940 - 15 Aug 1947 Ram Chandra Pal
Singh
(b. 1928 - d. 2012)
Bharatpur
-
- 1880 - c.1943
|
-
- c.1943 - 1947
|
7 Mar
1722
Badan Singhji, Raja of Deeg installed as ruler of the
Jats
by Maharaja Jai Singhji II of Jaipur.
1752
Bharatpur founded and becomes name of state.
18 Jan
1828
British protectorate.
Maharajas
7 Mar 1722 - 21 May 1755 Brijraj
Badan
Singh
(d. 1755)
(from 1750, styled Raja Mahendra)
21 May 1755 - 25 Dec
1763 Sujanji Singh (Suraj Mal)
(b. 1707 - d. 1763)
25 Dec 1763 - 27 Aug 1768 Jawahir
Singh
(d. 1768)
28 Aug 1768 - 11 Apr 1769 Ratan
Singh
(d. 1769)
22 Aug 1768 - 11 Apr 1769 Dan Shahi -Regent
11 Apr 1769 - 28 Mar 1778 Keshri
Singh
(b. 1766 - d. 1778)
11 Apr 1769 - 11 Aug 1775 Nihal Singh -Regent
(b. 17.. - d. 1775)
11 Aug 1775 - 28 Mar 1778 Ranjit Singh -Regent
(d. 1805)
28 Mar 1778 - 6 Dec 1805 Ranjit
Singh
(s.a.)
6 Dec 1805 - 7 Oct
1823 Randhir
Singh
(d. 1823)
7 Oct 1823 - 26 Feb 1825
Baldeo
Singh
(d. 1825)
26 Feb 1825 - 28 Mar 1825 Balwant Singh
(1st
time)
(b. 1819 - d. 1853)
28 Mar 1825 - 19 Jan 1826 Durjan Sal
(usurper)
19 Jan 1826 - 21 Mar 1853 Balwant Singh
(2nd
time)
(s.a.)
19 Jan 1826 -
1835
Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba Gangawaue
Miraj Kaurji Sahiba (f) -Regent
21 Mar 1853 - 12 Dec 1893 Jashwant
Singh
(b. 1851 - d. 1893)
(from 1 Jan 1877, Sir Jashwant Singh)
21 Mar 1853 - 10 Jun 1869 .... -Regent
12 Dec 1893 - 27 Aug 1900 Ram
Singh
(b. 1873 - d. 1929)
(suspended from 10 Aug 1900)
27 Aug 1900 - 27 Mar 1929 Kishan
Singh
(b. 1899 - d. 1929)
(from 1 Jan 1926, Sir Kishen Singh)
27 Aug 1900 - 28 Nov 1918 Regents
- Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba Bibiji (b.
18.. - d. 1929)
Giriraj Kaurji
- Dhau Bakhshi Raghubir Singh
(b. 1863 - d. 19..)
27 Mar 1929 - 15 Aug 1947 Brijendra
Singh
(b. 1918 - d. 1995)
27 Mar 1929 - 22 Oct 1939 Regents
- Duncan George Mackenzie
(b. 1883 - d.
1965)
(to 1930)
- Henry
William Cumine Robson (b.
1886 - d. 1942)
(1930-1932)
- Cyril Percy Hancock
(b. 1896 - d. 1990)
(May 1932 - Aug 1935)
- Herbert John Todd
(b. 1893 - d. 1985)
(May – Aug 1936)
- George
Richard
Tottenham
(b. 1890 - d. 1977)
(1935-1936 and 1938 - 22 Oct 1939)
- Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara (b.
1898 - d. 1982)
Menon (1936-1938)
Dewans
18.. - 1853
Har Sewak
1853 -
1855
Dhao Giyasi Ram -Regent
1855 - 185.
Lala Bhola Nath
(tutor
of the ruler 1858-1869)
1858 -
1869
the political agents Eastern Rajputana states
1869 - 18..
Bakshi Sawal
Singh
1895 - 1898
Kanwar Harbhamji Rawaji
(b. 1863 - d. 19..)
1898 - 1917?
the political agents Eastern
Rajputana states
Senior members of the Council
c.1904 - c.1905
Rao Sahib Damodar Lal
c.1910 - c.1917
Raja Raghunath Singh (1st time) (b. 1887 -
d. 19..)
c.1920 - c.1921
Shri Dhau Raghubir Singh Sahib
(president c.1922-23)
Nov 1930 - 23 May 1932 Raja
Raghunath Singh (2nd time) (s.a.)
Dewans
1926 - 1927
Lal Chand Chaudhri (1st time)
c.1933 - c.1934
Rai Sahib Lala Ram Lal Batra
1933 -
1937
Cyril
Percy
Hancock
(s.a.)
(president of Council of State)
1934 - 1935?
Lal Chand Chaudhri (2nd time)
Oct 1939 - 1 Apr 1940
George Richard Tottenham
(s.a.)
1 Apr 1940 - Feb 1943
Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon
(b. 1898 - d. 1982)
Feb 1943 - 1945
A.V. Ramanathan
Bhavnagar
-
- to 1947
|
-
- 2 Aug 1921 - 14 Aug 1947
Merchant Flag
|
1194
Predecessor state of Sejakpur founded.
1254
Rainpur state.
1309
Umrala state.
1570
Sihor state.
1723
Bhavnagar founded and becomes name of state.
1807
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Thakur Sahib)
1660 -
1703
Ratanji II Akherajji
(b. 16.. - d. 1703)
1703 -
1764
Bhavsinhji I
Ratanji
(b. 1683 - d. 1764)
1764 -
1772
Akherajji III
Bhavsimhji
(b. 1714 - d. 1772)
1772 -
1816
Wakhatsimhji
Akherajji
(b. 1748 - d. 1816)
1816 -
1852
Wajesimhji
Wakhatsimhji
(b. 1780 - d. 1852)
1852 -
1854
Akherajji IV
Bhavsimhji
(b. 1817 - d. 1854)
1854 - 11 Apr
1870
Jashwantsimhji
Bhavsimhji
(b. 1827 - d. 1870)
(from 24 May 1866, Sir Jashwantsimhji
Bhavsimhji)
11 Apr 1870 - 29 Jan 1896 Takhatsimhji
Jashwantsimhji
(b. 1858 - d. 1896)
(from 24 May 1881, Sir Takhatsimhji
Jashwantsimhji)
11 Apr 1870 - 5 Apr 1878 Regency
- Azam Gavarishankar
(b. 1805 - d. 1891)
Udayashankar
(11 Apr
1870 - Mar 1877)
- Edward Hope Percival
(b. 1836 - d. 1904)
(1870 - 1877)
- John W. Watson (Feb - Jul 1877)
(b. 1829 - d. 1919)
- W.C. Parr (Jul 1877 - 1878)
29 Jan 1896 - 1 Jan 1918 Bhavsimhji II
Takhatsimhji
(b. 1875 - d. 1919)
(from 24 Jun 1904, Bhavsimhji
II Takhatsimhji)
(personal style Maharaja Rao from 1
Jan 1909)
Rulers (title Maharaja Rao)
1 Jan 1918 - 16 Jul 1919 Sir Bhavsimhji II
Takhatsimhji (s.a.)
16 Jul 1919 - 15 Aug 1947 Krishnakumarsimhji
Bhavsimhji (b. 1912 - d.
1965)
(from 9 Jun 1938, Sir Krishnakumarsimhji
Bhavsimhji)
16 Jul 1919 - 18 Apr 1931 Sir
Pattani
Prabhashankar
(b. 1862 - d. 1938)
Dalpatram -Regent
(chairman of council administration)
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1817
Jibhai Raghavji
bf.1822 -
1826
Narsidas Ladharam
1826 – 1828
Shewakram Desai
1828 - 1847
Pramanandas Ranchordas
1846 - 1879
Azam Gaurishankar Udayashankar
(s.a.)
+ Desai
Santokram Shewakram
(1847 - c.1866)
Jan 1879 - Aug 1884
Shri Samaldas
Pramananddas
(b. 1828 - d. 1884)
1884 –
1899
Vithaldas Samaldas
1899 - 16 Feb 1938 Sir
Pattani Prabhashankar
(s.a.)
Dalpatram (acting to 1902)
1938 - Jan 1948
Anantrai Prabhashankar Pattani
Bhopal
Map of Bhopal |
Population:
785,000
(1941) |
Constitution
(None) |
Salute: 19
guns |
Capital: Bhopal |
State Forces: 1,077 (1945)
|
Ethnic groups: Hindustani
98%, other 2% (1941) |
Religions: Hindu 76%,
Muslim 14%, traditional 9%,
other 1% (1941) |
1723
Bhopal state founded
1817
British protectorate.
26 Aug
1947
Accession to India.
1 Jun 1949
Integrated as a province of
India.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1723 - Mar
1728
Dost Mohammad
Khan
(b. c.1672 - d. 1728)
Mar 1728 -
1742
Soltan Mohammad
Khan
(b. 1720 - d. ....)
Mar 1728 - 30 Aug 1728 Sardar Aqil
Muhammad Khan -Regent
30 Aug 1728 -
1742 Yar
Mohammad Khan -Regent
(b. 1709 - d. 1742)
1742 - 12 Dec
1777
Fayz Mohammad
Khan
(b. 1731 - d. 1777)
12 Dec 1777 - 30 Dec 1807 Hayat Mohammad
Khan
(b. 1736 - d. 1807)
30 Dec 1807 - 28 Aug 1826 Ghows
Mohammad
Khan
(b. 1767 - d. 1826)
30 Dec 1807 - 16 Mar 1816 Wazir
al-Molk Wazir
Mohammad (b. 1765 -
d. 1816)
Khan -Regent
17 Mar 1816 - 11 Nov 1819 Naser al-Dowla Naser
Mohammad (b. c.1798 - d.
1819)
Khan -Regent
11 Nov 1819 - 30 Nov 1837 Qodsiyya Begam (f) -Regent
(b. 1801 - d. 1881)
28 Aug 1826 - 30 Nov 1837 Mo'izz Mohammad
Khan
(b. bf.1808 - d. 1869)
30 Nov 1837 - 9 Dec 1844 Jahangir Mohammad
Khan
(b. 1816 - d. 1844)
Rulers (title Nawab
Begam)
9 Dec 1844 - 30 Apr 1860
Soltan Shah Jahan Begam (f)
(b. 1838 - d. 1901)
(1st
time)
9 Dec 1844 -
3 Jan 1847 Fawdjar Mohammad Khan -Regent
(b. 1811 - d. af.1847)
3 Jan 1847 - 30 Apr 1860
Sikander Begam (f) -Regent
(b. 1818 - d. 1868)
30 Apr 1860 - 30 Oct 1868
Sikander Begam
(f)
(s.a.)
(from 25 Jun 1861, Dame Sikander Begam)
30 Oct 1868 - 16 Jun 1901 Soltan
Shah Jahan Begam (f)
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
(from 31 May 1872, Dame Soltan Shah Jahan
Begam)
16 Jun 1901 - 29 Apr 1926 Soltan
Kaykhosrow Jahan Begam (f) (b. 1858 - d. 1930)
(from 1 Jan 1910, Dame Soltan Kaykhosrow Jahan
Begam)
Ruler (title Nawab)
29 Apr 1926 - 1 Jun 1949
Mohammad Hamidollah Khan Iskandar
Sowlat Iftikhar al-Molk Bahadur (b. 1894 - d.
1960)
(from 3 Jun 1929, Sir Mohammad Hamidollah
Khan Iskandar Sowlat Iftikhar al-Molk Bahadur)
Presidents of State (from 1939, Executive) Council
Nov 1934 - 1945
Oudh Narain
Bisarya
(b. 1878 - d. 19..)
(from 1943, Sir Oudh Narain Bisarya)
Aug 1945 - 11 Apr 1947
Sir Joseph William Bhore
(b. 1878 - d.
1960)
Prime ministers
11 Apr 1947 - Dec 1948 Sir
Oudh Narain Bisarya
(s.a.)
Dec 1948 - 29 Jan 1949
Pandit Chatur Narain
Malviya (b. 1900 -
d. 1985)
29 Jan 1949 - 1 Jun 1949 the Nawab
British Political Agents in Bhopal
1818 - 24 Jun 1824
William Henley
(b. 17.. - d. 1824)
1824 -
1828
Thomas Herbert Maddock
(b. 1790 - d. 1870)
1828 -
1834
Nathaniel Alves
(b. 1788 - d. 1875)
1834 -
1841
Lancelot Wilkinson
(b.
1805 - d. 1841)
1841 - 9 Dec 1845
Henry Willoughby Trevelyan
(b. 1803 - d. 1876)
1845 -
1846
William Frederick Eden (1st
time) (b. 1814 - d. 1867)
(acting)
1846 -
1849
Joseph Davey Cunningham
(b. 1812 - d. 1851)
1849 -
1853
Henry Marion Durand
(b. 1812 - d.
1871)
1853 -
1854
Samuel Charteris MacPherson
(b. 1806 - d. 1860)
1854 - Aug 1856
William Frederick Eden (2nd time) (s.a.)
Aug 1856 - 1859
William Henry Rickards
(b. 1809 - d. 1884)
1859
William Gordon-Cumming
1859 - 1860
Alexander Ross Elliot
Hutchinson (b. 1825 - d. 1908)
(1st time)
1860 - 1861
A.L. McMullin
1861 - 1863
Alexander Ross Elliot
Hutchinson (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1863 - 19 Jan 1874
John William Willoughby Osborne
(b. 1833 - d. 1881)
(1st
time)
17 Mar 1869 – 7 Apr 1869 John
Reef Ouseley
(acting for Osborne)
7 Apr 1869 - 25 Mar 1871 Edward
Thompson (acting for Osborne)
19 Jan 1874 – 31 Jan 1874 R.G.E. Dalrymple
31 Jan 1874 - Oct 1875 Henry Clement
Barstow (acting) (b. 1838 - d. 1922)
1875 -
1876
John William Willoughby Osborne
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1876 - Sep
1876
Hamilton Forbes
(interim)
(b. 1824 - d. 1891)
Sep 1876 - 17 Jul 1878 William Kincaid
(1st
time)
(b. 1831 - d. 1909)
17 Jul 1878 - 29 Mar 1879 John William Willoughby
Osborne (s.a.)
(3rd time)
29 Mar 1879 – 29 Nov 1880 William Francis
Prideaux
(b. 1840 - d. 1914)
29 Nov 1880 - 8 Jun 1881 Patrick Wilson
Bannerman
(b. 1833 - d. 1912)
8 Jun 1881 - 1887
William Kincaid (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Feb 1885 - May 1885
Donald
Robertson
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
(acting for Kincaid)
Mar 1887 - 1890
Henry Wylie
(b. 1844 - d. 1918)
8 Jul 1889 – 8 Oct 1889
George Richard Peart
(b. 1840 - d. 1922)
(acting for Wylie)
Jul 1890 - Apr 1891
Arthur Henry Temple Martindale (b. 1854 -
d. 1942)
Apr 1891 – May
1891 George
Richard Peart
(s.a.)
May 1891 –
1891
Charles Ransford
1891 – Dec
1891
Sir Donald
Robertson
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
Dec 1891 – 17 May 1897 Malcolm J. Meade
(b. 1854 - d. 1933)
1894
Michael Augustus Tighe
(b. 1861 - d.
1932)
(acting for Meade)
1 May 1895 - 27 Jun 1895 Lawrence Impey (1st
time)(acting) (b. 1862 - d. 1944)
27 Jun 1895 – 11 Jul 1895 Arthur
Henry Coles Dan
(b. 1852 - d. 1903)
11 Jul 1895 – 1896
Joseph Henry
Newill
(b. 1844 - d. 1929)
1896
Charles Arnold Kemball
(b. 1860 - d.
1943)
May 1897 - 1900
Lindsay Sherwood Newmarch
(b. 1857 - d. 1930)
1899 - 1900
Oswald Vivian Bosanquet (acting) (b.
1866 - d. 1933)
Dec 1900 - Mar 1902 John Lang
Mar 1902 - Jun 1904
Lawrence Impey (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
Jun 1904 - 1905
John Manners-Smith
(b. 1864 - d. 1920)
Mar 1905 - 2 Aug 1905 Charles
Hamerton
Pritchard
(b. 1863 - d. 1916)
3 Aug 1905 - 21 Nov 1905 Charles Eckford
Luard
(b. 1869 - d. 1927)
21 Nov 1905 – 12 Feb 1906 John Russell Colquhoun
Colvin (b. 1858 - d. 1935)
13 Feb 1906 – 5 Mar 1906 J.W.
Grant
(b. 18.. - d. 1906)
6 Mar 1906 - 1910
Steuart Farqharson
Bayley (b. 1863 - d.
1938)
(1st
time)
Apr 1910 -
1912
Philip Trevor Augustine Spence
Mar 1912 - Jul 1920
Walter Stewart Davis
(b. 1865 - d. 1946)
1913 -
1914
Steuart Farqharson Bayley
(s.a.)
(2nd time) (acting)
1918 -
1919
Charles Aitchison Smith (acting) (b. 1871
- d. 1940)
Mar 1919 - 1920
Charles Eckford Luard (1st
time) (b. 1869 - d. 1927)
1920 -
1921
C.B. McConaghy (acting)
29 Apr 1921 - 23 Oct 1921 Hugh Robert Norman
Pritchard (b. 1879 - d. 1967)
(acting)
1921 - 1923
Charles Eckford Luard (2nd
time) (s.a.)
21 Jun 1923 - 18 Feb 1924 Leslie Maurice
Crump
(b. 1875 - d. 1929)
14 Mar 1924 -
1925
Arthur Roylance
Jelf
(b. 1875 - d. bf.1941)
9 Apr 1925 – 24 Nov 1926 Cecil Hamilton
Gabriel (b.
1879 - d. 1947)
12 Oct 1926 – 6 May 1927 Walter Gordon Neale
(1st time) (b. 1880 - d. 1966)
6 May 1927 – 30 Jun 1927 Harold
Wilberforce-Bell
(b. 1885 - d. 1956)
May 1928 - 1928?
Denis Grey Wilson (1st
time) (b. 1880 - d.
1964)
20 Aug 1927 – 25 May 1928 Walter Gordon Neale (2nd
time) (s.a.)
26 May 1928 -
1928? Denis
Grey Wilson (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1928? -
1929
Wilfrid James Simpson (acting)
(b. 1885 - d. 19..)
21 Mar 1929 – 10 Sep 1930 Leonard Glyde Lavington
Evans (b. 1888 - d. 1976)
5 Oct 1930 – 23 Nov 1930 Reginald Graham
Hinde
(b. 1887 - d. 1982)
24 Nov 1930 – 4 Apr 1931 Duncan George
Mackenzie
(b. 1883 - d. 1956)
14 Apr 1931 – 23 Apr 1933 Reginald Graham Hinde
(b. 1887
- d. 1971)
23 Apr 1933 – 14 Nov 1933 Lionel Edward Lang
(b. 1885 - d. 1956)
15 Nov 1933 – 12 Aug 1935 Henry William
Cumine Robson (b. 1886
- d. 1942)
(1st time)(acting)
13 Aug 1935 – 18 Jan 1936 William
le Belward
Egerton
(b. 1901 - d. 1947)
20 Jan 1936 – 25 Mar 1936 Henry
William Cumine Robson
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
26 Mar 1936 – Sep 1939 Geoffrey
Baynton
Williams
(b. 1896 - d. 1981)
24 Sep 1936 – 1 Nov 1936 Derrick Gordon
Harington Hawes (b. 1907 - d.
1986)
(acting for Williams)
Sep 1939 -
1940
Philip Gaisford
(b. 1891 - d.
1973)
Feb 1940 -
1940
Leonard Coke Wallis
(b. 1900 - d. 1974)
9 Apr 1940 -
1942
Cosmo Grant Niven Edwards
(b. 1896 - d. 1964)
15 Nov 1942 - 1944?
George Arthur Falconer
(b. 1894 - d. 1981)
Apr 1944 - 1945
Cecil Walter Lewery
Harvey (b.
1897 - d. 1958)
May 1945 -
1945
John Richard Landon Bradshaw
(b. 1896 - d. 1984)
14 Nov 1945 - 1947
Basil Woods-Ballard
(b. 1900 - d. 1980)
1947 - Aug
1947
Anthony Edward Gains
Davy
(b. 1908 - d. ....)
Bhor
1697
Bhor state founded.
1697 - 5 Apr 1848
Tributary of
Satara.
Rulers (title Pant Sachiv)
1697 -
1707
Shankarji Narayan
(d. 1707)
1707 - Mar
1737
Naro
(d. 1737)
1737 -
1757
Chimnaji I
(d.
1757)
1757 -
1787
Sadasiv Rao
(d. 1787)
1787 -
1791
Raghunath Rao
(d. 1791)
1797 -
1798
Shankr Rao I
(d. 1798)
1798 -
1827
Chimnaji Rao II
(d. 1827)
1827 -
1837
Raghunath Rao I Chimnaji Rao
(d. 1837)
1837 - 12 Feb 1871
Chimnaji Rao III Raghunath
Rao (d. 1871)
12 Feb 1871 - 17 Jul 1922 Shankr Rao II Chimnaji
Rao (b.
1854 - d. 1922)
17 Jul 1922 - 3 Jun 1935 Raghunath Rao II
Shankarrao (b. 1878 - d.
1951)
"Baba Sahib"
Raja
3 Jun 1935 - 15 Aug 1947
Raghunath Rao II Shankarrao
(s.a.)
"Baba Sahib"
(from 1 Jan 1941, Sir Raghunath Rao II
Shankarrao)
Bhutan (Bhootan):
see under Bhutan
Bihar
see: Koch
Bihar
Bija:see
Beja
Bijawar
1765
Bijawar state founded.
27 Mar
1811
British protectorate.
Rajas
1765 -
1793
Bir Singh
Deo
(d. 1793)
1793 -
1802
Himmat Bahadur (usurper)
(d. 1804)
1802 - Dec
1810
Keshri
Singh
(d. 1810)
1811 - 17 Dec
1833
Ratan
Singh
(d. 1833)
1833 -
1847
Lakshman Singh
(d. 1847)
23 Nov 1847 - 2 Oct 1866 Bham Pratap
Singh
(b. 1842 - d. 1899)
Maharajas (title from 1 Jan 1877, Sawai
Maharaja)
2 Oct 1866 - 15 Sep 1899 Bham
Pratap
Singh
(s.a.)
15 Sep 1899 - 30 Oct 1940 Savant
Singh
(b. 1877 - d. 1940)
(from
12 Dec 1911, Sir Savant Singh)
30 Oct 1940 - 15 Aug 1947 Govind
Singh
(b. 1934 - d. 1983)
Bikanir (Bikaner)
1465
Bikanir state founded (city founded 1488).
9 Mar
1818
British protectorate.
Maharajas
19 Jun 1698 - 15 Dec 1700 Sarup
Singh
(b. 1689 - d. 1700)
15 Dec 1700 - 16 Dec 1735 Sujan
Singh
(b. 1690 - d. 1735)
16 Dec 1735 - 15 May 1746 Zorawar
Singh
(b. 1713 - d. 1746)
15 May 1746 - 25 Mar 1787 Gaj
Singh
(b. 1723 - d. 1787)
25 Mar 1787 - 25 Apr 1787 Raj Singh
II
(b. 1744 - d. 1787)
25 Apr 1787 - 9 Oct 1787 Pratap
Singh
(b. 1781 - d. 1787)
25 Apr 1787 - 25 Mar 1828 Surat Singh
(regent to 9 Oct 1787) (b. 1766 - d. 1828)
25 Mar 1828 - 7 Aug 1851 Ratan
Singh
(b. 1790 - d. 1851)
7 Aug 1851 - 16 May 1872
Sardar
Singh
(b. 1818 - d. 1872)
16 May 1872 - 19 Aug 1887 Dungar
Singh
(b. 1854 - d. 1887)
16 May 1872 - Aug 1872
Charles William Burton -Regent
19 Aug 1887 - 2 Feb 1943 Ganga
Singh
(b. 1880 - d. 1943)
(from 24 Jul 1901, Sir Ganga Singh)
19 Aug 1887 - 16 Dec 1898 the British Political
Agents -Regent
2 Feb 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Sadul
Singh
(b. 1902 - d. 1950)
(from
1 Jan 1946, Sir Sadul Singh)
Dewans (chief ministers)
17.. - 26 Feb 1733
Anand Ram Khawas
(d. 1733)
1735? - Feb 1751
Mohata Bakhtawar Singh (1st time)
(b. 1707 - d. 1779)
Feb 1751 -
1752
Amar Singh Chaturbhujani
1752 -
1756
Mohata Bakhtawar Singh (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1756 - Dec
1757
Mohata Prithvi Singh
1757 -
1762
Mohata Bakhtawar Singh (3rd time) (s.a.)
1762 - Sep 1765
Shah Mool Chand Bardiya
Sep 1765 - 1779
Mohata Bakhtawar Singh (4th time)
(s.a.)
1779 -
178.
Mehta Swaroop Singh
178. -
1787
Mehta Thakursi
1787 -
1791
Mohata Madho Rai
1791 -
1794
Pratap Mal Baid
1794 -
1805
Mohata Rao Sahib Singh Gun Roop
Apr 1805 - Apr 1815 Amar
Chand Surana
Apr 1815 - Feb 1816 Mohata
Bhomji
Feb 1816 - Jun 1828
Abhai Singh Mohata (1st time)
Jun 1828 - Nov
1828 Bijai Raj
Banshidhar Mundhara
Nov 1828 -
1829
Abhai Singh Mohata (2nd time)
1828 -
184.
Hindu Mal Baid ?
1829 - Aug
1831
Shah Lakhmi Chand Heer Chand
5 Aug 1831 - 18..
Mohata Leela
Dhar Shyam Dutt
(1st time)
18.. - Feb 1841
Shah Hukam Chand Lakhmi Chand
Feb 1841 - May
1841 Mohata
Rao Nath Mal
May 1841 - 184.
Mohata Leela Dhar Shyam Dutt
(2nd
time)
c.1841
Sri Narayan Singh Bhati ?
1844 -
1852?
Sarana Shri Lakshmichand
1852 -
1853
Guman Singh Baid (1st time)
1853 -
1853
Leeladhar Mohata
+ Jalam Chand
Kochar
1853 -
1854
Lachhi Ram Rakhecha
1854 -
1856
Guman Singh Baid (2nd time)
1856
Pandit Dojainant
1856 -
1863
Ram Lal Dwarkani (1st time)
1864 -
1865
Guman Singh Baid (3rd time)
1865 -
1866
Ram Lal Dwarkani (2nd time)
1866
Man Mal Rakhecha
1866 (3 months)
Sheo Lal
Nahata
1867 (15 days)
Fateh Chand Surana
1867
Ganga Ram Purohit
1867
Shah Mal Kochar
1868
Man Mal Rakhecha
1868
Sheo Lal Mohata
1868
Lakshmi Chand Nahata
Jun 1868 - Aug
1869 Visayat
Hussain
Aug 1869 - 13 Dec 1873 Pandit Manphool
Dec 1873 -
188.
Maharaj Lal Singh
188. -
1884?
Maharao Hira Singh Baid
1884 - 11 Oct
1888
Amin Muhammad
12 Dec 1888 -
1896
Sodhi Hukam Singh
1896 -
1898
Raghubar Singh Chauhan
1898 - 1903
Hamidu Zafar Khan
1903 - 1916
Post abolished
Chief ministers
1916 - 1920
Shri Bhairun Singh (de facto)
(b. 1879 - d. 19..)
7 Sep 1920 - Jan 1925
Sadul Singh
(s.a.)
Dewans
1927 - 1934
Manubhai Nandshankar
Mehta (b.
1868 - d. 1946)
25 Jun 1932 - 31 Oct 1934 Ram Prasad Dube (acting)
1 Nov 1934 - Jan 1936
Maharaj Shri Sir Bhairun Singh (s.a.)
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Thakur Sadul
Singh
(b. 1881 - d. 1937)
Dec 1936 - 14 Jan 1938 Vinayak
Nandshanker Mehta
14 Jan 1938 - Jul 1939 Kailash Narain
Haksar
(b. 1878 - d. 1954)
Jul 1939 - May 1941? Sire Mal
Bapna
(b. 1882 - d. 1964)
May 1941 - 1 May
1943 Mandhata Singh
11 Dec 1943 - 28 May 1944 Hiranand Khushi Ram
Kripalani
1944 - 13 Mar 1948
Kavalam Madhava Panikkar
(b. 1895 - d. 1963)
14 Mar 1948 - Oct 1948 Kanwar
Jaswant Singh
(b. 1903 - d. ....)
Oct 1948 - 30 Mar 1949 Cadambi
Sheshachar Venkatachar (b. 1899 - d. 1999)
Bilaspur
c.697
Kahlur state (later called Bilaspur) founded.
6 Mar 1815
British protectorate.
1819 -
1867
Kot Dhar strip occupied by the Sikhs.
1903 - 1909
Under British India management.
15 Aug
1947
Accession to India.
12 Oct 1948
Cession Agreement with the
government of India
as a part C State.
Rajas
1692 -
1741
Ajmer Chand
(d. 1741)
1741 -
1778
Devi
Chand
(d. 1778)
1778 -
1824
Mohan
Chand
(b. 1772 - d. 1824)
1824 - 29 Mar
1839
Kharak
Chand
(b. 1813 - d. 1839)
Apr 1839 -
1850
Jagat Chand (= Mian Jangi)
(d. 1857)
1850 - 1882
Hira
Chand
(b. 1835 - d. 1882)
Jan 1883 - 3 Feb 1888 Amar
Chand
(b. 1854 - d. 1888)
3 Feb 1888 - 18 Feb 1927 Bijai
Chand
(b. 1873 - d. 1931)
(from 4 Jun 1917, Sir Bijai Chand)
3 Feb 1889 -
1893
Mian Badan Singh -Regent
(chairman of council of administration)
1903 - 1909
Mian Amar Singh -Manager
(manager of the state)
18 Feb 1927 - 15 Aug 1947 Tikka Anand
Chand
(b. 1913 - d. 1983)
(from 14 Jun 1945, Sir Anand Chand)
18 Feb 1927 - 9 Jan 1933 P.L. Chandulal -Regent
(president of the Council of Administration)
Dewans
c.1850
Mian Bharji
c.1893
Thakurdas
1902? -
1903
Shri Hari Chand
1903 - 1909
Mian Amar Singh (manager of the state)
1909 -
1918
Mian Durga Singh
1918 -
1919
Sardar Inder Singh (1st time)
1919 - 1921?
Babu Hardyal Singh
1921? - 1927
Sardar Inder Singh (2nd time)
1927 -
1934
P.L. Chandulal
1930 -
1931
Mian Man Singh
(acting for Chandulal)
Bonai
1902? - 1 Oct
1915 Under
supervision.
Rajas (title Raja Indra Deo)
1804 - 1851
Dayanidhi Chandra Deo
(d. 1851)
1851 - 1876
Chandra Deo
(b. 1805 - d. 1876)
12 Sep 1876 - 3 Nov 1898 Indra Deo
Bahadur
(b. 1836 - d. 1898)
3 Nov 1898 - 19 Feb 1902 Nilambar Chandra
Deo (b.
18.. - d. 1902)
19 Feb 1902 - 1947
Dharani Dhar Indra Deo
(b. 1884 - d. 19..)
19 Feb 1902 - 1909
G.M. Shanahan -Supervisor
1910 - 1 Oct
1915
Babu Basudeo Misra -Supervisor
Bundi
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Princely State) state flag (India)] [Bundi (Indian Princely
State) state flag (India)]](in-bundi1.gif)
to 1947 State Flag
|
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Princely State) royal flag (India)] [Bundi (Indian Princely
State) royal flag (India)]](in-bundi.jpg)
18.. - 1947 Royal Flag
|
c.1342
Bundi state founded.
10 Feb
1818
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Rao Raja; 5 Aug 1821 - 1945,
Maharao Raja; from 1945, Maharajadhiraj
Maharao)
1696 - 1730
Budh
Singh
(b. 16.. - d. 1739)
19 May 1730 -
1749
Dalel Singh
1749 -
1770
Umaid Singh (1st
time)
(b. 1729 - d. 1804)
1770 -
1773
Ajit
Singh
(d. 1773)
1773 -
1804
Umaid Singh (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1804 - 14 May
1821
Bishen
Singh
(b. 1773 - d. 1821)
14 May 1821 - 28 Mar 1889 Ram
Singh
(b. 1811 - d. 1889)
(from 1 Jan 1877, Sir Ram Singh)
28 Mar 1889 - 26 Jul 1927 Raghubir
Singh
(b. 1869 - d. 1927)
(from 1 Jan 1894, Sir Raghubir Singh)
26 Jul 1927 - 23 Apr 1945 Ishvari
Singh
(b. 1893 - d. 1945)
(from 11 May 1937, Sir Ishvari Singh)
23 Apr 1945 - 15 Aug 1947 Bahadur
Singh
(b. 1920 - d. 1977)
Calicut: see Kozhikode
Cambay:
see Kambay
Cannanore:
see Kannanur
Carnatic:
see Arkat
Chamba
c.550
Chamba state founded.
900
Capital
moved to Chamba.
1809 - 1846
Tributary to Jammu.
9 Mar 1846
British protectorate.
Rajas
1690 -
1720
Udai
Singh
(d. 1720)
1720 - 1735
Ugra Singh -Regent
(d. 1735)
1735 -
1748
Dalel Singh
1748 - 13 May
1764
Umed
Singh
(b. 1725 - d. 1764)
13 May 1764 - 1794
Raj
Singh
(b. 1755 - d. 1794)
1794 - 1808
Jit
Singh
(b. 1775 - d. 1808)
1808 -
1844
Charhat
Singh
(b. 1803 - d. 1844)
1808 - 1821
Rani Sarada Sahiba (f) -Regent
1844 - 3 Oct
1870 Sri
Singh
(b. 1839 - d. 1870)
3 Oct 1870 - 17 Apr 1873 Gopal
Singh
(b. 1840 - d. 1895)
17 Apr 1873 - 22 Jan 1904 Sham
Singh
(b. 1866 - d. 1905)
17 Apr 1873 - Jul 1884 Regency
- Blair Reid (to 5 Mar 1877)
- Richard Thomas Burney
(b. 1835 - d. 1891)
(5 Mar 1877 - 7 Oct 1879)
- Charles Henry Tilson Marshall (b.
1841 - d. 1927)
(7 Oct 1879 - Jul
1884)
22 Jan 1904 - 6 Oct 1919 Bhuri
Singh
(b. 1869 - d. 1919)
(from 1 Jan 1906, Sir Bhuri Singh)
6 Oct 1919 - 7 Dec 1935 Ram
Singh
(b. 1890 - d. 1935)
7 Dec 1935 - 15 Aug 1947 Tikka Lakshman
Singh
(b. 1924 - d. 1971)
7 Dec 1935 - 8 May 1945 Presidents
of Regency Council
-
P.N. Toulmin (Dec 1935-193.)
- Henry Stuart
Strong (c.1939-1942)
- John Slattery (1942-1945)
(b. 1886 - d. 19..)
British Advisors
1921 -
1923
(Robert Henry?) Thomas
8 Oct 1923 - 27 Jan 1925 Donald Moyle
Field
(b. 1881 - d. 1956)
27 Jan 1925 - 2 Nov 1925 Harry Wilberforce
Bell
(b. 1885 - d. 1956)
1925 -
1926?
W.H. Hodgson
1926 -
1930
John Clayton Coldstream
1930
P.N. Toulmin
Chang
Bhakar (Changbhakar)
c.1790
Changbhakar estate (zamindari)(under Korea to
1848).
1848
Changbhakar estate recognized as a state.
Rajas (title from 1865, Bhaiya)
1848 -
1865
Janjit Singh Deo
1 Dec 1865 - Sep 1896
Balabhadra Singh Deo
(b. c.1825 - d. 1896)
30 Sep 1896 - 1932
Mahabir Singh
Deo
(b. 1879 - d. 1932)
Sep 1896 - 1 Jul 1900
Lal Bajrang Singh -Regent
18 Apr 1934 -
1947
Krishna Pratap Singh Deo
(b. 1922)
1932 -
1946
.... -Regent
Chanderi
14 Mar 1858 -
1861
Occupied by British India.
1861
Annexed by Gwalior.
Rulers
1646 -
1714
Debi Singh
1717 -
1733
Duraj Singh
1733 -
17..
Durjan Singh
17.. -
1760
Man Singh
1760 -
1774
Anirudh Singh
1774 -
1778
Hati Singh
1778 -
1802
Ram Chand
1802
Parjapal
1802 - 1842
Mur Pahlad
(d. 1842)
1842 - 14 Mar
1858
Mardan Singh
(b. 1802 - d. 18..)
Charkhari
c.1900 - 1947
|
1765
Charkhari state founded.
Rajas
1765 -
1782
Khuman
Singh
(d. 1782)
1782 - 22 Nov
1829
Vijay Bahadur
Singh
(b. 17.. - d. 1829)
1829 -
1860
Ratan
Singh
(b. 1815 - d. 1860)
1860 - 9 Mar
1880 Jai
Singh
Deo
(b. 1850 - d. 1880)
Maharajas (title Maharajadhiraj
Sipahdar-ul-Mulk)
10 Jul 1880 - 6 Jul 1908
Malkhan
Singh
(b. 1872 - d. 1908)
(from 26 Jun 1902, Sir Malkhan Singh)
6 Jul 1908 - 4 Jun 1914 Jujhar
Singh
(b. 1847 - d. 1914)
4 Jun 1914 - 5 Oct
1920 Ganga
Singh
(b. 18.. - d. 1920)
6 Oct 1920 - 8 Nov
1941 Sir Arimardan
Singh
(b. 1903 - d. 1941)
6 Oct 1920 - 1924
Regents
- Rao Saheb Ban Pratap Singh Ju Deo
- Syed
Mir Ashgar Ali
(president of regency council)
8 Nov 1941 - 15 Aug 1947
Jagendra
Singh
(b. 1929 - d. 1977)
Chhatarpur
1785
Chhatarpur state founded.
Rajas
1785 - 4 May
1816
Kunwar Sone
Shah
(d. 1816)
4 May 1816 - 19 May 1854 Pratap Singh
(b. c.1784 - d. 1854)
19 May 1854 - 14 Nov 1867 Jaghat
Singh
(b. 1846 - d. 1867)
14 Nov 1867 - 3 Jun 1919 Vishvanath
Singh
(b. 1866 - d. 1932)
(personal style Maharaja from 25 May 1895)
14 Nov 1867 - Aug
1887 Regent
Maharajas
3 Jun 1919 - 5 Apr 1932 Vishvanath
Singh
(s.a.)
(from 2 Jan 1928, Sir
Vishvanath Singh)
5 Apr 1932 - 15 Aug 1947 Bhawani
Singh
(b. 1921 - d. 2006)
Chhaya:
see Porbandar
Chhota Udaipur (Chhota
Udepur)
1743
Chhota Udaipur state founded.
21 Oct 1822
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Maharawal)
1743 - 1762
Pratapsinhji
1762 -
1771
Arsisinhji
1771 -
1777
Hamirsinhji II
1777 - 1819
Bhimsinhji
(d. 1819)
1819 - 1822
Prithi
Raj
(d. 1822)
1822 -
1851
Gumansimhji
(d. 1851)
1851 - Jul
1881
Jitsimhji
(b. 1832
- d. 1881)
7 Jul 1881 -
1895
Motisimhji Jitsimhji
(b. 1859 - d. 1895)
30 Feb 1895 - 29 Aug 1923
Fatehsinhji Motisimhji
(b. 1884 - d. 1923)
30 Feb 1895 - Mar 1906
.... -Regent
29 Aug 1923 - 15 Oct 1946 Natwarsinhji
Fatehsinhji
(b. 1906 - d. 1946)
15 Oct 1946 - 15 Aug 1947
Virendrasinhji Natwarsinhji
(b. 1907 - d. 2005)
Chhuikadan (Chhuikhadan)
1750
Chhuikadan (Chhuikhadan) estate (zamindari)
founded.
1865
Status of feudatory chief conferred by British
authorities,
Chhuikadan state.
1940 -
1944
State administered by Court of Wards.
Rulers (title Mahant)
1750 -
1780
Rup Das
1780 -
....
Tulsi Das
.... -
1845
Balmakund Das
1845 - Dec
1887
Lakshman Das
13 Dec 1887 -
1896
Shyam Kishore
Das
(b. 1838 - d. 1896)
1896 -
1898
Radha Ballabh Kishore
Das
(d. 1898)
1898 - 30 Sep
1903
Digvijay Yugal Kishor
Das
(b. c.1883 - d. 1903)
30 Sep 1903 - 1944 Bhudhar
Kishore
Das
(b. 1891 - d. 19..)
2 Apr 1944 - 15 Aug 1947 Ritu Parna Kishore
Das
(b. 1923)
Superintendent
c.1911
Pandit Kaluram Pachory
Chitral:
see Pakistani
Princely States
Chota Nagpur
64
AD
Chota Nagpur Raj founded.
1817
Reduced
to an estate by the British.
Rulers (title Raja)
1690 -
1715
Ram Shah
1715 -
1724
Yadunath Shah
1724 -
1733
Shivnath Shah
1733 -
1740
Udai Nath Shah
1740 -
1745
Shyam Sundar Shah
1745 -
1748
Balram Nath Shah
1748 -
1762
Mahinath Shah
1762 -
1790
Dhupnath Shah
1790 -
1806
Deo Nath Shah
1806 -
1817
Govind Nath Shah Deo
(d. 1822)
Chuda (Chura)
1707
Chuda state founded.
Rulers (title Thakur)
1707 -
1747
Abhasinhji Madhavsinhji
(d. 1747)
1747 -
1768
Raisinhji
Abhasinhji
(d. 1768)
1768 -
1780
Gajsinhji
Raisinhji
(d. 1780)
1780 -
1820
Hathisinhji
Gajsinhji
(d. 1820)
1820 - 1830
Abhasinhji Hathisinhji
1830 - 1854
Raisinhji Abhasinhji
24 Jul 1854 - 13 Jan 1908
Bacharsinhji Raisinhji
(b. 1840 - d. 1908)
22 Feb 1908 - 20 Jan 1921
Jorawarsinhji Bacharsinhji
(b. 1886 - d. 1921)
20 Jan 1921 -
1947
Bahadursinhji Jorawarsinhji
(b. 1909 - d. 19..)
20 Jan 1920 - 7 Feb 1929 .... -Regent
Cochin:
see Kochin
Cooch
Behar: see Koch
Bihar
Coorg:
see Kodagu
Cutch:
see Kachh
Danta
1068
Danta state founded.
Rulers (title Maharana)
1687 -
1743
Prithvisimhji Gajsimhji
(d. 1743)
1743
Vikramdeoji
1743 -
17..
Karansimhji
17.. - 17.. (5 years)
Ratansimhji Karansimhji
17.. -
1795
Abhaisimhji Karansimhji
(d. 1795)
1795 -
1800
Mansimhji II Abhaisimhji
(d. 1800)
1800 -
1823
Jagatsimhji Abhaisimhji
(d. 1823)
1823 -
1847
Narsimhji Abhaisimhji
1847 -
1859
Jhalamsimhji Narsimhji
1859 -
1860
Sardarsimhji Jhalamsimhji
1860 - 1 Dec
1876
Harisimhji Narsimhji
(b. 1817 - d. 1876)
1 Dec 1876 -
1908
Jashwantsimhji
Harisimhji
(b. 1850 - d. 1908)
16 Jun 1908 -
1925
Hamirsimhji Jashwantsimhji
(b. 1869 - d. 1925)
20 Nov 1925 - 15 Aug 1947
Bhavanisimhji
Hamirsimhji
(b. 1899 - d. 1961)
(from 2 Jan 1939, Sir Bhavanisimhji
Hamirsimhji)
Daphlapur (Daflepur)
1680
Daphlapur (Daflepur)
founded.
1680 - 5 Apr 1848
Tributary of
Satara.
27 Jan 1917
Incorporated into Jath.
Rulers (title Deshmukh)
1680 - 1703
Satvaji Rao
I
(d. 1706)
1703 - 1704
Bovaji Rao
(d. 1704)
1704 - 1748
Yesu Bai "Au Sahib"
(f)
(d. 1754)
1748 - 1759
Yeshwant
Rao
(d. 1759)
1759 - 1790
Amrit Rao
I
(d. 1790)
1790 - 1810
Khanji
Rao
(b. 17.. - d. 1810)
1810 - 1822
Renkuka Bai (f) -Regent
(d. 1822)
(administrator from 1816)
1822 - Dec 1885
Satvaji Rao II
(b. 1797 - d. 1885)
Dec 1885 - 13 Jan 1917 Ranibai
Lakshmibai Saheb (f) (b. 1834
- d. 1917)
Darkoti
10..
Darkoti state founded.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815/39
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Thakur)
.... - 1787
....
1787 - ....
Bal Ram
.... - 1815
Jathu
Ram
1815 -
1854
Sates
Ram
(d. 1854)
1854 -
1856
Paras
Ram
(d. 1856)
1856 -
1883
Ram
Singh
(b. 1815 - d. 1883)
15 Oct 1883 - 24 Sep 1918 Ramsaran
Singh
(b. 1843 - d. 1918)
24 Sep 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Raghunath
Singh
(b. 1881 - d. 1951)
Daspalla
14..
Daspalla state founded.
Rulers
1653 -
1701
Chakradhar Deo Bhanj
1701 -
1753
Padmanav Deo Bhanj
1753 -
1775
Trilochan Deo Bhanj
1775 -
1795
Makunda Deo Bhanj
1795 -
1805
Guri Charan Deo Bhanj
1805 -
1845
Krishna Chanda Deo Bhanj
1845 -
1861
Madhusudan Deo Bhanj
1861 - Jan
1873
Narsimha Deo Bhanj
28 Jan 1873 - 21 May 1874 Chaitan Deo
Bhanj
(b. 1854 - d. 1897)
Rajas
21 May 1874 - 10 Apr 1897 Chaitan Deo
Bhanj
(s.a.)
10 Apr 1897 - 11 Dec 1913 Narayan Deo
Bhanj
(b. 1860 - d.
1913)
11 Dec 1913 - 15 Aug 1947 Kishor Chandra Deo
Bhanj
(b. 1908 - d. 1960)
11 Dec 1913 - 3 Mar 1930 .... -Regent
Datia
1626
Datia state founded.
31 Jul 1818
British protectorate.
Oct 1861 - May 1865 Under
British India administration.
Rulers (title Maharaja Rao Raja)
1683 -
1706
Dalpat Singh
1706 -
1733
Ramchandra
Singh
(d. 1733)
1733 -
1762
Indrajit Singh
1762 -
1801
Satrujit Singh
1801 -
182.
Parichhat Singh
(d. 1839)
Rajas
182. -
1839
Parichhat Singh
(s.a.)
1839 - 20 Nov
1857
Bijai
Singh
(b. 1826 - d. 1857)
20 Nov 1857 - 4 Aug 1865 Bhavani
Singh
(b. 1846 - d. 1907)
1857 -
1858
elder Rani -Regent
1858 - 1861
Rani Pran Kunwar -Regent
Oct 1861 - May 1865
Capt. Thompson -Superintendent
Maharajas (title from 1 Jan 1877, Maharaja
Lokindra)
4 Aug 1865 - 4 Aug 1907 Bhavani
Singh
(s.a.)
(from 1 Jan 1898, Sir Bhavani Singh)
5 Aug 1907 - 15 Aug 1947 Govind
Singh
(b. 1886 - d. 1951)
(from 1
Jan 1918, Sir Govind Singh)
Dewas (Dewas Junior Branch)
1728
Dewas (Dewas Junior Branch) state founded.
12 Dec
1818
British protectorate.
Rajas
1728 - 15 Aug
1774
Jivaji Rao Puar "Dada Sahib"
(d. 1774)
15 Aug 1774 - 2 Dec 1790 Sadashiv Rao I
Puar
(d. 1790)
2 Dec 1790 -
1817
Rukmangad Rao
Puar
(b. 17.. - d. 1817)
1817 -
1840
Anand Rao Puar "Rao Sahib"
(d. 1840)
1840 - 12 May
1864
Haibat Rao
Puar
(d. 1864)
12 May 1864 - 19 Jan 1892 Narayan Rao Puar "Dada
Sahib" (b. 1860 - d. 1892)
12 May 1864 - 1877 Regency
- Yamuna Bai Sahib (regent)
(d. af.1908)
- Rao Bahadur
Raoji Janardhan Bhide
(superintendent)
19 Jan 1892 - 1 Jan 1918 Malhar Rao Puar
"Bhava Sahib" (b. 1877 -
d. 1934)
(from 1 Jan 1917, Sir Malhar Rao Puar)
19 Jan 1892 - Nov 1897
Lala Bisheshas Nath -Regent
Maharajas
1 Jan 1918 - 4 Feb 1934 Sir Malhar
Rao Puar "Bhava Sahib" (s.a.)
4 Feb 1934 - 2 Dec 1943 Sadashiv Rao
II Puar "Khasi Sahib" (b. 1887 - d. 1943)
2 Dec 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Yeshwant Rao Puar
"Bhav Sahib" (b. 1905 - d. 1965)
(from 14
Aug 1947, Sir Yeshwant Rao Puar)
Dewas (Dewas Senior Branch)
1728
Dewas (Dewas Senior Branch) state founded.
12 Dec
1818
British protectorate.
Rajas
1728 - 16 Nov
1754
Tukaji Rao I
Puar
(b. c.1696 - d. 1754)
16 Nov 1754 - 24 Mar 1789 Krishnaji Rao I
Puar
(b. 1740 - d. 1789)
16 Nov 1754 - 1756
Rani Savitribai (f) -Regent
24 Mar 1789 - 28 Sep 1827 Tukaji Rao II
Puar
(b. 1783 - d. 1827)
24 Mar 1789 - 4 Oct 1794 Rani Gangabai (f)
-Regent
28 Sep 1827 - 26 Jul 1860 Rukmangad Tukaji Rao
Puar
(b. 1821 - d. 1860)
"Khasi Sahib"
28 Sep 1827 - 1835
Bhawanibai Raje Sahib (f) -Regent
(d. 1835)
26 Jul 1860 - 12 Oct 1899 Krishnaji Rao II
Puar
(b. 1849 - d. 1899)
"Baba Sahib"
26 Oct 1860 - 23 Mar 1867 Maharani
Yamunabai (f) -Regent
(b. 1829 - d. 1909)
12 Oct 1899 - 1 Jan
1918 Tukaji Rao III Puar "Kesho
Rao (b. 1888 - d. 1937)
Bapu Sahib"
(from 12
Dec 1911, Sir Tukaji Rao III Puar)
Maharajas
1 Jan 1918 - 21 Dec 1937 Sir Tukaji Rao
III Puar "Kesho Rao (s.a.)
Bapu Sahib"
(fled to
Pondicherry, French India 26 Jul 1934)
21 Dec 1937 - 23 Mar 1947 Vikramasimha Rao Puar
"Nana Sahib" (b. 1910 - d. 1983)
(from 12 Jun 1941, Sir Vikramasimha Rao
Puar)
(administrator from 26 Jul 1934)
11 Aug 1941 - 15 May 1943 Maharani
Pramulabai (f) -Regent
(b. 1910 - d. 2008)
(1st
time)
23 Mar 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Krishnaji Rao III Puar
"Aba Sahib" (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
23 Mar 1947 - 15 Aug 1947 Maharani
Pramulabai (f) -Regent
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Dhadi
18..
Dhadi state founded,
split from Tharoch.
18.. - 18..
Tributary to Tharoch.
18.. - 1896
Tributary to Bashahr.
1896 - 1947
Tributary to Jubbal.
Rulers (title Thakur)
18.. - 184.
Kesar Singh
(d.
184.)
184. - 1868
Badri Singh
(d.
1868)
1868 - 1897
Narayan Singh
(d. 1897)
1897 - 16 Oct 1905 Bir Singh
(b. 18.. - d. 1905)
16 Oct 1905 - 1947 Dharam
Singh
(b. 1888 - d. 1953)
Dhami
.... -
1803
Tributary to Bilaspur.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815/39
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Rana)
1778 -
1803
Dalel
Singh
(d. 1803)
1803 -
1813
Pritam
Singh
(d. 1813)
1815 - 1867
Govardhan
Singh
(b. c.1802 - d. 1867)
1867 -
1894
Fateh
Singh
(b. 1855 - d. 1894)
1894 - Jan
1920
Hira
Singh
(b. 1878 - d. 1920)
Jan 1920 - 15 Aug 1947 Dhalip
Singh
(b. 1908 - d. 1987)
Jan 1920 - 6 May 1930 Regency
Dhar
Capital: Dhar
(Dharanagar 1732 -....,
Multhan 1728-1732)
|
Population: 253,210 (1941)
243,430 (1931)
|
1728
Dhar state founded.
10 Jan
1819
British protectorate.
14 Feb 1858 - 1 May 1860
State sequestrated by British India.
Rajas
1728 - 1731
Udaji Rao I Puar
(b. 1708 - d. c.1732)
1731 - Jun
1736
Anand Rao I
Puar
(d. 1749)
Jun 1736 - 6 Jan 1761
Jashwant Rao I
Puar
(b. 1724 - d. 1761)
6 Jan 1761 -
1782
Khande Rao
Puar
(b. c.1758 - d. 1782)
6 Jan 1761 - 1777
Rani Gahena Bai Raje (f) -Regent
1782 - 10 Jun
1807
Anand Rao II
Puar
(b. 1782 - d. 1807)
1782 - 1798
Rani Nubadha Bai Raje (f) -Regent
Dec 1807 -
1810
Ramchandra Rao I
Puar
(b. 1807 - d. 1810)
Dec 1807 -
1810
Maina Bai Raje Puar (f) -Regent (b.
1792 - d. 1850)
(1st time)
1810 - 17 Oct
1833
Ramchandra Rao II
Puar
(b. 1805 - d. 1833)
1810 - 1827
Maina
Bai Raje Puar (f) -Regent (s.a.)
(2nd time)
17 Oct 1833 - 23 May 1857
Jashwant Rao II
Puar
(b. 1823 - d. 1857)
23 May 1857 - 14 Feb 1858 Anand Rao III
Puar (1st time) (b. 1844 -
d. 1898)
23 Jan 1857 - 14 Feb 1858 Draupadi Bai Raje Puar
(f) -Regent (b. 1828 - d. 1860)
14 Feb 1858 - 1 May 1860 administered
by British India
1 May 1860 - 29 Jul 1898 Anand Rao III
Puar (2nd time) (s.a.)
(from 1 Jan 1877, Sir Anand Rao III
Puar)
(personal style Maharaja from 1 Jan 1877)
1 May 1860 - 1 Oct 1864 Council
of Regency
29 Jul 1898 - 1 Jan 1918 Udaji Rao II Puar
"Baba Sahib" (b. 1886 - d. 1926)
(from 12 Dec 1911, Sir Udaji Rao II Puar)
(personal style Maharaja from 31 Jun 1899)
29 Jul 1898 - 1907
Thakur Lachhman Singh of
(b. 1870 - d. 19..)
Bagsuri -Regent
Maharajas
1 Jan 1918 - 30 Jul 1926 Sir Udaji Rao II
Puar "Baba Sahib" (s.a.)
1 Aug 1926 - 15 Aug 1947 Anand Rao IV
Puar
(b. 1920 - d. 1980)
30 Jul 1926 - 30 Oct 1931 Maharani Lakshmibai
Devi
(b. 1890 - d. 1931)
Sahiba
Pura (f) -Regent
30 Oct 1931 - 16 Mar 1940 Council
of Regency
Dharampur
1262
Dharampur state founded.
1766
Capital moved to Mandvegan
and renamed Dharampur.
31 Dec 1802
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Rana Maharana Sahib)
Oct 1680 - 1711
Sahadevji
(d. 1711)
1711 -
1758
Ramdevji II
(d. 1758)
1758 - 1774
Dharamdevji
(d. 1774)
1774 -
1777
Narandevji I (Guman Singh)
(d. 1777)
1774 - 1777
Maharani Baiji Kushal
(d. 1784)
Kunverba (f) (1st time) -Regent
1777 -
1784
Somdevji II (Abhay Singh)
(d. 1784)
1777 - 1784
Maharani Baiji Kushal
(s.a.)
Kunverba (f) (2nd time) -Regent
1784 -
1807
Rupdevji
(b. 1783
- d. 1807)
1784 - 1800
Maharani Baiji Kushal Kunverba
(d. af.1808)
Sahib
(f) -Regent
1807 -
1857
Vijaidevji I
(d. 1857)
1857 - 20 Jan 1860
Ramdevji III Vijayadevji
(d. 1860)
20 Jan 1860 - 17 Sep 1891 Narandevji II
Ramdevji
(b. 1840 - d. 1891)
17 Sep 1891 - 26 Mar 1921
Mohandevji
Narayandevji
(b. 1863 - d. 1921)
26 Mar 1921 - 15 Aug 1947 Vijaidevji II
Mohandevji
(b. 1884 - d. 1952)
Dhenkanal
c.1529
Dhenkanal state founded.
Rajas
1682 -
1708
Nrusingh Rai Singh Bhramarbar Rai
1708 -
1728
Kunja Behari Rai Singh Bhramarbar
Rai
1728 -
1741
Braja Behari Bhramarbar
1741 -
1743
Damodar Rai Singh Bhramarbar
1743 -
1785
Trilochan Singh Mahendra Bahadur
1785 -
1796
Dayanidhi Mahendra Bahadur
1796 -
1807
Ramchandra Mahendra
1807 -
1822
Krishna Chandra Mahendra
1822 - 1832
Shyam Chandra Mahendra
1832 - 1869
Bhagirath Mahendra
(b. 1823 - d. 1877)
1832 -
1844
Regency
Maharajas
1869 - 1877
Bhagirath Mahendra
(s.a.)
1877 -
1885
Dinabhandu Mahendra
(d. 1885)
29 Aug 1885 - 16 Oct 1918 Shura
Pratap Singh Dev Mahendra
(b. 1885 - d. 1918)
29 Aug 1885 - 1906
Regency
16 Oct 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Shankar
Pratap Singh Dev Mahendra (b. 1904 - d.
1965)
Dholpur
-
- to c.1780
|
-
- c.1780 - 1947
|
c.700
Dholpur (Dhavalapura) state founded.
1505
Gohad state founded.
1740 - 1756
Occupied by Gwalior.
1761 -
1775
Dholpur annexed to Bharatpur.
1782 - Dec
1805
Dholpur annexed by Gwalior.
1784 - 1804
Gohad annexed by Gwalior.
10 Jan 1806
British protectorate.
1806
Ruler of Gohad merges Gohad into Dholpur.
Rulers of Gohad (title Rana)
1699 -
1713
Gaj Singh
(d.
1713)
1713 -
1717
Jaswant Singh
(d. 1717)
1717 - 1756
Bhim Singh
(d. 1756)
1756 - 1757
Pratap Singh
(d. 1757)
1757 - 1784
Chhatrapat
Singh
(d. 1788)
(personal style Maharaj Rana from
1771)
1784 - 1804
Interregnum
1804 -
1806
Kirat
Singh
(b. 1763 - d. 1836)
Rulers of Dholpur (title Maharaja Rana)
1806 - 21 Apr 1836
Kirat
Singh
(s.a.)
1836 - Dec 1836
Pohap Singh
(d.
1836)
Dec 1836 - 7 Feb 1873
Bhagwant
Singh
(b. 1824 - d. 1873)
(from 2 Jun 1869, Sir Bhagwant Singh)
7 Feb 1873 - 20 Jul 1901 Nihal
Singh
(b. 1863 - d. 1901)
7 Feb 1873 - 1884
Maharani Sateha Devi
(b. 1845 - d. 1888)
Bhawa (f)
-Regent
20 Jul 1901 - 29 Mar 1911 Ram
Singh
(b. 1883 - d. 1911)
(from 1 Jan 1909, Sir Ram Singh)
20 Jul 1901 - Mar 1905 Herbert Cunningham
Standish (b. 1857 -
d. 1936)
Clogstoun -Superintendent
1 May 1903 - 8 Dec 1903
William Martin Cubitt
(b. 1864 - d. 1932)
(acting
for Clogstoun)
29 Mar 1911 - 15 Aug 1947 Udai Bhan
Singh
(b. 1893 - d. 1954)
(from 1 Jan 1918, Sir Udai Bhan Singh)
22 Jul 1911 - 9 Oct 1913 Gordon
Hay Anderson -Superintendent(b. 1877 - d. 19..)
Political Agent for Dholpur
(after 31 Mar 1885, under the Eastern Rajputana states
agency)
23 Dec 1873 - 31 Mar 1885 Thomas
Dennehy
(b. 1829 - d. 1915)
Dhrangadhra
-
- c.1911 - 1946
|
-
- 1946 - 1948
|
1090
Jhalawad state founded.
1742
New capital Dhrangadhra founded; state renamed (earlier
names: Kuwa, Halwad; the state is sometimes styled
Halwad-Dhrangadhra).
Rulers (title Raj Sahib)
1672 - 1718
Jaswantsimhji I Gajsimhji
(d. 1718)
1718 - 1729
Pratapsimhji
Jaswantsimhji
(d. 1729)
1729 - 1744
Raisimhji II
Pratapsimhji
(d. 1744)
1744 - 5 Apr
1782
Gajsimhji II Raisimhji
(d. 1782)
1782 -
1801
Jashwantsimhji II Gajsimhji
(b. 17.. - d. 1801)
(in opposition in Halwad from 1758)
1758 - 1782
Raniji Jijibai Kunverba (f) -Regent
(for Jashwantsimhji II;
in opposition in Halwad)
1801 -
1804
Raisimhji III
Jashwantsimhji (b.
1761 - d. 1804)
1804 - 9 Apr
1843
Amarsimhji II
Raisimhji
(b. 1782 - d. 1843)
9 Apr 1843 - 28 Oct 1869
Ranmalsimhji
Amarsimhji
(b. 1809 - d. 1869)
(from 24 May 1866, Sir Ranmalsimhji Amarsimhji)
28 Oct 1869 - 2 Dec 1900 Mansimhji II
Ranmalsimhji
(b. 1837 - d. 1900)
(from
1 Jan 1877, Sir Mansimhji II
Ranmalsimhji)
2 Dec 1900 - 8 Feb
1911 Ajitsimhji
Jashwantsimhji
(b. 1872 - d. 1911)
(from 1 Jan 1909, Sir Ajitsimhji
Jashwantsimhji)
8 Feb 1911 - 1 Jan 1918
Ganshyamsimhji
Ajitsimhji
(b. 1889 - d. 1942)
(from 1 Jan 1917, Sir Ganshyamsimhji Ajitsimhji)
Rulers (title Maharaja Shri Raj Sahib)
1 Jan 1918 - 4 Feb
1942 Sir Gabshyamsimhji
Ajitsimhji (s.a.)
4 Feb 1942 - 15 Aug 1947
Mayurdhwajsimhji Meghraji
III (b. 1923 - d. 2010)
Ganshyamsimhji (from 14 Aug 1947,
Sir Mayurdhwajsimhji Meghraji III
Ganshyamsimhji
Dhrol
1595
Dhrol state founded.
Rulers (title Thakur Sahib)
1644 -
1706
Kaloji I Panchanji
1706 -
1712
Junhoji I Kaloji
1712 -
1715
Ketoji Junoji
1715 -
1716
Kaloji II Junoji
(d. 1716)
1716 -
1760
Vaghji Junoji
1760 -
1781
Jaysimhji I Vaghji
1781 -
1789
Junoji II Jaysimhji
1789 -
....
Nathoji Junoji
.... -
1803
Modji Nathoji
1803 -
1844
Bhuptasimhji Modji
1845 -
1886
Jaysimhji II Bhuptasimhji
(b. 1824 - d. 1886)
26 Oct 1886 - 31 Jul 1914 Harisimhji
Jaisimhji
(b. 1846 - d. 19..)
2 Sep 1914 - 31 Aug 1937 Daulatsimhji
Harisimhji
(b. 1864 - d. 1937)
31 Aug 1937 - 1939
Jorawarsimhji Dipsinhji
(b. 1910 - d. 1939)
10 Oct 1939 - 15 Aug 1947 Chandrasimhji
Dipsinhji
(b. 1912 - d. ....)
Dhurwai
17..
Dhurwai state
founded
Rulers (title Diwan)
.... -
....
Prithvi Raj
c.1823
Budh Singh
18.. -
1851
Nahar Singh
14 Jan 1851 - Nov 1910 Ranjor
Singh
(b. c.1833 - d. 1910)
1910 - 1947?
Jugal Prasad Singh
Dir:
see Pakistani
Princely States
Dujana
1806
Dujana state founded.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1806 -
1825
`Abd as-Samad Khan
(b. 1764 - d. 1825)
1825 -
1850
Mohammad Dondi Khera Khan
(d. 1850)
1850 -
1867
Hasan `Ali Khan
(d. 1867)
1867 - 15 Oct
1879
Mohammad Sa`adat `Ali
Khan (b.
1840 - d. 1879)
1879 -
1908
Momtaz `Ali
Khan
(b. 1864 - d. 1908)
1879 -
1882
Mohammad Najabat `Ali
-Regent
21 Jun 1908 -
1925
Mohammad Khurshid `Ali Khan
(b. 1883 - d. 19..)
21 Jul 1925 - 15 Aug 1947 Mohammad Iqtidar `Ali
Khan (b.
1912 - d. bf.1970)
Dungarpur
1197
Dungarpur state founded.
11 Dec
1818
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Maharawal)
1691 - 1700
Khuman Singh
(d. 1700)
1700 - 1728
Ram Singh
(d.
1728)
1728 - 1783
Shiv
Singh
(d. 1783)
1783 - 1789
Vairi Sal
(d.
1789)
1789 -
1808
Fateh Singh
(d. 1808)
1808 - 19 Dec 1846
Jashwant
Singh II
(d. 1846)
2 May 1825 -
1846 Maharawat
Dalpat Singh -Regent
(b. 1808 - d. 1864)
28 Sep 1846 - 13 Feb 1898 Udai Singh II
(b. 1838 - d. 1898)
28 Sep 1846 - 1852
Maharawat
Dalpat Singh -Regent
(s.a.)
13 Feb 1898 - 15 Nov 1918 Bijai
Singh
(b. 1887 - d. 1918)
(from 14 Jun 1912, Sir Bijai Singh)
13 Feb 1898 - 27 Feb 1909 Regents (assistant
residents for Mewar)
- A.B. Drummond
(to 21 Jun 1901, 31 Jul - 1 Oct 1901)
- H. Beauchamp St.John
(21 Jun - 30 Jul 1901)
- A.F. Pinhey (2 Oct - 2 Nov 1901)
- R.E.A. Hamilton
(3 Nov - 24 Nov 1901)
- R.L. Kennion (25 Nov 1901 - 190.)
- Claude Tulloch Ducat
(190. - 10 Apr 1903)
-
S.P. Patterson
(11 Apr 1903 - 13 Feb 1904)
- Alan Thomas
Holme
(b. 1872 - d. 1931)
(14 Feb
1904 - 1905/06)
- R.C. Trench (c.1907 - 1909)
15 Nov 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Lakshman
Singh
(b. 1908 - d. 1989)
(from 3 Jun 1935, Sir Lakshman Singh)
1918 - Feb
1928
Regency
-
Mohan Lal Tarachand Shah
(c.1918 - Feb 1920)
-
Munshi Ganesh Ram Rawat
(Feb 1920 - c.1921)
- Jumna Lal (1924 - 1925)
- Kishen Nand
Joshi
(May 1926 - May 1928)
- G.D.
Mackenzie
(3 Nov 1926 - 1928)
Faridkot
1643
Kot Kapura state founded.
1763
Kot Kapura split into two states: Kot Kapura and
Faridkot.
1807 - 1846
Kot Kapura incorporated into Pañjab.
1808 - 1809
Faridkot occupied by Pañjab.
3 Apr 1809
British protectorate.
Rulers of Kot Kapura
1643 -
1708
Kapura
Singh
(b. 1628 - d. 1708)
1708 -
1710
Sajja
Singh
(d. 1710)
1710 -
1731
Sukha
Singh
(b. 1681 - d. 1731)
1732 -
1767
Jodh
Singh
(d. 1767)
1767 -
1806
Tej Singh
1806 -
1807
Jagat
Singh
(d. 1825)
Rulers of Faridkot (title
Sardar)
1763 -
1782
Hamir
Singh
(d. 1782)
1782 - 1798
Mohar
Singh
(d. 1798)
1798 -
1804
Charat
Singh
(d. 1804)
1804 (one month)
Dal
Singh
(d. 1804)
1804 - 5 Nov
1826
Ghulab
Singh
(b. c.1797 - d. 1826)
5 Nov 1826 - Aug 1827
Attar
Singh
(b. 1822 - d. 1827)
5 Nov 1826 - Aug 1827
Pahar Singh -Regent
(b. 1799 - d. 1849)
Aug 1827 - 15 Apr 1846 Pahar
Singh
(s.a.)
Rajas
15 Apr 1846 - Apr 1849
Pahar
Singh
(s.a.)
Apr 1849 - 22 Apr 1874
Wazir
Singh
(b. 1828 - d. 1874)
22 Apr 1874 - 8 Aug 1898 Vikram
Singh
(b. 1842 - d. 1898)
8 Aug 1898 - 11 Feb 1906 Balbir
Singh
(b. 1869 - d. 1906)
11 Feb 1906 - 1 Jan 1918 Balbir Indar
Singh
(b. 1896 - d. 1918)
11 Feb 1906 – Jun 1909 Sardar Bahadur
Resaldar Partab
Singh -Regent
(chairman regency council)
Jun 1909 – May
1914 Sardar
Bahadur Sardar Dayal
Singh Man -Regent
(1st time)
(chairman regency
council)
May 1914 - 24 Nov 1916
Rai Bahadur Ganga Sahai -Regent
(superintendent)
Maharaja
1 Jan 1918 - 22 Dec 1918 Balbir
Indar Singh
(s.a.)
Raja
23 Dec 1918 - 15 Aug 1947 Har Indar
Singh
(b. 1915 - d. 1989)
(from 1 Jan 1941, Sir Har Indar Singh)
23 Dec 1918 - 19.. Sardar
Bahadur Sardar Dayal
Singh Man -Regent
(2nd time)
(chairman regency council)
19.. - 17 Oct
1934
Sardar Bahador Inder Singh -Regent
(chairman regency
council)
Farrukhabad
1714
Farrukhabad state founded.
1714 - 10 Nov 1801
Tributary to Awadh (Oudh).
4 Jun
1802
Reduced to an estate.
Rulers (title Nawab)
1714 -
1743
Mohammad Khan Ghanzanfar
Jang (b. c.1665 - d. 1743)
1743 - 22 Nov
1748
Kaim
Khan
(d.
1748)
22 Nov 1748 - 1749
Imam Khan
1749 - Nov
1771
Ahmad Khan Ghalib
Jang
(d. 1771)
Nov 1771 -
1796
Dilar Himmat Khan Muzaffar Jang (b. 1758 -
d. 1796)
1796 - 4 Jun
1802
Imdad Husain Khan Nasir Jang
(b. 17.. - d. 1813)
Gangpur
Rulers
.... - 1804
Baijnath Shekhar Deo
1804 -
1820
Indra Shekhar Deo
1820 - 26 Feb 1831
Parsharam Shekhar Deo
(d. 1831)
1831 -
1852
Jagadev Shekhar Deo
1852 -
1858
Chandrabhanu Shekhar Deo
Nov 1858 - 18..
Madan Mohand Shekhar Deo
1860 - 1865
Danardan Shekhar Deo
Dec 1865 - 1874
Raghunath Shekhar
Deo
(b. 1850 - d. 1917)
Dec 1865 - Jan
1871 Lal
Gajraj Shekhar Deo -Regent
Rajas
1874 - 1917
Raghunath Shekhar
Deo
(s.a.)
(personal
style Maharaja from 1915)
10 Jun 1917 - 5 May 1930 Bhawani Shankar
Shekhar Deo (b. 1898 - d.
1930)
5 May 1930 - 26 Dec 1938 Bir
Mitra Pratap Shekhar
Deo (b. 1920 - d.
1938)
5 May 1930 - 26 Dec 1938
Rani Janaki Rathnayammarjee
of Kurupam (f) -Regent
26 Dec 1938 - 15 Aug 1947 Bir Pratap
Shekhar
Deo
(b. 1923 - d. 1967)
26 Dec 1938 - 27 Nov 1944 Rani Janaki
Rathnayammarjee
of Kurupam (f) -Regent
Gaurihar
1807
Gaurihar state, split from
Ajaigarh.
Rulers (title Sardar Sawai; from 1859, Rao)
1807 - 1846
Raja
Ram
(d. 1846)
1846 - 1877
Rajdhar Rudra Pratap
(b. 1811 - d. 18..)
1880 - 14 Nov 1887 Gajadhar
Prasad
(d. 1887)
14 Nov 1887 - 1904 Shamle
Prasad
(b. 1859 - d. 1904)
1904 - 1932
Pratipal (Prithvipal) Singh
(b. 1886 - d. 19..)
1904 - 1 May
1907 Regency
1932 - 1947
Avadhendra Pratap Singh
(b. 1902 - d. c.1970)
Gilgit: see Pakistani Princely
States
Gohad:
see Dholpur
Gondal
1634
Gondal state founded.
1813
British protectorate.
Rulers (title Thakur Sahib)
1679 - 1714
Sagramji I Kumbhoji
(b. 1664 - d. 1714)
1714 - 1753
Haloji Sagramji
(b. 1676 - d. 1753)
1753 - 1790
Kumbhoji II Haloji
(b. 1712 - d. 1790)
1790 - 1792
Muluji Sagramji
(Malubhai Sahib) (b. 1755 - d.
1792)
1792 -
1800
Dajibhai
Muluji
(b. 1776 - d. 1800)
1800 -
1812
Devaji Sagramji (Devabhai
Sahib) (b. 1757 - d. 1812)
1812 -
1814
Nathuji Devaji (Nathubhai Sahib)
(d. 1814)
1814 -
1821
Kanuji
Devaji
(d. 1821)
1821 -
1841
Chandrasimhji Devaji
(b. 1797 - d. 1841)
(Motibhai Sahib)
1841 -
1851
Bhanabhai
Devaji
(d. 1851)
1851 - 14 Dec 1869
Sagramji II
Devaji
(b. 1822 - d. 1869)
(Sagramji
Bhanabhai)
14 Dec 1869 - 10 Mar 1944 Bhagwatsimhji Sagramsimhji
(b. 1865 - d. 1944)
(from 15 Feb 1887, Sir Bhagwatsimhji Sagramsimhji)
(personal
style Maharaja from 1 Jan 1888)
16 Sep 1878 - 24 Aug 1884 Regency
- W. Scott (to Jun
1882)
- Jayashankar
Lalshankar
(to Feb
1882)
- Bhagvat
Sinhji
(from
Feb 1882)
-
Hancock (acting for Scott
Dec 1880 - Feb 1881)
- Nutt
(from Jun 1882 [and acting
for
Scott Aug 1881 - Jan 1882])
9 Mar 1944 - 15 Aug 1947 Bhojrajji Bhagwatsimhji
(b. 1883 - d. 1952)
(personal style Maharaja)
Guler
1415
Guler state founded.
1813
Annexed to the Pañjab (Punjab).
Rajas
1695 - 1741
Dalip
Singh
(b. 1688 - d. 1741)
1695 - 1705
Rani Bilas Devi (f) -Regent
1730 - 1741
Govardhan Chand -Regent
(b. 1713 - d. 1773)
1741 -
1773
Govardhan Chand
(s.a.)
1773 -
1790
Prakash Chand
(b. 1748 - d. 1820)
1790 - 1813
Bhup
Singh
(b. 1765 - d. 1826)
Gwalior
-
-
|
-
- c.1908 - 1948 State Flag
|
Map of Gwalior |
Population:
4,006,159 (1941) |
Constitution
Proclamation
(30 Sep 1941) |
Salute: 21
guns |
Capital: Lashkar
(Ujjain 1735-1810) |
State Forces: 6,190 (1945) |
Ethnic groups: Hindustani
65%, Rajasthani 31%,
other 4% (1931) |
Religions: Hindu 86%,
Muslim 6%, traditional 6%,
other 2% (1941) |
c.900
Gwalior state founded.
1232 -
1398
Annexed by Dihli (Delhi) sultanate.
1518 -
1731
Annexed by Mughal empire.
2 Nov
1731
Sindhya (Scindia) state re-founded by Mahratta general.
1766
Gwalior capital of the state, gives it its name.
13 Oct 1781
British protectorate (and 30 Dec 1803).
15 Aug
1947
Accession to India.
28 May 1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat.
Rulers (title Maharaja Scindia)
2 Nov 1731 - 19 Jul 1745
Ranojirao
Scindia
(d. 1745)
19 Jul 1745 - 25 Jul 1755
Jayapparao
Scindia
(b. c.1720 - d. 1755)
25 Jul 1755 - 15 Jan 1761
Jankojirao I
Scindia
(b. 1745 - d. 1761)
25 Jul 1755 - 10 Jan 1760
Dattaji -Regent
(d. 1760)
15 Jan 1761 - 25 Nov 1763 Interregnum
25 Nov 1763 - 10 Jul 1764 Kadarjirao
Scindia (Kedarjirao) (d. 1778)
10 Jul 1764 - 18 Jan 1768
Manajirao Scindia
(b. 17.. - d. 1800)
18 Jan 1768 - 12 Feb
1794 Madhavrao I Scindia
(b. 1730 - d.
1794)
12 Feb 1794 - 20 Mar 1827 Daulatrao
Scindia
(b. 1779 - d. 1827)
21 Mar 1827 - 17 Jun 1827
Maharani Baija Bai (f) -Regent
(b. 1787 - d. 1862)
17 Jun 1827 - 7 Feb 1843 (1st time)
17 Jun 1827 - 7 Feb 1843
Jankojirao II
Scindia
(b. 1805 - d. 1843)
(Jivajirao Scindia)
17 Jun 1827 - Dec 1832 Maharani
Baija Bai (f) -Regent
(s.a.)
(2nd
time)
7 Feb 1843 - 20 Jun 1886 Jayajirao
Scindia
(b. 1835 - d. 1886)
(from 25
Jun 1861, Sir Jayajirao Scindia)
7 Feb 1843 - 13 Jan 1844 Maharani Tara Bai
(f) -Regent (b. 1831 - d.
....)
1843 - Jan
1844
Dada Khasjiwallah (in rebellion)
20 Jun 1886 - 5 Jun 1925 Madhavrao II
Scindia
(b. 1876 - d. 1925)
(from 25 May 1895, Sir Madhavrao II
Scindia)
17 Aug 1886 - 15 Dec 1894 Maharani Sakhya Bai
(f) -Regent (b. 1862 - d. 1919)
17 Aug 1886 - 17 Aug 1888 Ganpat Rao Kharke -Regent
(d. 1888)
(chairman council of regency)
17 Aug 1888 - 15 Dec 1894 Sirdar Krishna Rao
Bapu Sahib
Jadow -Regent
(chairman council of regency)
5 Jun 1925 - 28 May 1948 George Jivaji Rao
Scindia
(b. 1916 - d. 1961)
(from 1 Jan 1941, Sir George Jivaji Rao
Scindia)
5 Jun 1925 - 23 Nov 1931
Maharani Chinku Bai (f) -Regent
(d. 1931)
23 Nov 1931 - 22 Nov 1936 Maharani Gajra Rajebai
(f) -Regent (d. 1943)
Dewans
1851 - Dec
1859
Sir Dinkar Rao Rajwade
(b. 1819 - d. 1896)
1859 - 1868
Balaji Pant
1868 - Aug
1888
Ganpat Rao Khadke
(s.a.)
1888 -
1894
Sirdar Krishna Rao Bapu Sahib
Jadow
1894 - 5 Jun
1925 no
Diwans appointed
Vice-presidents of State (from 1937, Executive)
Council
Jun 1925 - 1937
Kailas Narain
Haksar
(b. 1878 - d. 1953)
(from 1932, Sir Kailas Narain Haksar)
1937 - 1940
Sardar Chandroji Rao Angre
(b. 1896 - d. 19..)
ABHM
1940 - 1947
Srinivas Prasonna Rajagopalachari (b. 1881 - d.
1963)
(from 1945, Sir Srinivas Prasonna Rajagopalachari)
May 1947 - Jan 1948 M.A.
Srinivasan
(b. 1897 - d.
1998)
Prime minister
28 Jan 1948 - May 1948 Liladhar
Joshi
(b. 1907 - d.
1957) AISPC
British Residents in Gwalior
Nov 1781 - Dec 1783
David
Anderson
(b. 1751 - d. 1825)
Dec 1783 - Aug 1784 James
Anderson (acting)
20 Dec 1786 - 15 Oct 1787 William
Kirkpatrick
(b. 1754 - d. 1812)
Apr 1787 - Jun
1787 James
Macpherson (acting) 1736-1796
15 Oct 1787 - Sep 1797 William
Palmer
(b. 17.. - d. 1814)
Sep 1797 - 10 Oct 1798 Paris Bradshaw
(acting)
(b. 1764 - d. 1821)
10 Oct 1798 - 3 Aug 1803 John
Collins
(b. 17.. - d. 1807)
Aug 1803 - Jan 1804 Vacant
12 Jan 1804 - 13 May 1804 Sir John
Malcolm
(b. 1769 - d. 1833)
13 May 1804 - 9 Nov 1804 Josiah Webbe
(acting)
(b. 1768 - d. 1804)
9 Nov 1805 - Dec 1805
Richard Jenkins (acting)
(b. 1785 - d. 1853)
18 Dec 1805 - 29 May 1808 Graeme Mercer (1st
time) (b. 1764 -
d. 1841)
29 May 1808 - 11 Jul 1808 Mountstuart Elphinstone
(b. 1779 - d.
1859)
11 Jul 1808 - 22 Dec 1809 Robert Close (1st
time)
22 Dec 1809 - 28 Jul 1810 Graeme Mercer
(2nd time)
(s.a.)
28 Jul 1810 - 13 Apr 1811 Charles Theophilus
Metcalfe (b. 1785 - d. 1846)
13 Apr 1811 - 19 Nov 1815 Richard Charles
Strachey
(b. 1781 - d. 1847)
(1st time)
19 Nov 1815 - 16 Mar 1816 Gerald Wellesley
(b. 1790 - d. 1833)
Mar 1816 - Apr
1818 Robert
Close (2nd time)
24 May 1817 - 14 Jun 1817 James Tod (acting for
Close) (b. 1782 - d.
1835)
24 Apr 1818 -
1821
Josiah Stewart (1st
time)
(b. 1781 - d. 1839)
1821 -
1823
Sir Richard
Strachey
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1822
Johnstone (acting)
1823 -
1824
Robert Close (3rd time)
1824 -
1828
Josiah Stewart (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1829 -
1831
George Fielding (1st time)
1831
Sir John
Low
(b. 1788 - d. 1880)
1831 -
1832
George Fielding (2nd time)
1832
John Dixon Dyke
(b. 1801 - d. 1847)
1832 -
1835
Richard Cavendish
(b. 1795 - d. 1876)
1835 -
1837
John
Sutherland
(b. 1808 - d. 1891)
1837 -
1838
Henry
Dundas
(d. 1845)
1838 -
1843
Alexander Speirs
(b. 1785 - d. 1847)
1843 -
1844
Sir William Henry
Sleeman
(b. 1788 - d. 1856)
1844 -
1848
Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (b. 1812 -
d. 1861)
(1st time)
1848 -
1849
D. Ross
1849
Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1849 -
1852
Sir Henry Marion Durand
(b. 1812 - d. 1871)
1852 -
1854
Duncan Archibald Malcolm
(b. 1807 - d. 1855)
1854 -
1859
Samuel Charters Macpherson
(b. 1806 - d. 1880)
1859 -
1862
Sir Richard John
Meade
(b. 1821 - d. 1894)
1862 -
1863
Richard Harte
Keatinge
(b. 1825 - d. 1904)
1863 – Feb 1867
Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson (b. 1825 - d.
1908)
(1st time)
Feb 1867 – May 1868
Sir Henry Dermot
Daly (b.
1821 - d. 1895)
May 1868 – Nov 1868
Charles Lionel Showers
(b. 1816 - d. 1895)
1868 - Oct? 1869
Sir Crawford Trotter Chamberlain (b. 1821 -
d. 1902)
Oct 1869 – 30 Nov 1872
Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson (s.a.)
(2nd time)
30 Nov 1872 –
1873
J.A. Wright (1st time)(acting)
Jan 1873 – 11 Jan 1874 Eugene
Clutterbuck Impey
(b. 1830 - d. 1904)
11 Jan 1874 – 7 Feb 1874 J.A. Wright (2nd
time)
7 Feb 1874 – af.Apr 1875 John William
Willoughby Osborne (b. 1833 - d.
1881)
(1st time)
1875 - Apr 1877
Alexander Ross Elliot Hutchinson (s.a.)
(3rd time)
Apr 1877 - 1878
Sir John Watson (1st
time)
(b. 1829 - d. 1919)
1878 - 19 Sep 1879
William
Tweedie (1st
time)
(b. 1836 - d. 1914)
19 Sep 1879 - 29 Nov 1880 Patrick
Wilson Bannerman (1st time)(b. 1833 - d. 1912)
Nov? 1880 - 17 Sep 1881 John William
Willoughby Osborne (s.a.)
(2nd time)
17 Sep 1881 - 1 Nov 1881 Archibald Lewis
Playfair (1st time)(b. 1838 - d. 1915)
11 Nov 1881 - 22 Dec 1881 Sir John Watson (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
22 Dec 1881 - 25 Feb 1882 William Tweedie (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
26 Feb 1882 -
1883
Patrick Wilson Bannerman (2nd time)(s.a.)
23 Mar 1883 - 11 Apr 1884 James Cavan Berkeley
(1st time) (b. 1838 - d. 1926)
12 Apr 1884 - 28 Apr 1884 Archibald Lewis
Playfair (2nd time)(s.a.)
28 Apr 1884 – 17 Aug 1884 William Tweedie (3rd
time) (s.a.)
17 Aug 1884 – 15 Dec 1884 James Cavan Berkeley
(2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Dec 1884 - 12 May 1887 Patrick Wilson Bannerman
(3rd time)(s.a.)
12 May 1887 - 3 Nov 1887 Sir David William
Keith Barr (b. 1846
- d. 1916)
(1st time) (acting)
3 Nov 1887 – 24 Dec 1888 Patrick Wilson
Bannerman (4th time)(s.a.)
24 Dec 1888 – 18 Apr 1892 Sir David William
Keith Barr (s.a.)
(2nd time)
18 Apr 1892 – 6 Jan 1893 John Biddulph
(acting)
(b. 1840 - d. 1922)
6 Jan 1893 – 15 Jul 1893 Edward
Swatman Reynolds (1st time) (b. 1838 - d.
1896)
15 Jul 1893 – 19 Oct 1893 Norton Charles
Martelli (acting) (b. 1844 - d.
....)
19 Oct 1893 - 23 Feb 1894 Edward Swatman
Reynolds (2nd time) (s.a.)
Feb 1894 - 30 Jun
1895 Sir Donald Robertson (1st
time) (b. 1847 - d. 1930)
30 Jun 1895 - 29 Sep 1895
Charles Withers Ravenshaw
(b. 1851 - d. 1935)
29 Sep 1895 – 8 Oct 1895
Duncan George Pitcher (1st time) (b. 1839 -
d. 1924)
8 Oct 1895 – 12 Mar 1896 Sir Donald
Robertson (2nd time) (s.a.)
12 Mar 1896 - 1897
Ivar MacIvor
(d. 1897)
1897 - 16 Aug
1897
Duncan George Pitcher (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Aug 1897 – 8 Nov 1897 Thomas
Caldwell Pears (1st time) (b. 1851 - d. 1921)
Mar 1898 - 20 Apr 1899 Joseph
Henry
Newill
(b. 1844 - d. 1929)
20 Apr 1899 – 6 May 1899 Aylmer
Martin Crofts
(b. 1854 - d. 1915)
6 May 1899 -
1901
Thomas Caldwell Pears (2nd time) (s.a.)
Feb 1901 - 1902
Charles Herbert (1st time)
Apr 1902 -
1904
Charles Hamerton Pritchard
(b. 1863 - d. 1916)
1904
Sir Stuart Mitford
Fraser
(b. 1864 - d. 1963)
1904 - 1905
Charles Herbert (2nd time)
Apr 1905 - 9 Mar
1907 Henry Venn
Cobb
(b. 1864 - d. 1949)
10 Mar 1907 - 12 Oct 1907
Herbert Lionel
Showers
(b. 1861 - d. 1916)
1907 - 1908
Sir Alexander Fleetwood
Pinhey (b. 1861 - d. 1916)
24 May 1908 - 22 Aug 1908
James Leslie Rose Weir (1st time) (b. 1883 - d. 1950)
23 Aug 1908 - 30 Oct 1908
Sir Alexander Fleetwood Pinhey (s.a.)
(2nd time)
31 Oct 1908 - 10 Nov 1908 James Leslie
Rose Weir (2nd time) (s.a.)
26 Nov 1908 - 21 Oct 1909 Philip Trevor Augustine
Spence
22 Oct 1909 - 12 Jan 1910 Sir
Alexander Fleetwood Pinhey (s.a.)
(3nd time)
13 Jan 1910 - 30 May 1912 Charles Arnold
Kemball (b.
1860 - d. 1943)
30 May 1912 - 8 Apr 1914 William Ellis
Jardine (1st time) (b. 1867 - d. 1944)
9 Apr 1914 - 17 Dec 1914 Francis Granville
Beville
(b. 1867 - d. 1923)
18 Dec 1914 - 10 May 1922 William
Ellis Jardine (2nd time) (s.a.)
11 May 1922 - 10 Nov 1922 Edward Herbert
Kealy
(b. 1873 - d. 1953)
11 Nov 1922 - 18 Feb 1924 William
Ellis Jardine (3rd time) (s.a.
19 Feb 1924 - 3 Jun 1926 Leslie Maurice
Crump (1st time) (b. 1875 - d. 1929)
4 Jun 1926 - 4 Nov 1926 Charles
Gilbert Crosthwaite (b. 1878
- d. 1940)
(1st
time)
5 Nov 1926 - 14 May 1927 Leslie
Maurice Crump (2nd time) (s.a.)
15 May 1927 - 30 Nov 1927
Charles Gilbert
Crosthwaite
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Dec 1927 - 5 Mar 1928
Leslie Maurice Crump (3rd time) (s.a.)
6 Mar 1928 - 27 Oct 1928 Robert
John Wingfield Heale (b. 1877
- d. 1962)
28 Oct 1928 - 1 Apr 1929 Terence Humphrey
Keyes
(b. 1877 - d. 1939)
1 Apr 1929 - 3 Apr 1930 Cecil Hamilton
Gabriel (1st time) (b. 1879 - d. 1947)
4 Apr 1930 - 13 Apr 1930 Kenneth Samuel
Fitze
(b. 1887 - d. 1960)
14 Apr 1930 - 6 Sep 1930 Elliot James Dowell
Colvin (b. 1885 - d. 1950)
7 Sep 1930 - 15 Apr 1931 Cecil
Hamilton Gabriel (2nd time) (s.a.)
16 Apr 1931 - 8 Nov 1932 Denis Grey
Wilson (1st time) (b. 1880 - d.
1964)
9 Nov 1932 - 15 Feb 1933 William Arthur
MacDonnell Garstin (b. 1882 - d. 1975)
16 Feb 1933 - 13 Nov 1934 Denis Grey
Wilson (2nd time) (s.a.)
13 Nov 1934 - 6 Apr 1937 Edmund C.
Gibson
7 Apr 1937 -
1940
Gerald Thomas Fisher
(b. 1886 - d. 1965)
1 Apr 1938 – 3 Oct 1938 Philip
Gaisford (acting for Fisher)
5 Feb 1940 -
1942
George van Baerle
Gillan
(b. 1890 - d. 1974)
11 Jul 1942 -
1944 Sir
Charles Gordon Herbert
(b. 1893 - d. 1970)
Apr 1944 - May 1946
Henry Mortimer
Poulton
(b. 1898 - d. 1973)
May 1946 - 1947
Alexander Alfred Russell
(b. 1898 - d. 1967)
Halwad-Dhrangadhra:
see Dhrangadhra
Hunza:
see Pakistani
Princely States
Haydarabad (Hyderabad)
-
- c.1724 - c.1900
|
-
- c.1900 - 1948
|
-
- 1948 - 26 Jan 1950
|
Map of Haydarabad |
Population: 16,338,500 (1941) |
Constitution
(None)
|
Salute: 21 guns |
Capital: Haydarabad
(Hyderabad) |
Anthem
"Ya Rab Humare Badshah Ko" (O! Osman) |
Ethnic groups: Telugu 48%,
Marathi 24%, Hindustani 13%,
Kannada 11%, other 4% (1941) |
Religions: Hindu 81%,
Muslim 13%, traditional 4%,
other 2% (1941) |
Currency: Hyderabad Rupee
(to 1950)
|
Exports: 177 million Indian
Rupees (1940/41) |
Imports: 166 million Indian
Rupees (1940/41)
|
State Forces: 22,000 (1948) |
1512 - 1687
Part of the Kingdom of Golkonda.
1687
Part of the Mughal
Empire.
20 Jun 1720
Mughal governor with style Nizam al-Molk
establishes
a quasi-independent state.
7 Dec
1724
Haydarabad made capital of the state.
12 Nov
1766
British protectorate (and 22 Aug 1809).
15 Aug
1947
Nizam refuses to accede to India.
17 Sep 1948 - Dec 1949
India occupies Haydarabad militarily.
24 Nov
1949
Accession to India as a state agreed to as of Indian
Republic Day,
effective 26 Jan 1950.
Rulers (title Nizam al-Molk [from 24 Oct
1936, Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar])
20 Jun 1720 - 1 Jun 1748 Qamar ad-Din Chin
Qilij Khan (b. 1671
- d. 1748)
(from 12 Jul 1737:) Asaf Jah I
1 Jun 1748 - 16 Dec 1750 Nasir Jang Mir
Ahmad
(b. 1712 - d. 1750)
16 Dec 1750 - 13 Feb 1751 Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar
Jang Hidayat (d. 1751)
Feb 1751 - 16 Oct 1752 Ghazi
ad-Din (in
rebellion) (d.
1752)
13 Feb 1751 - 8 Jul 1762 Asaf ad-Dowla Mir
Ali Salabat Jang (b. 1718 - d. 1763)
8 Jul 1762 - 6 Aug 1803 Ali Khan
Asaf Jah
II
(b. 1734 - d. 1803)
7 Aug 1803 - 21 May 1829 Mir Akbar Ali
Khan Asaf Jah III (b. 1768 - d. 1829)
21 May 1829 - 16 May 1857 Naser ad-Dowla
Farkhunda Ali (b.
1794 - d. 1857)
Asaf Jah IV
18 May 1857 - 26 Feb 1869 Afzal ad-Dowla Mahbub
Ali I Khan (b. 1827 - d. 1869)
Asaf Jah V (from 25 Jun 1861, Afzal
ad-Dowla Mahbub Sir Ali
I Khan Asaf Jah V)
28 Feb 1869 - 29 Aug 1911 Fath Jang Mahbub Ali II
Khan Asaf (b. 1866 - d. 1911)
Jah VI (from 17 Nov 1884, Fath Jang
Jang Mahbub Sir Ali II Khan Asaf Jah
VI)
28 Feb 1869 - 5 Feb 1884 Regents
- Mir Turab Ali Khan Salar Jung I (b. 1829 - d.
1883)
(to 8 Feb 1883)
- Amir Kabir Nawab Rashid-ud-din (d. 1881)
Khan
Shams-al-Umara III
(to 6 Apr 1877)
- Iqtedar-ul-Mulk Vaqar-al-Umara I (d. 1881)
(6 Apr 1877 - 12 Dec
1881)
- Raja Narendra Prasad
(from senior member from 8 Feb 1883)
- Laiq Ali Khan Salar Jung
II (b. 1868? - d. 1889)
(provisional, from 8 Feb 1883)
29 Aug 1911 - 26 Jan 1950 Fath Jang Mir Osman
Ali Khan (b. 1886 -
d. 1967)
Asaf Jah VII (from 12 Dec 1911, Fath Jang
Mir
Sir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1724 - 1730
Muhammad Iwaz Khan
1730 - 1742
Anwarullah Khan
1742 - 1748?
Khuda Banda Khan
1748 - 1750
Shah Nawaz Khan (1st time)
1750 - 1752
Raja Ragunath Dass
1752 - 1755
Syed Lashkar Khan
1755 - 1758
Shah Nawaz Khan (2nd time)
1758 - 1761
Basalat Jung
1761 -
1765
Vithal Sundur
1765 -
1775
Musa Khan Nawab Rukn ud-Daula
1775 - 1781
Viqar-ud-Daula
+ Shams-ul-Mulk
(to 1778)
1781 - 9 May
1804
Ghulam Sayyed Khan Aristu Jah
(Mahratta hostage 1795-97)
1795 -
1797
Mir Alam (1st time)
(d. 1808)
(acting for Aristu Jah)
1804
Raja Rajindra
1804 - Dec
1808
Mir Alam (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1808 -
1832
Munir ul-Mulk
- together with -
1808 - 6 Sep
1843
Chandu Lal
1843 -
1846
Ram Baksh (1st time)
1846 -
1848
Siraj ul-Mulk (1st
time)
(d. 1853)
Nov 1848 - Dec
1848 Amjad
ul-Mulk
Dec 1848 - May
1849 Shams
ul-Umara
Sep 1849 - Apr
1851 Ram Baksh
(2nd time)
Apr 1851 - Jun 1851 Ganesh
Rao
1851 - May
1853
Siraj ul-Mulk (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
May 1853 - 8 Feb 1883
Mir Turab Ali Khan Salar Jung I
(s.a.)
Feb 1883 - Apr
1887 Laiq Ali
Khan Salar Jung
II
(s.a.)
1887 -
1893
Bashir-ud-Daula Asman Jah
1893 -
1901
Nawab Sir Vikar-ul-Umra
(d. 1902)
Prime ministers (presidents of the executive
council)
1901 - 11 Jul
1912
Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad
(b. 1862 - d. 1940)
(1st time)
Jul 1912 - Nov
1914 Nawab
Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III (b. 1889 - d. 1949)
Nov 1914 - 1919
the Nizam
Aug 1919 - 5 Sep 1922 Sir Sayyid Ali
Imam
(b. 1869 - d. 1932)
5 Sep 1922 - 1 Apr 1924 Nawab Sir
Faridoon-ul-Mulk Bahadur (d. 1928)
1 Apr 1924 - 25 Nov 1926 Wali-ud-Daula
Bahadur
25 Nov 1926 - 18 Mar 1937 Maharaja
Sir Kishen Pershad (s.a.)
(2nd time)
18 Mar 1937 - Sep 1941
Sir Akbar
Hydari
(b. 1869 - d. 1941)
Sep 1941 - Aug 1946
Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan (b. 1889 - d.
1983)
Chhatari (1st time)
Aug 1946 - May 1947
Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail
(b. 1883 – d.
1959)
May 1947 - 29 Oct 1947 Nawab Sir
Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan (s.a.)
Chhatari (2nd time)
1 Nov 1947 - 28 Nov 1947 Nawab Sir Mehdi Yar
Jung (acting) (b. 1881 - d. 1948)
29 Nov 1947 - 19 Sep 1948 Mir Laik Ali
(b. 1903 - d. 1971)
Indian Military Governor
17 Sep 1948 - 1 Dec 1949 Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri
(b.
1908 - d. 1983)
British Residents in Hyderabad
Apr 1779 - 1781
John Holland
2 Jul 1781 - 1784
James Grant
(b. 1750 - d. 1808)
20 Jan 1784 - 1788
Richard
Johnson
(b. 1750 - d. 1802)
28 Apr 1788 - 1797
John
Kennaway
(b. 1758 - d. 1836)
15 Nov 1797 -
1798
William
Kirkpatrick
(b. 1754 - d. 1812)
15 Sep 1798 - 1805
James Achilles
Kirkpatrick
(b. 1764 - d. 1805)
1 Sep 1805 - Dec
1805 Henry Russell (1st
time)(acting) (b. 1783 - d. 1852)
3 Jan 1806 -
1810
Thomas
Sydenham
(b. 1780 - d. 1816)
20 May 1810 - Mar 1811 Charles
Russell (acting)
17 Apr 1811 - Dec 1820
Henry Russell (2nd
time)
(s.a.)
1 Dec 1820 - Aug
1825 Charles Theophilus
Metcalfe
(b. 1785 - d. 1846)
29 Sep 1825 - 1830
William Byam
Martin
(b. 1781 - d. 1869)
1827 -
1830
John Sutherland (1st time)
(acting for Martin)
7 Aug 1830 - Nov 1830 Edward
Ravenshaw (acting)
6 Nov 1830 - Jan 1838 Josiah
Stewart
(b. 1781
- d. 1839)
1833 -
1834
John Sutherland (2nd time)
(acting for Stewart)
12 Jan 1838 - 15 Jun 1838 John Cameron
(acting)
(d. 1838)
16 Jun 1838 - Jul 1838 James
Wahab (acting)
(b. 1777 - d. 18..)
8 Jul 1838 - 1 Sep 1838 George
Tomkyns (acting)
1 Sep 1838 - Dec 1852 James
Stuart
Fraser
(b. 1783 - d. 1869)
1841
William J. Eastwick
(acting for Fraser)
11 Dec 1852 - Mar 1853 Cuthbert
Davidson (1st time)
(b. 1810 - d. 1862)
Mar 1853 - Sep
1853 John Low
(acting)
(b. 1788 - d. 1880)
5 Sep 1853 - 1 Dec 1853 Cuthbert
Davidson (2nd time)
(s.a.)
2 Dec 1853 - 31 Dec 1856 George Alexander
Bushby
(b. 1800 - d. 1856)
31 Dec 1856 - Apr 1857 Anthony
Robert Thornhill (1st time)
(acting)
1857 - 21 May
1862
Cuthbert Davidson (3rd time)
(s.a.)
3 Aug 1862 - Jan 1863
Anthony Robert Thornhill (2nd time)
(acting)
31 Jan 1863 -
1867
George Udny
Yule
(b. 1813 - d. 1886)
(from 24 May 1866, George Udny Yule)
14 Apr 1867 - Jan 1868 Sir Richard
Temple
(b. 1826 - d. 1902)
5 Jan 1868 - Mar 1868 John
Graham Cordery (1st time)
(b. 1833 - d. 1900)
(acting)
28 Mar 1868 - 10 May 1868 Arthur Austin Roberts
(b.
1818 - d. 1868)
11 May 1868 - Jun 1868 John
Graham Cordery (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
10 Jun 1868 - Dec 1875
Charles Burslem
Saunders
(b. 1821 - d. 1888)
16 Jul 1872 - Oct 1872
Peter Stark Lumsden
(b. 1829 - d.
1918)
(acting for Saunders)
5 Dec 1875 -
1881
Richard John
Meade
(b. 1821 - d. 1894)
24 Mar 1881 - Apr 1882
Steuart Colvin
Bayley
(b. 1836 - d. 1925)
1 Jun 1882 - 30 Jun 1882 George Herbert
Trevor (acting) (b. 1840 - d. 1927)
30 Jun 1882 - Apr 1883
William Brittain
Jones
(b. 1834 - d. 1912)
21 Apr 1883 -
1888
John Graham Cordery (3rd time)
(s.a.)
10 Apr 1884 - Jul 1884 Sir
Oliver Beauchamp Coventry (b.
1837 - d. 1891)
St. John
(acting for Cordery)
12 Apr 1886 - Oct 1886 Edward
Charles Ross
(b. 1836 - d. 1912)
(acting
for Cordery)
1 Nov 1887 - 30 Nov 1887 Donald
Robertson
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
(acting for Cordery)
14 Mar 1888 - Aug 1889 Arthur
Pearse Howell (acting) (b. 1834 -
d. 1911)
6 Aug 1889 -
1891
Sir Dennis Fitzpatrick
(b. 1827 - d. 1920)
12 Nov 1891 -
1900
Trevor John Chichele
Chichele- (b. 1846 - d.
1905)
Plowden
23 Mar 1895 - Oct 1895 Kenneth
James Loch
Mackenzie (b.
c.1840 - d. 1903)
(acting for Chichele-Plowden)
30 Jul 1898 - Oct 1898 James
Adair Crawford
(b. 1857 - d. 1936)
(acting
for Chichele-Plowden)
Feb 1900 -
1905
David William Keith
Barr
(b. 1846 - d. 1916)
Feb 1905 -
1908
Charles Stuart
Bayley
(b. 1854 - d. 1935)
May 1908 -
1910
Michael Francis
O'Dwyer
(b. 1864 - d. 1940)
14 Apr 1909 – 23 Apr 1909 Evelyn Berkeley
Howell
(b. 1877 - d. 1971)
(acting for O'Dwyer)
1911 -
1916
Alexander Fleetwood
Pinhey
(b. 1861 - d. 1918)
Mar 1914 - Oct
1914 Stuart
Mitford
Fraser
(b. 1864 - d. 1963)
(acting for Pinhey)
Apr 1916 - Jul
1916 Alfred
Beckett
Minchin
(b. 1870 - d. 1939)
Jul 1916 -
1919
Sir Stuart Mitford Fraser
(s.a.)
1 Jan 1920 – 31 Oct 1921 Charles
Lennox Somerville Russell (b. 1872 - d. 1960)
(1st time)(acting to 30 Jun 1920)
1 Nov 1921 - 1 Nov 1922 Stuart
George Knox (acting)
(b. 1863 - d.
1956)
1 Nov 1922 – 30 Jun 1925 Charles Lennox
Somerville Russell (s.a.)
(2nd time)
1 Jul 1925 - Feb 1930
William Pell Barton
(b. 1871 - d. 1956)
20 May 1927 – Nov 1927 Leslie Maurice
Crump
(b. 1875 – d. 1929)
(acting for Barton)
9 Feb 1930 -
1933
Terence Humphrey
Keyes
(b. 1877 - d. 1939)
1 Jul 1933 - 3 May 1934 Sir George
Duncan Mackenzie
(b. 1883 - d. 1965)
(1st time)
3 May 1934 - 20 Oct 1937 John Creery Tate
(b. 1884 - d. 1942)
3 Apr 1937 - 20 Oct 1937 Claude Henry Gidney
(b.
1887 - d. 1968)
(acting for Tate)
20 Oct 1937 - 30 Oct 1938 Sir George Duncan
Mackenzie
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
30 Oct 1938 - 15 Oct 1942 Claude Henry Gidney
(s.a.)
15 Oct 1942 - Nov 1946 Arthur
Cunningham
Lothian
(b. 1887 - d. 1962)
(acting to Feb 1944)
25 Nov 1946 - 14 Aug 1947 Sir Charles Gordon
Herbert
(b. 1893 - d. 1970)
Indian Agent General
1947 - 19 Sep 1948
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi
(b. 1887 - d. 1971)
Hill
Tipperah: see Tripura
Hindol
1554
Hindol state founded.
Rajas
1691 -
1701
Achyuta Singh Narendra
1701 -
1733
Bhagabat Singh Narendra
1733 -
1770
Damodar Singh Narendra
1770 -
1781
Radhakant Singh Mardraj Jagadeb
1781 -
1786
Ram Chandra Singh Mardraj Jagadeb
1786 -
1829
Kishan Chandra Mardraj Jagadeb
1829 -
1841
Harihar Singh Mardraj Jagadeb
1841 -
1874
Ishwar Singh Mardraj Jagadeb
1874 -
1877
Phokar Singh Mardraj Jagadeb (b.
1853 - d. ....)
18 Jul 1877 - 10 Feb 1906
Janardan Mardraj Jagadeb
(b. 1855 - d. 1906)
10 Feb 1906 - 15 Aug 1947 Naba
Kishor Chandra
Mardraj (b.
1891 - d. 1960)
Jagadeb
10 Feb 1906 - 20 Oct 1913 .... -Regent
Hyderabad: see Haydarabad
Idar
Adopted 1741
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c.1257
Idar state founded.
1679 - 1731
Period of anarchy.
1791
Idar split into five: Idar, Ahmadnagar, Morasa,
Baad (also called Bayar), and Soor.
1821
Morasa absorbed by Ahmadnagar.
1826
Baad absorbed by Idar and Ahmadnagar.
Oct
1843
Idar reunited.
Rajas (from 1843, with personal style Maharaja)
1669 - 1679
Karan Singh
(d. c.1725)
1679 - 1718
Chandra Singh (fled Idar 1718)
1718 - 1731
period of anarchy
1731 - 1753
Anand
Singh
(d. 1753)
1753 - 1791
Shiv Singh
Anand Singh
(b. 1736 - d.
1791)
1791 (12 days)
Bhawan
Singh
(b. 1755 - d. 1792)
1791 - 12 Aug
1833
Gambhir
Singh
(b. 1778 - d. 1833)
12 Aug 1833 - 26 Dec 1868 Jawan
Singh
(b. 1830 - d. 1868)
(from 24 May 1867, Sir Jawan Singh)
12 Aug 1833 - 1847 Council
of Regency
26 Dec 1868 - 20 Feb 1901 Keshri
Singh
(b. 1864 - d. 1901)
(from 15 Feb 1887, Sir Keshri
Singh)
26 Dec 1868 - 1880
Council of Regency
4 Oct 1901 - 30 Nov
1901 Krishna
Singh
(b. 1901 - d. 1901)
30 Nov 1901 - Jan 1902 Interregnum
Jan 1902 - 1902
Sir Pratap
Singh
(b. 1845 - d. 1922)
Maharajas
1902 - 21 Jul 1911
Sir Pratap
Singh
(s.a.)
21 Jul 1911 - 14 Apr 1931 Daulat
Singh
(b. 1878 - d. 1931)
(from 1 Jan 1920, Sir Daulat Singh)
14 Apr 1931 - 15 Aug 1947 Hirmat Singh Daulat
Singh
(b. 1899 - d. 1960)
Ahmadnagar (Ahmednagar)
1773
Ahmadnagar (Ahmednagar) estate of
Idar.
1791
Ahmadnagar independent state.
29 Oct
1843
Re-united to Idar.
Rajas
1791 -
1798
Sangram Singh
(b. c.1758 - d. 1798)
1798 - 6 Feb
1835
Karan Singh
(b. 1787 - d.
1835)
1798 - 1806
Zalim Singh of
Morasa -Regent
(b. c.1760 - d. 1806)
1835 - 6 Dec
1839
Prithvi Singh
(b. c.1818 - d. 1839)
6 Dec 1839 - 28 Sep
1841 Takht Singh -Regent
(b.
1819 - d. 1873)
23 May 1840 - 28 Sep 1841 Balwant Singh
(b. 1840 - d. 1841)
28 Sep 1841 - 29 Oct 1843 Takht
Singh
(s.a.)
Morasa
Rajas
1791 -
1806
Zalim Singh
(b. c.1760 - d.
1806)
1806 -
1821
Pratap Singh
(d. 1821)
Baad
(Bayar)
Raja
1791 -
1826
Amir Singh
(b.
c.1762 - d. 1826)
Soor
(Sur)
Rajas
1791 - bf.1833
Indar Singh
(b. c.1765 -
d. bf.1833)
bf.1833 - 18..
Hamir
Singh
(b. 1798 - d.
af.1855)
Indaur (Indore)
-
- c.1731 - ....
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- .... - 1948
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Map of Indore
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Population: 1,514,000 (1941) |
Constitution
(None)
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Salute: 19 guns |
Capital:
Indaur (Indore) |
State Forces:
787 (1945) |
Ethnic groups: Hindustani
42%, Rajasthani 38%, Bhil
13%, other 7% (1941) |
Religions:
Hindu 71%,
traditional 19%, Muslim 8%,
other 2% (1941) |
1731
Indaur state founded by Mahratta general.
24 Dec 1805
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accession to India.
28 May 1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat.
Rulers (title Maharaja Holkar)
1731 - 20 May
1766
Malhar Rao I Holkar I
(b. 1694 - d. 1766)
20 May 1766 - 5 Apr 1767
Male Rao Holkar II
(b. 1745 - d. 1767)
Apr 1767 - 13 Aug
1795 Ahalya Bai Holkar
(III)(f)-Regent (b. 1725
- d. 1795)
13 Aug 1795 - 29 Jan 1797 Tukoji
Rao I Holkar IV
(b. 1723 - d. 1797)
(also listed as co-ruler from Apr 1767)
29 Jan 1797 - Jan 1799
Kashi Rao Holkar V
(b. 17.. - d. 1808)
Jan 1799 -
1806
Khande Rao I Holkar VI
(b. 1798 - d. 1806)
1806 - 27 Oct
1811
Yashwant Rao I
Holkar
(b. 1776 - d. 1811)
(regent Jan 1799 - 1806)
Nov 1811 - 27 Oct
1833 Malhar Rao III Holkar VII
(b.
1801 - d. 1833)
Nov 1811 - 20 Dec 1817
Maharani Tulsi Bai (f) -Regent
(d. 1817)
27 Oct 1833 - 2 Feb 1834 Martand Rao
Holkar VIII
(b. 1830 - d. 1849)
2 Feb 1834 - 24 Oct 1843
Hari Rao Holkar IX
(b. 1795 - d. 1843)
24 Oct 1843 - 17 Feb 1844 Khande Rao II Holkar X
(b. 1828 - d. 1844)
24 Oct 1843 - 17
Feb 1844 Maharani Gotama Bai (f) -Regent
27 Jun 1844 - 17 Jun 1886 Tukoji Rao II
Holkar XI
(b. 1835 - d. 1886)
(from 25 Jun 1861, Sir
Tukoji Rao II Holkar XI)
27 Jun 1844 - Sep 1849 Maharani Sahiba
Krishna (d.
1849)
Bai
(f) -Regent
Sep 1849 -
1852
Ram Rao -Senior Regent
17 Jun 1886 - 31 Jan 1903 Shivaji Rao Holkar XII
(b. 1859 - d. 1908)
(from 30 Jun 1887, Sir Shivaji Rao
Holkar XII)
31 Jan 1903 - 26 Feb 1926 Tukoji Rao III Holkar
XIII (b. 1890 - d.
1978)
(from 1 Jan 1918, Sir
Tukoji Rao III Holkar XIII)
31 Jan 1903 -
1911
Dewan Nanak Chand Agarwal -Regent
26 Feb 1926 - 28 May 1948 Yashwant Rao II Holkar
XIV (b. 1908
- d. 1961)
(from 1 Jan 1935, Sir
Yashwant Rao II Holkar XIV)
26 Feb 1926 - 9 Nov 1930 Seray Mal
Bapna -Regent
(b. 1882 - d. 1964)
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1808 - 1811
Bala Ram Seth
1811 - 10 Dec 1817 Ganpat
Rao
1818 - Apr 1826
Tantia Jogh (Tatya Joga)
(d. 1826)
Apr 1826 - Jun 1827 Raoji
Trimbak
Jun 1827 - 1828
Daji Bakhshi
1828 - 1829
Appa Rao Krishna
1829 - 1834?
Madhav Rao Phadnis
Apr 1834 - Nov 1836 Sardar
Revaji Rao Phanse
1836 - 1837
Sailgram (Salikram) Mantri
(or Bhawani Bin)
1837 -
1838
Vacant
1838 - 1840
Abbaji Bulal (Ballal)
1840 -
1841
Bhawani Din
1841
the ruler
1841
Raja Bhau Phanse (1st time)
1841 - Oct 1841
Narayan Rao
Palshikar
(d. 1841)
Oct 1841 - 1841
Ram Rao Palshikar (1st time)
1841 - 1848
Raja Bhau Phanse (2nd time)
1848 - 1852?
Ram Rao Palshikar (2nd time)
1852 - 1872
the ruler
1872 - May 1875
Sir Madhav Rao
Thanjavurkar
(b. c.1828 - d. 1891)
May 1875 - Nov 1879
Ragunath Rao (1st
time) (b. 1831
- d. 1912)
Nov 1879 - Nov
1884 Surnonut
Khooman Singhji
24 Nov 1884 - 1886
Nana Moroji Trilokekar
1886 - 23 Apr 1888 Ragunath
Rao (2nd time)
(s.a.)
23 Apr 1888 – 17 May 1888 Bukshi Kuman Singh
+ Pir Kashirao Dada Saheb
17 May 1888 - 1890 Vinayak
J. Kirtane
1890 - Jan 1896
Khanderao Chimanrao Bedarkar
1896 - 1913
Nanak Chand Agarwal
4 Apr 1913 - Oct 1914 Sir
Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar (b. 1855 -
d. 1923)
Oct 1914 - 13 Sep 1916 Bahadur
Khandekar
1916 - Aug
1919
Ramprasad Dube
Aug 1919 - 192.
Pandit Babu Rao
Nov 1921 - 1922
Chettur Sankaran Nair
(b. 1857 - d. 1934)
1922 - 25 Feb 1926
D.N. Narasinga Rao
Prime ministers
Feb 1926 - Jul 1939
Seray Mal
Bapna
(s.a.)
(from 1936, Sir Seray Mal Bapna)
1936 -
1937
Ramchandra Rao Khanderao Zanane (b. 1891 -
d. 19..)
(acting)
1939 - Apr 1942
Sardar Dina Nath
(b. 1885 - d.
19..)
1942 -
1947
Raja Gyan Nath
Madan
(b. 1885 - d. c.1976)
19 May 1947 - 24 Aug 1947 Ralph Albert
Horton
(b. 1885 - d. 19..)
1 Sep 1947 - 3 Jan 1948 E.P. Menon
Jan
1948
N.C. Mehta
26 Jan 1948 - Apr 1948 Mahadev Vishnu
Bhide
(b. 1883 - d. 19..)
Apr 1948 - May 1948
V.S. Khode
British Residents in Indore
Jun 1818 – 2 Nov 1829
Gerald Wellesley (1st time)
(b. 1790 - d. 1833)
Feb 1829 – Jan
1830 Josiah
Stewart (acting)
(b. 1781 - d. 1839)
5 Mar 1830 – 12 Aug 1830 Cornwallis Richard
Cartwright (b. 1801 - d. 1870)
(acting)
13 Aug 1830 – 11 Nov 1831 Gerald Wellesley (2nd
time) (s.a.)
12 Nov 1831 – 29 Feb 1832 Thomas Robinson (1st
time)(acting)
Mar 1832 – Dec
1833 William
Byam Martin
(b. 1781 - d. 1869)
Jan 1834 – Mar
1834 Thomas
Robinson (2nd time)(acting)
Mar 1834 – Jan 1840 John
Bax
(b. 1807
- d. 1878)
27 Jan 1840 – Jun 1840 William
Borthwick (acting)
Jun 1840 – Mar 1844 Sir
Claude Martin Wade
(b. 1794 - d. 1861)
4 Apr 1844 – 4 Apr 1859 Robert North
Collie Hamilton (b. 1802 - d. 1887)
Apr 1857 – 14 Dec 1857? Henry Marion
Durand
(b. 1812 – d. 1871)
(acting for Hamilton)
5 May 1859 – Oct 1861 Sir
Richmond Campbell Shakespear (b. 1812 - d.
1861)
Oct 1861 – Dec
1861 Richard
Harte
Keatinge
(b. 1825 - d. 1904)
5 Dec 1861 – 8 Mar 1869 Richard
John
Meade
(b. 1821 - d. 1899)
8 Mar 1869 – 10 Feb 1881 Henry Dermot Daly
(b. 1823 - d. 1895)
16 Apr 1873 – 28 Feb 1874 John Watson (acting for
Daly) (b. 1829 - d. 1919)
10 Feb 1881 - May 1888 Henry
Lepel-Griffin
(b. 1838 - d. 1908)
3 Apr 1883 - 1884
Patrick
Wilson Bannerman
(b. 1833 - d. 1912)
(acting for Griffin)
12 May 1887 - 3 Nov 1887 Patrick
Wilson Bannerman
(s.a.)
(acting for Griffin)
1 May 1888 -
1888
Frederick Henvey (1st time)(acting)(b. 1842 - d. 1913)
May 1888 - 1888
Henry Phipson Peacock (acting) (b.
1838 - d. 1906)
Jan 1889 - Jan 1891
Frederick Henvey (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jan 1891 – 19 Sep 1894 Robert Joseph
Crosthwaite
(b. 1841 - d. 1917)
20 Sep 1891 – Oct 1891 Duncan
George Pitcher
(b. 1839 - d. 1924)
(acting for Crosthwaite)
13 Jul 1893 – 19 Oct 1893 Edward Swatman
Reynolds
(b. 1838 - d. 1896)
(acting for Crosthwaite)
20 Sep 1894 – 30 Sep 1894 Donald Robertson
(acting)
(b. 1847 - d. 1930)
30 Sep 1894 - 1899
David William Keith
Barr
(b. 1846 - d. 1916)
(acting to 20 Mar 1895)
14 Apr 1895 – 30 Jun 1895 Donald Robertson (acting
for Barr) (s.a.)
15 Jul 1898 – 10 Oct 1898 Charles Stuart Bailey
(acting for Barr)
21 Apr 1899 – 5 Nov 1899 William Hutt Curzon
Wyllie
(b. 1848 - d. 1909)
Oct 1899 - 1902
Robert Henry
Jennings
(b. 1852 - d. 19..)
21 Feb 1900 – 2 Mar 1900 Thomas Caldwell
Pears
(b. 1851 - d. 1921)
(acting for Jennings)
2 Mar 1900 – Oct? 1900 Charles
Stuart Bailey
(acting for Jennings)
Feb 1902 - 1903
Francis Younghusband
(b. 1863 - d. 1942)
May 1903 – 15 Aug 1907 Oswald
Vivian
Bosanquet
(b. 1866 - d. 1933)
9 Jun 1906 – 20 Jul 1906 Philip Trevor
Augustine Spence
(acting
for Bosanquet)
Aug 1907 - 1909
James Levett Kaye
(b. 1861 - d. 1917)
Jul 1909 - Apr 1910 Charles
Eckford Luard
(b. 1869 - d. 1927)
13 Jul 1909 - 1913
Charles Lennox Somerville Russell (b. 1872 - d.
1960)
(1st
time)
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