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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 by treaty (in case of important states) or by short declaration (sanad).
Except for some states that were extinguished in the 19th century (such as Arkat, Assam, Awadh, Kodagu, Mahratta states, Pańjab, Utkala), this record contains those Indian ("princely") states that acceded to India with effective date on or after 15 Aug 1947. This list is selective, there were roughly 584 states when Britain granted the Indian independence on 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 indicated rank of the ruler (hereditary number of guns as of 1947 noted below under each state. The states continued after their accession to India 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). Personal privileges of former rulers were abolished in 1971.
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. An exception is made for seven estates in direct relations with the British as of 1947 that were not part of the British India provinces. 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.
British (and Indian) local political officers (residents, agents, commissioners) usually were in charge of multiple states, they are recorded under the state where they had their office or under one of largest states.
Party abbreviations: ABHM = Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (All-India Hindu Grand-Assembly, Hindu nationalist, split from INC, est.1915); ABKM = Akhil Bharatiya Kshatriya Mahasabha (All-India Kshatriya Grand-Assembly, royalist, conservative, est.1897); AISPC = All India States People's Conference (social-democratic, association of princely states-based parties, 1927-25 Apr 1948, merged into INC); INC = Indian National Congress Party (populist, social-democratic, pro-independence, est.1885); ML = Muslim League (Pakistani nationalist, former All-India Muslim League, Aug 1947-Oct 1958)
- Maps of Indian Princely states (1934-1947)
Ahmadnagar: see Idar
Ajaygarh (Ajaigarh)
![[Ajaygarh (Ajaigarh)(India)]](ajaigd.gif "[Ajaygarh (Ajaigarh)(India)]")
| Capital:
Ajaygarh (Ajaigarh) |
Population: 96,596 (1941)
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State Troops: 220 (1939) | 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 (from 1
Nov 1956, Madhya 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 (chief minister)
c.1939
H.P. Buch
Akkalkot (Akalkot)
![[Akkalkot (Akalkot)(India)]](in-akalt.gif "[Akkalkot (Akalkot)(India)]")
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7 Jul
1708
Akkalkot founded as
an estate (jagir) of Satara.
1708 - 5 Apr 1848
Tributary of
Satara.
1820
British protectorate.
1848
Akkalkot recognized as a state.
1866 -
1896
British India administration.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes
to India.
8 Mar 1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1 May 1960,
state of Maharashtra).
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)
Satara -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 - 27 Nov 1874
T.M. Baumgartner -Superintendent
27 Nov 1874 - 12 Apr 1876 George
Risto Goodfellow -Superintendent
31 Dec 1896 - 4 Apr 1923
Fattehsingh Rao III Bhonsle
(b. 1894 - d. 1923)
31 Dec 1896 - 20 Oct 1904 Rani
Lakshmibai Raje
Bhonsle (f) -Regent
20 Oct 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)
Karbharis (state managers)
c.1886 - c.1889/1890 Rao
Bahadur Vithal Rao Tikaji
1889/90 - Nov 1892
Rao Bahadur Ramchandra Naroji Bagwe
8 Nov 1890 - Nov 1892
Bahadur Vishnu Raghunath Kelkar
22 Nov 1892 - 15 Dec 1893 Vithal Rao Tikaji (1st
time)
Dec 1893 - 1 Feb 1895 D.N.
Phansalkar (1st time)(acting)
Feb 1895 - 30 Nov 1895 Vithal
Rao Tikaji (2nd time)
Dec 1895 - 31 Mar? 1896 D.N.
Phansalkar (2nd time)(acting)
1 Apr? 1896 - 19 Oct 1904 Vithal Rao Tikaji (3rd
time)
20 Oct 1904 - 19 Aug 1917 Waman Ganesh Rale
19 Aug 1917 - 1923 Hyam S.
Israel
1923 - 1928
Yeshwant Amrit Thombare
Dewans (chief ministers)
bf.1934 - 1939
Vishnupant Bhaskar
Parulekar
1939 -
1942
Gulabrao B.
Deshmukh
(b. 1900 - d. 19..)
1942 -
1946
Shantikumar T. Raja
(b. 1914 - d. 19..)
c.1946
K.V. Shah
Alipura
| Capital:
Alipura |
Population: 17,735
(1941) |
State Troops: 210 (1939) | Salute: None |
1757
State founded.
1808
British protectorate, named Alipura.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh (from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya
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
![[Ali Rajpur (India)]](in-alira.gif "[Ali Rajpur (India)]")
| Capital: Ali Rajpur |
Population: 112,754 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops:
140 (1939) |
Salute: 11 guns |
1437
Ali state founded.
1800
Capital moved to Ali Rajpur
(Alirajpur).
1818
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
28 May 1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat (from 1 Nov 1956,
Madhya Pradesh).
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 (chief minister)
c.1939
Chhotalal Rajaram Mankad
Alwar
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c.1775-1931 (India)]](in-alwar1.gif "[Alwar
c.1775-1931 (India)]")
![[Alwar
1931-1948 (India)]](in-alwar.gif "[Alwar 1931-1948
(India)]")
| Capital: Alwar |
Population: 823,055
(1941) |
State
Forces/Troops:
1,110 (1939) |
Salute: 15
guns |
23 Nov
1775
Alwar state founded (previously part of Jaipur).
14 Nov 1803
British protectorate (by treaty).
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1948 - 18 Mar
1948
Administered by India.
18 Mar 1948
Merged into Matsya (from
15 May 1949, Rajasthan).
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)
30 Jul 1857 -
1858
Munshi Aminuddin Khan -Manager
1858 - 14 Sep 1863 Thakur
Lakhdhir Singh -Regent
(d. 1876)
(president of council of administration)
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
Dec 1870 - Jul
1901 Mangal
Singh
(d. 1901)
1901? - 190.
Karan Singh
1 Aug 1905 -
c.1910 Sahibzada
Hamid uz-Zafar Khan
Bahadur (senior minister)
8 Apr 1916 - Nov 1919 Raja
Durjan Singh (senior minister)
c.1930
Natha Singh
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
Feb 1948 - Mar 1948
Krishen Behari
Lall
(b. 1917 - d. 2005)
Political Agents (controller of the Council)
Aug 1889 - Jan 1891? William James
Wemyss Muir (b. 1840 -
d. 1924)
Jan 1891 - Oct 1891? Henry Byam
Abbott
(b. 1843 - d. 1914)
Oct 1891 - Mar
1893 Edward
Alexander
Fraser
Mar 1893 - 1896
Thomas Caldwell
Pears
(b. 1851 - d. 1921)
Apr 1896 - May
1897 Robert
Henry Jennings
(b. 1852 - d. 19..)
1870 -
1877
Thomas Cadell
(b. 1835
- d. 1919)
1874 -
1875
Percy William Powlett (acting) (b.
1837 - d. 1910)
1877 -
1884
Victor E.
Law
(b. 1842 - d. 1910)
Apr 1899 - af.Oct 1901 Lawrence
Impey
(b. 1862 - d. 1944)
af.Oct 1901 - c.May 1903 Christopher George
Forbes Fagan (b. 1856 - d. 1943)
Amarnagar (Thana Devli)
| Capital: Amarnagar (Devli) |
Population: 18,748 (1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
1901
Jetpur-Devli, separated from joint ownership of Jetpur.
1901 - 1948
Part of
the Western Kathiawar semi-jurisdictional states
(see under Jasdan).
1929
Thana Devli state, also known as Amarnagar.
1932
Almost full jurisdictional authority
granted by the British.
1943 - 15 Aug
1947 Attached
(the British jurisdictional authority granted) to Baroda?
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Feb 1948
Merged into Saurashtra.
1 Nov
1956
Part of Bombay (from 1 May 1960, Gujarat).
Rulers (title Azam Vala; from 1929,
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)
Karbhari (state managers)
1 Nov 1896 -
1908/09 Chhaganlal
Samaldas Patwari
c.1935
H.G. Patwari
c.1941
Mansukhal D. Mehta
(acting)
bf.1944 - 1945
K.L. Chhaya
1945 - af.1946
Kusumrai J.
Dewan
(b. 1905 - d. 19..)
Amb (Tanawal State): see Pakistani Princely States
Amber: see Jaipur
Ambaliara (Ambalaria)
![[Ambliara state
flag (India)]](in-Ambliara-state.png "[Ambliara state flag (India)]")
| Capital: Ambaliara (Ambalaria) |
Population: 10,978
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
c.1619 Ambaliara (Ambalaria, Amliyara) state founded.
1811/12 - 1948 Part of the Sabar Kantha (to 1933, Mahi Kantha) semi-jurisdictional
states (see under Malpur).
10 Jul 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Attached (the British jurisdictional authority granted) to Baroda.
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India.
10 Jun 1948 Annexed by India to Bombay (from 1 May 1960, state of Gujarat).
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 Jun 1948 Keshrisinghji Jalamsinghji (b. 1887 - d. 1963)
Karbhari (state manager)
c.1941 C.K. Kaji
Angul
1803
British protectorate.
1 Jan 1814 - 1816
British
administration.
16 Sep
1848
Annexed to British India (part of Bengal).
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 - 1814
Prithvi Singh
(d. 1814)
3 Oct 1814 - 31 Jan 1848 Somanath Singh
(b. 1798? - d. 1853)
1814 - 1816
Mohanlal -Regent
31 Jan 1848 - 16 Sep 1848
Loknath Singh
Arakan: see under Burma
Arkat (Arcot/Carnatic)
![[Arkat
(Arcot/Carnatic)(India)]](in_arcot.gif "[Arkat
(Arcot/Carnatic)(India)]")
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
(part of Madras).
7 Oct
1855
State extinguished, annexed to British India (part of
Madras;
from 14 Jan 1969, state of Tamil Nadu).
Rulers (title Nawab)
1692 -
1703
Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung
(b. 1657 - d. 1713)
1703 -
1710
Daud Khan Panni
(d.
1715)
1710 -
1732
Mohammad Sa'adatullah Khan I
(d. 1732)
1732 - 20 May
1740
Dost Ali
Khan
(d. 1740)
1740 - 2 Oct 1742
Safdar Ali
Khan
(d. 1742)
2 Oct 1742 - 4 Jul 1744 Mohammad
Sa'adatullah Khan II (d.
1744)
Nov 1742 - Dec
1742 Muruza
Ali Khan (usurper)
Jul 1744 - 3 Aug 1749 Muhammad
Anwaruddin Khan
(b. 1672 - d. 1749)
3 Aug 1749 - 13 Oct
1795 Mohammad Ali Khan Wallajah
(b. 1717 - d.
1795)
13 Oct 1795 - 15 Jul 1801 Umdat ul-Umara (Ghulam
Husain (b. 1748 -
d. 1801)
Ali Khan)
15 Jul 1801 - 2 Aug 1819 Azim
ud-Daula
(b. 1775 - d. 1819)
2 Aug 1819 - 12 Nov 1825 Azam
Jah
(b. 1797 - d. 1825)
12 Nov 1825 - 7 Oct 1855 Ghulam
Mohammad Ghows
Khan (b.
1824 - d. 1855)
12 Nov 1825 - 25 Aug 1842 Azim
Jah -Regent
(b.
1802 - 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 into Bengal,
from 1874 Assam).
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) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1178
Athgarh state founded.
1803
British
protectorate.
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
Dewan (chief minister)
c.1940
Bhabesh Chandra Roy
Prime minister
1947
Biswanath
Rath
AISPC
Athmallik (Athmalik)
| Capital: Kaintaragarh |
Population: 72,765
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1826
Ceded by Nagpur (as part of Baudh estate) back to the
British.
1874
Athmallik estate (zamindari), recorded from 1842,
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 (chief ministers)
c.1917
Srijut Misra
bf.1939 - af.1941
Bamdeb Misra
bf.1944 - af.1946
Dugra Charan Rai
Aundh
![[Aundh (India)]](in-aundh.gif "[Aundh (India)]")
| Capital: Aundh |
Population: 88,723 (1941) |
State Troops: None (1939) | Constitution Act (21 Jan 1939) |
Salute: None |
1699
Aundh estate (jagir) founded.
1699 - 5 Apr
1848
Tributary of Satara.
1806 -
1818
Administered by the Peshwa.
1820
British protectorate.
1848
Aundh recognized as a state.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
8 Mar 1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1 May 1960,
state of Maharashtra).
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 - 26 Sep 1901 Shrinivasrao
Parashuram
(b. 1833 - d. 1901)
"Anna Sahib"
30 Sep 1901 - 20 Feb 1902 Khan Bahadur
Jacob Bapuji Israel (b. 1863 - d. 1933)
(interim)
20 Feb 1902 - 2 Aug 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)
(hereditary style Raja from 1 Jan 1936)
Karbharis (state managers)
8 Nov 1889 - Nov 1889 Babaji
Hari
Nov 1889 - 25 Jun 1890 Gangadhar
Rao "Tatia Saheb"
25 Jun 1890 - Jun 1891 Rao Bahadur
Wasudeo Ramachandra
Patvardhan
Jun 1891 - Nov 1897 Rao
Bahadur Narayan Rao Bhikaji
Jogalekar
Nov 1897 - 6 Jan 1898 Bala Saheb
(acting)
6 Jan 1898 - Sep 1901 Rao
Bahadur Vaman Daji Nagarka
30 Sep 1901 - 1 Jan 1913 Khan Bahadur Jacob
Bapuji Israel (s.a.)
Jan 1913 - c.Jul 1926 Vaman
Vishnu Date
Prime ministers
1939 – 1941
Parashuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib" (b. 1912 -
d. 1992)
(1st time)
1941 – 1947
Ramappa Balappa
Bidari
(b. 1898 - d. 1982) AISPC
1947 -
1948
Parashuram Rao Pant "Appa Sahib"
(s.a.)
AISPC
(2nd time)
Avuku
1473
Avuku state
1805
Annexed to Haydarabad (as a zamindari).
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)
|
|
![[Awadh (Oudh)
c.1842-1856 (India)]](oudh.gif "[Awadh (Oudh)
c.1842-1856 (India)]")
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 (part
of the
North-Western Provinces).
5 Jul 1857 - 3
Mar 1858 Brief rebellion by the son of the 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)
Chief ministers
c.1722 -
1739
Safdar Jang
1739 -
1751
Newal Ray
1751 -
1755
Isma'il Khan
1755?
Musawi Khan (?)
1756?
Tamkin Khan (?)
1757 -
1767
Beni Bahadur
1767 -
1775
Mohammad Ilich Khan (1st time)
1775 - 1776
Sayyid Murtaza Khan
1776
Mohammad Ilich Khan (2nd time)
1776 -
1797
Hasan Riza Khan (1st time)
1797 -
1798
Tafazzul Husayn Khan
1798
Hasan Riza Khan
(2nd time)
1798 -
....
Shams al-Daula
1814 -
1827
Sayyid Mohammad Khan Agha Mir
1828 -
1830
Mir Fazl `Ali
I'timad ad-Dowla
1830 -
1832
Mahdi `Ali Khan (1st time)
1832 -
1837
Mohammad Husayn Khan Roshun
ad-Dowla
1837
Mahdi `Ali Khan (2nd
time)
1837 (2 months)
Ghulam Yahya Khan
1838 -
1840
Ahmad `Ali Khan
1840 -
1842
Amjad `Ali Shah
1842 -
1843
Imdad Husayn Khan Amin al-Daula
(1st time)
1843 - 1844
....
1844 -
1847
Imdad Husayn Khan Amin al-Daula
(2nd time)
1847 -
1856
`Ali Naqi Khan
Residents (Agents) of British
East India Company 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)
1807 - 1815
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 - 1829
Mordaunt Ricketts
(b. 1786 - d. 1862)
1829 -
1831
Thomas Herbert
Maddock
(b. 1790 - d. 1870)
1831 - 1839
John
Low
(b. 1788 - d. 1880)
1839 - 1842
James Caulfield (acting)
(b. 1782 - d. 1852)
1842 - 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 - 1854
William Henry
Sleeman
(b. 1788 - d. 1856)
1854 - 8 May 1856
James
Outram
(b. 1803 - d. 1863)
Baad: see Idar
Baghal
| Capital: Arki |
Population: 27,590
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
13th
cent.
Predecessor state found.
c.1643
Baghal state founded.
1803 - 1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815
British
protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr 1948
Merged into
Himachal Pradesh.
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 Bikram
Singh
(b. 1893 - d. 1922)
12 Apr 1904 -
1909
Mian Mansingh -Manager
1909 - 1921
Rai Sahib Hakim Singh -Manager
3 Oct 1922 - 21 Dec 1945 Surendra
Singh
(b. 1909 - d. 1945)
3 Oct 1922 - Sep 1927 P.
Warat Chand -Manager
Sep 1927 - Jan
1932 Lala Khan
Chand -Manager
21 Dec 1945 - 15 Apr 1948 Rajendra
Singh
(b. 1928 - d. 2010)
Wazirs (chief ministers)
1932 - 1937?
Lala Khan Chand
1937 - 1938
Shiv
Singh
(b. 1901 - d. 19..)
c.1939 - c.1941
Bhagwan Dass
Baghat
| Capital:
Solan |
Population: 11,922
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
Middle
Ages
Baghat state founded.
1815
British protectorate.
11 Jul 1839 -
1842
Part of British India.
Jan 1849 -
1861
Part of British India.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr
1948
Merged into Himachal Pradesh.
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 - Aug 1920
Kanwar Amar Singh -Regent (manager)(d.
1920)
Raja
4 Jun 1928 - 15 Apr 1948
Durga
Singh
(s.a.)
Wazir (chief minister)
c.1941
Anant Ram
Bahawalpur: see Pakistani Princely States
Bajana
| Capital:
Bajana |
Population: 13,996
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1807/08 - 1948
Part of the Eastern Kathiawar
semi-jurisdictional states
(see under Lakthar).
7 Dec 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Attached
(the British jurisdictional authority granted) to Baroda.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Feb
1948
Merged into Saurashtra.
1 Nov
1956
Part of Bombay (from 1 May 1960, Gujarat).
Rulers (title Malek)
c.1807
Surajmal
18.. - 1841
Dariya
Khanji
(d. 1841)
1841 - 1902
Nasib
Khanji
(b. 1820 – d. 1902)
1902 - 1920
Jivan
Khanji
(b. 1847 – d. 1920)
1920 - 15 Feb 1948
Kamal Khanji
(b. 1907 - d. 1985)
Kamdars (managers)
c.1907 - 2 Mar
1917 Ghulam Mustupha
(d. 1917)
23 Mar 1917 - 23 Jun 1917 Maganlal K. Shah
(acting)
23 Jun 1917 - Feb 1920 Balubhai
Gordhandas Patwari
Karbhari (state manager)
c.1939
Chunilal
G. Shah
Balasinor
|
|
![[Balasinor
State flag (India)]]](in-balas.gif "[Balasinor State
flag (India)]]")
![[Balasinor
Royal flag (India)]](in-balas-ps.gif "[Balasinor Royal
flag (India)]")
| Capital:
Balasinor |
Population: 61,151 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1758
Balasinor state independent.
1819
British protectorate.
1 Jul 1899 - 31 Dec 1915 British India
management.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
10 Jun
1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1 May 1960, state of Gujarat).
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)
1899? - Sep 1901
Premchund Kasandas -Administrator
Sep 1901 - 31 Oct 1911 Erachshaw
Hormazshaw
Cobla -Administrator
31 Oct 1911 - 1 Nov 1912 Jalaluddin Saiyed
Kadri -Administrator
1 Nov 1912 - 31 Dec 1915 Framji
Burjorji Garda -Administrator
2 Feb 1945 - 10 Jun 1948 Muhammad Salabat
Khanji II (b.
1944 - d. 2018)
2 Feb 1945 - 10 Jun 1948 .... -Regent
Dewans (chief ministers)
1 Nov 1912 - 1 Sep 1916 Framji
Burjorji Garda
1 Sep 1916 - 27 Aug 1917 Jehangirji Barjorji
Sanjana
27 Aug 1917 - 10 Jan 1918 Vacant
10 Jan 1918 - Jan 1920 K.S.
Vajubha
Jan 1920 - 1930
Maganlal H. Buch
c.1939
Ranjitsinghji
c.1947
Banesinhji J.
Jhala
(b. 1908 - d. 19..)
Balsan (Balson)
| Capital:
Ghodra |
Population: 6,649 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
.... -
1815
Vassal state of Sirmur.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr
1948
Merged into Himachal Pradesh.
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. 1864 - 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 Apr 1948
Vidya Bhushan
Singh
(b. 1938 - d. 1979)
Baltistan: see Pakistani Princely States
Bamra
| Capital:
Deogarh |
Population: 178,277 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
c.1545
Bamra (Bamanda) state
founded according to tradition.
1803
British protectorate, ceded by Nagpur as an estate.
1806 -
1826
Restored by the British to Nagpur.
4 Sep
1867
Bamra estate (zamindari) becomes a state.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan
1948
Merged into Orissa.
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 - 1 Jan
1948 Bhanuganga Tribhuban
Deb
(b. 1914 - d. 1982)
1 Jan 1920 - 1935
.... -Regent
Dewan (chief minister)
c.1939
Arun Kumar Bose
Banaras (Benares)
![[Banaras (Benares) state
(India)]](benares.gif "[Banaras (Benares) state (India)]")
| Capital:
Ramnagar |
Population: 451,428 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops: 270 (1939) |
Salute: 13
guns |
....
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,
reduced to an estate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India, as Varanasi.
15 Oct 1949
Merged into
United Provinces.
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 Oct 1949
Vibhuti Narayan
Singh
(b. 1927 - d. 2000)
5 Apr 1939 - 11 Jul 1947 Regents
(presidents of Council of administration)
- Charles Robert Peters (1939-1944)(b. 1886 - d.
19..)
- Syed `Ali
Zamin (1944-1947)
Dewan (chief
minister)
1947 - 1949
Syed `Ali Zamin
British Resident
1793 - 14 Jan 1799
George
Frederick Cherry
(b. 1761 - d. 1799)
Banda
1790
Banda state founded.
1858
Annexed to British India (part of North-Western
Provinces).
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
![[Banganapalle (India)]](in_bangp.gif "[Banganapalle (India)]")
| Capital:
Banganapalle |
Population: 44,592 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1665
Banganapalle
(Bunganpully) jagir created by Bijapur.
1783 - 1790
Annexed by Mahisur
(Mysore).
1790 -
1800
Tributary to Haydarabad (Hyderabad).
1800
Ceded by
Hyderabad to the British.
Oct 1835 - 12 Jul 1848 Annexed to
British India (part of Madras).
1849
Estate becomes a state.
1 Feb 1905 - 19 Dec 1908 Administered
by British India (Madras).
1939 - 1947
Again administered by
British India.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
23 Feb
1948
Merged with Madras.
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 - 23 Feb 1948 Fazli `Ali Khan III (b. 1901 - d. 1948)
(forced to reside outside the state 1939-1947)
Dewans (chief ministers)
Nov 1937 - 19 Nov 1940 Humayun Mirza (b. 1907 - d. 19..)
Nov 1940 - 7 Apr 1943 M.S. Mandanna
7 Apr 1943 - 6 Apr 1946 R. Krishnamacharya
7 Apr 1946 - 20 Feb 1948 Syed Imam Sahib
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
Banka Pahari
| Capital:
Banka Pahari |
Population: 1,241 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1823 British recognize an estate as state.
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948 Merged into Vindhya Pradesh (26 Jan 1950 transferred to Uttar Pradesh).
Rulers (title Diwan)
1823 - 1847 Ishwari Singh (d. 1847)
1847 - 1871 Vijay Bahadur Singh (d. 1871)
1871 - 1887 Piyariju Singh (d. 1887)
1887 - 1890 Sukh Sahib (d. 1890)
1890 - 1915 Meharban Singh (d. 1915)
1915 - 1939 Baldeo Singh (b. 1888 - d. 1939)
1939 - af.1946 Bir Singh Deo (b. 1912 - d. 19..)
194. - 4 Apr 1948 Jagat Pratap Singh (b. 1935)
Bansda
|
|
![[Bansda c.1877
(India)]](bansda1.gif "[Bansda c.1877 (India)]")
![[Bansda to 1948
(India)]](in-bansd.gif "[Bansda to 1948 (India)]")
| Capital:
Bansda |
Population: 54,735 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
c.1250
Bansda state founded.
1803
British
protectorate.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
10 Jun 1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1
May 1960, state of Gujarat).
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)
29 Feb 1876 - 21 Sep 1911
Pratapsimhji
Ghulabsimhji
(b. 1864 - d. 1911)
21 Sep 1911 - 15 Feb
1948 Indrasimhji
Pratapsimhji
(b. 1888 - d. 1951)
(from 11 May 1937, Sir Indrasimhji
Pratapsimhji)
15 Feb 1948 - 10 Jun 1948 Digvirendrasimhji
Indrasimhji (b. 1927 - d. 2018)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1876 - 1883
Keshowlal Nathoobhai
Sep 1883 - 1885
Ardeshir Jamsedji
(joint administrator)
1885? - 1897
Jhaverbhai Nathabhai Amin
1897 - Jun
1899
Pranshanker Dayashankar Pathak
Jun 1899 - May
1901 Hargovind
Harnarayen Vyas
9 May 1901 - Dec 1901 Motilal
Chunilal
1902
Khan Bahadur Hormasji
Adaiji Patel
1902 - 1906
Pranshanker Dayashankar Pathak
1906 - 1908
Krishnamukhram Atmaram Meheta
1 Aug 1908 - Jul 1910 Gunpatrao
Narayan Laud
31 Jul 1910 - 1 Jan 1919 Phirozsha
Nasarvanji Billimoria
2 Jan 1910 - 1 Feb 1910 Jhaverbhai
Nathabhai Amin (acting)
2 Feb 1910 - 9 May 1910 K.L. Ghokhale
(acting)
10 May 1919 - af.Aug 1920 Nitkanthrao K.
Ambegaokar
1939 - Mar 1940
M.M. Garekhan
Mar 1940 - af.1942
Brij Mohan Jolly
(b. 1908 - d. 19..)
c.1944
R.M. Parekh
Banswara
![[Banswara (India)]](in-bansw.gif "[Banswara (India)]")
| Capital:
Banswara |
Population: 258,760 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops: 160 (1939) |
State
Constitution (Rajya Vidhan) Act No.5 (1946) |
Salute: 15
guns |
1527
Banswara state founded.
1786 - 1818
Tributary to Dhar.
16 Nov
1818
British protectorate (by treaty).
1900 -
1906
State under administration by the political officer.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
25 Mar 1948
Merged
into Rajasthan.
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
Shahamat Alikhan -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 - 25 Mar 1948 Chandra Vir
Singh
(b. 1909 - d. 1985)
Dewans (chief ministers)
28 Apr 1902 - c.Oct 1906 Shivram Ramchandra Gupte
23 Jul 1907 - 19..
Mithan Lal
19 Jun 1911 - c.1915
Shri Ram Dixit
25 Feb 1919 - 1923
Mithan Lal
1923 - 1928
N. Bhattacharya
1928 - 23 Feb
1929
Kothari Zalim Singh
23 Feb 1929 - 5 Feb 1930 Nandlal Banerjee
(1st time)(acting)
5 Feb 1930 - 1 Jun 1933 Rajkumar
Chatterjee
6 Dec 1932 - 9 Feb 1935 Nandlal
Banerjee (2nd time)(acting)
9 Feb 1935 - Apr 1937 Jitendra S.
Mehta
Apr 1937 - Jun
1937 Maganlal
Nanawati (acting)
19 Jun 1937 - 20 Aug 1940 Mohan Sinha Mehta
(b. 1895 - d. 1986)
1940 - 1941
....
1941 -
1944
Maharaj Lal Singh
(b. 1897 - d.
1988)
Chief ministers
19 Nov 1944 - Mar 1947 Mohan
Sinha Mehta
(s.a.)
Mar 1947 - Jan 1948
....
Prime minister
Jan 1948 - Mar 1948
Bhupendra Nath Trivedi
(d. 1990)
AISPC
Bantva-Manavadar: see Manavadar
Baoni
![[Baoni-Bundelkhand (India)]](in-baoni.gif "[Baoni-Bundelkhand (India)]")
| Capital:
Kadaura |
Population: 25,256 (1941) |
State
Troops: 70 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
1784
Baoni state founded.
1806
British protectorate.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh
(26 Jan 1950 transferred to Uttar Pradesh).
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 - 4 Apr 1948 Mohammad Moshtaq
al-Hasan Khan (b. 1896 - d.
1977)
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1939
Khwaja
Ferozuddin Ansari (1st time)
c.1942
Syed Mohammad
Abdul Wase
bf.1944 - af.1946
Khwaja Ferozuddin Ansari (2nd time)
Baramba
![[Baramba (India)]](in-baram.gif "[Baramba (India)]")
| Capital:
Baramba |
Population: 52,924 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1305
Baramba (Badamba) state founded.
1748 -
1749
Occupied by Khandpara.
1803
British
protectorate.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan 1948
Merged into Orissa.
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 - 1 Jan 1948 Narayan Chandra
Birbar Mangraj
Mahapatra
(b. 1914 - d. 1954)
20 Aug 1922 - 16 Jan 1935 .... -Regent
Dewan (chief minister)
c.1946
Kalipad Dubey
Baraundha Pathar Kachhar
![[Baraundha Pathar
Kachhar (India)]](baraundha.jpg "[Baraundha Pathar Kachhar
(India)]")
| Capital:
Baraundha (Baroundha) |
Population: 17,306 (1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1169
Baraundha Pathar Kachhar state founded.
1807
British protectorate.
1887
Baraundha (Baroundha)
made second capital of the state.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh
(from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya Pradesh).
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 - 8 Jul 1909 Pratap
Singh
(b. 1847 - d. 1909)
Rajas
8 Jul 1909 - 8 Apr 1933 Gaya
Prasad
Singh
(b. 1865 - d. 1933)
8 Apr 1933 - 4 Apr 1948 Ram Pratap
Singh
(b. 1908 - d. 1983)
Dewan (chief minister)
c.1939
Deshpal Singh
Ju Deo Bundel (b.
1914 - d. 19..)
Bariya (Baria)
![[Baria (Bariya) (India)]](in-bari1.gif "[Baria (Bariya) (India)]")
| Capital:
Deogadh Baria |
Population: 189,062 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops: 150 (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
c.1524
Bariya state founded.
1803
British
protectorate (effected in 1824).
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
10 Jun 1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1 May
1960, state of Gujarat).
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 - 10 Jun 1948
Ranjitsimhji
Mansimhji
(b. 1886 - d. 1949)
(from 1 Jan 1922, Sir Ranjitsimhji Mansimhji)
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1914 - 30 Oct 1916 Harilal
Mansukhram Parekh
30 Oct 1916 - af.1946 Motilal
L. Parekh
(b. 1882 - d. 19..)
Baroda
|
![[Baroda c.1875-1936
Maharaja's flag (India)]](in-baro1.gif "[Baroda
c.1875-1936 Maharaja's flag (India)]") |
|
|
|
![[Baroda
(India)]](in-barod.gif "[Baroda (India)]")
![[Baroda
1936-1949 Maharaja's flag (India)]](in-baro2.gif "[Baroda 1936-1949 Maharaja's flag
(India)]")
![[Baroda Merchant
Flag 1921-1947 (India)]](in-baror.gif "[Baroda
Merchant Flag 1921-1947 (India)]")
| Map of Baroda | Capital: Baroda |
Population: 2,855,000 (1941) | Salute: 21
guns |
| Government of Baroda Act (1940) |
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 (by treaty).
15 Aug
1947
Accession to India.
1 May 1949
Merged into Bombay
(from 1 May 1960, state of Gujarat).
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 - 1769
Govind Rao
Gaekwar (1st time) (d.
1778)
1769 - 1773
Sayaji Rao I Gaekwar (1st time)
1769 - 1773
Fateh Singh I Rao Gaekwar -Regent (d. 1789)
(1st time)
1773 - 1774
Govind Rao Gaekwar (2nd
time) (s.a.)
1774 -
1792
Sayaji Rao I Gaekwar (2nd time)
1774 - 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 Rao 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 Charles
Norman Seddon
(b. 1870 - d. 1950)
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
27 Apr 1944 -
1945
Bhadrasinh Anandrao Gaekwar (acting)
1945 – 1947
Sir Brojendra Lal
Mitter
(b. 1875 - d. 1950)
1 Oct 1947 – 3 Jun 1948 Sakharam Amrut
Sudhalkar
(b. 1891 - d. 1982)
Prime minister
3 Jun 1948 - 1 May 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)
British Residents and Agents to the
Governor-general for Baroda
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 for Baroda and (from 1933) Gujarat States
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 States (as of 1947, in charge of
Baroda and Cutch states, and the Eastern Kathiawar,
Gujarat and Western Kathiawar Agencies)
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
![[Barwani state flag
(India)]](in_barwa.gif "[Barwani state flag (India)]")
| Capital: Barwani (Sidhanagar c.1640) |
Population: 176,666 (1941) |
State
Troops: 30 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
836
Barwani state founded, originally called Avasgarh.
1819
British
protectorate.
1861 -
1873
British India administration.
1880 - 1886
British India administration.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
28 May
1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat.
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 - 28 May 1948
Devi Singhji
(b. 1922 - d. 2007)
22 Apr 1930 - 1941
Sir Harilal Nemchand Gosalia-Regent(b.
1877 - d. 19..)
(chairman of Council of Administration)
1939 - 1943
Kumari Shri
Tejkunuerba Rajmata
of Barwani (f) -Regent
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1917
Kumar Shri Bharat Singh
Jul 1930 - af.1941 Sir
Harilal Nemchand
Gosalia (s.a.)
af.1941
Thakur Bharat Singh
bf.1942 - af.1946
Pandit A.K. Kaul
(also president of State Council to 1943)
Bashahr
| Capital: Rampur | Population: 118,305
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1412
Bashahr state founded.
1811 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1816
British protectorate.
5 Aug 1914 - 30 Nov 1917 British India
administration.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr
1948
Merged into Himachal Pradesh (including its feudatory
sub-states
of Delath and Khaneti).
Ruler (title Rana)
1639 -
1696
Kehri Singh
1696 -
1708
Vijay Singh
1708 -
1725
Udai Singh
1725 -
1761
Ram
Singh
(d. 1761)
1761 -
1785
Udar Singh
(d.
1785)
1785 - 1811
Ugar
Singh
(d. 1811)
1811 -
1815
occupied by Nepal
1815 - 8 Feb 1816
Mahendra
Singh
(b. 1803 - d. 1850)
Rajas
8 Feb 1816 -
1850
Mahendra
Singh
(s.a.)
12 Feb 1850 - 4 Aug
1914 Shamsher Singh
(b. 1838 - d. 1914)
1887 - 2 Feb
1898
Raghunath Singh -Administrator
(b. 1868 - d. 1898)
1898 - May 1911
Lala Mangat Ram -Manager
May 1911 - Jun
1913 H.W.
Emerson -Manager
Jun 1913 -
5 Aug 1914 Alan Alexander
McCaskill Mitchell (b. 1884 - d. 1941)
(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
(s.a.)
(manager)
16 Apr 1947 - 15 Apr 1948 Virbhadra
Singh
(b. 1934 - d. 2021)
16 Apr 1947 - Jan 1948 Shanta
Devi Rajmata Sahiba -Regent
(president council regency)
16 Apr 1947 - Jan
1948 Jagan Nath Joshi -Regent
(president council of administration)
Wazirs (chief ministers)
1850 - 18..
Mansukh Dass
185.
- 1859
Param Das (superintendent)
Nov 1917 -
19..
Sukhchain Singh
c.1939
Kehr Singh
Dewan
Jan 1948 - 15 Apr 1948 Sardar Baldev
Singh
Basoda
| Capital: Basoda | Population: 4,442
(1931) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1753
Basoda (also called Haidargarh-Basoda) state founded as
a vassal state of Gwalior.
1817 -
1822
Occupied by Gwalior.
1822
British protectorate,
but remains part of Gwalior as a
"guaranteed estate."
c.1928 - c.1935
Ruler claims separate status from Gwalior,
it was under
consideration by the British.
28 May
1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat (as part of Gwalior).
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 - 1947/48 Mohammad
Ayyub `Ali Khan Firuz Jung (b. 1877 - d. 19..)
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
![[Bastar (India)]](in_basta.gif "[Bastar (India)]")
| Map of Bastar | Capital: Jagdalpur |
Population: 633,888 (1941) | State
Forces/Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1324
Bastar state founded.
1819
Status
of estate (zamindari) within Nagpur confirmed.
1853
Ceased being
subject to Nagpur, becomes a British protectorate.
11 Jan
1866
Status of state conferred by
British authorities.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan 1948
Merged into Central
Provinces.
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 the Superintendents
-Regency
23 Nov 1921 - 28 Feb 1936 Prafulla Kumari
Devi (f) -Rani
(b. 1910 - d. 1936)
(from 31 Mar 1933, styled Maharani)
23 Nov 1921 - 28
Feb 1936 the Dewans as Administrators
Maharaja
29 Feb 1936 - 1 Jan 1948 Pravir
Chandra Bhanj
Deo
(b. 1929 - d. 1966)
29 Feb 1936 - 1 Jan 1948 the Dewans as
Administrators
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)
Jan 1942 -
1943
Komaralingam Radhakrishnan
(b. 1909 - d. 19..)
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 Singh
British Political Agents for Chhattisgarh
Feudatories (from 1933, Chhattisgarh States)(in
Raipur;
as of 1947, in charge of the Chhattisgarh statesą;
under the resident for the Eastern States
[see under Mayurbhanj])
1882 - 1939
....
Oct 1939 -
1941
Robert Richardson Burnett
(b. 1897 - d. 1975)
Nov 1941 -
1943
George Kirkbride
(b. 1894 - d. 1966)
Jul 1943 - 1944
Leonard George Coke-Wallis
(b. 1900 - d. 1974)
Feb 1944 -
1945
Dudley Hugh Biscoe
(b. 1909 - d. 1990)
Nov 1945 -
1947
Frederick Charles Leslie Chauncy (b. 1904 -
d. 1986)
ąthe Chhattisgarh states as
of 1947: Bastar, Changbhakar, Chhuikadan, Jashpur,
Kalahandi, Kanker, Kawardha, Khairagarh, Korea,
Nandgaon, Patna, Raigarh, Sakti, Sarangarh, Surguja, and
Udaipur.
Baudh
![[Baudh state flag (India)]](in-baudh.gif "[Baudh state flag (India)]")
| Capital: Baudhgarh | Population: 146,175
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
Nov 1803
British protectorate.
1806 -
1826
Restored by the British to Nagpur.
1826
Ceded by Nagpur as an estate back to the British.
21 May
1874
Baudh (Boudh) estate (zamindari) becomes a state
again.
Mar 1913 - 31 Mar 1925 State
under British India management.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan
1948
Merged with the Orissa province.
Rajas
c.1803
Bishambhar Deo
c.1826
Chandra Sikhur Deo
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 - 1 Jan 1948 Narayan Prasad
Deo
(b. 1904 - d. 1956)
Bayar: see Idar
Beja (Bija)
| Capital: Beja (Bija) | Population: 1,058
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute:
None |
c.1350 Beja (Bija) founded.
1790 Independence from Bilaspur (confirmed 4 Sep 1815).
1803 - 1815 Occupied by Nepal.
1815 British protectorate.
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India.
15 Apr 1948 Merged into Himachal Pradesh.
Rulers (title Thakur)
4 Jun 1939 - 15 Apr 1948 Lakshmi Chand (b. 1916 - d. 1949)
Benares: see Banaras
Bengal: see Bangladesh
Beri (Beri-Bundelkhand)
![[Beri-Bundelkhand (India)]](in-berib.gif "[Beri-Bundelkhand (India)]")
| Capital: Beri | Population: 5,092
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
c.1750
Beri (Beri-Bundelkhand) state
founded.
1809
British protectorate.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes
to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh.
26 Jan 1950
Transferred to Uttar Pradesh.
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 - 4 Apr 1948
Yadvendra
Singh
(b. 1918 - d. 1984)
Bhadarwa
| Capital: Bhadarwa | Population: 13,520
(1941) |
State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1483 Bhadarwa state founded.
1812/14 - 1948 Part of the Gujarat (to 1944, Rewa Kantha) semi-jurisdictional
states (see under Jambughoda).
1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Attached (the British jurisdictional authority granted) to Baroda.
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India.
10 Jun 1948 Merged into Bombay (from 1 May 1960, state of Gujarat).
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 - 10 Jun 1948 Natwarsinhji Ranjitsinhji (b. 1903 - d. 1950)
Karbhari (state manager)
bf.1942 - af.1946 Janardanray M. Vachharajani
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)]](Bhaisunda.png "[Bhaisaunda state (India)]")
| Capital: Bhaisaunda | Population: 5,147
(1941) |
State
Troops: 30 (1939) |
Salute: None |
1812 Bhaisaunda state founded, the British recognize an
estate (jagir) as a state.
15 Aug 1947 Acceded to India.
4 Apr 1948 Merged into Vindhya Pradesh (transferred to Uttar Pradesh 26 Jan 1950).
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)
(from 25 Jun 1909, Rao Bahadur)
10 Oct 1885 - 1896 Gaya Pershad -Regent
8 Jan 1916 - 4 Nov 1916 Bharat Prasad (b. 1884 - d. 1916)
4 Nov 1916 - 1947 Govind Prasad (b. 1884 - d. af.1948)
1947 - 4 Apr 1948 Lalit Kishore (b. 1913 - d. 19..)
Bhajji
| Capital: Suni | Population: 16,474 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
bf.1800
Bhajji state founded.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
21 Sep 1815
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr 1948
Merged into Himachal
Pradesh.
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 Apr 1948 Ram Chandra Pal
Singh
(b. 1928 - d. 2012)
Bharatpur
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1880-c.1943 (India)]](bharatp1.gif "[Bharatpur
1880-c.1943 (India)]")
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c.1943-1947 (India)]](bharatp.gif "[Bharatpur
c.1943-1947 (India)]")
| Capital: Bharatpur | Population: 575,625 (1941) | State
Forces/Troops: 700 (1939) |
Salute: 17
guns |
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.
24 Dec 1805
British protectorate (by treaty), confirmed 18 Jan 1828.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
Feb 1948 - Mar
1948
Administered by India.
18 Mar
1948
Merged into Matsya (from 15 May 1949,
Rajasthan).
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 - 1826
Maharani Sri
Maji Sahiba Gangawaue
Miraj Kaurji Sahiba (f) -Regent
1826 - 1835
Council of Regency
21 Mar 1853 - 12 Dec 1893 Jashwant
Singh
(b. 1851 - d. 1893)
(from 1 Jan 1877, Sir Jashwant Singh)
21 Mar 1853 -
1855
Dhao Giyasi Ram -Regent
1855 - 1872
.... -Regent
(political agent, head of regency council)
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)
10 Aug 1900 - 28 Nov 1918 Regents
- Maharani Sri Maji Sahiba Bibiji (b.
18.. - d. 1922)
Giriraj Kaurji (f)
- Dhau Bakhshi Raghubir Singh
(b. 1863 - d. 19..)
9 Feb 1928 - 27 Mar 1929 Duncan
George Mackenzie -Regent (b. 1883
- d. 1965)
(administrator)
27 Mar 1929 - 18 Mar 1948 Brijendra
Singh
(b. 1918 - d. 1995)
27 Mar 1929 - 22 Oct 1939 Regents
(from 1 Nov 1930, presidents of Council of State)
- Duncan George Mackenzie
(s.a.)
(to 1930)(administrator)
- Henry
William Cumine Robson (b.
1886 - d. 1942)
(Mar
1930-1932)
- Cyril Percy Hancock
(b. 1896 - d. 1990)
(May 1932 - Aug 1935)
- Herbert John Todd
(b. 1893 - d. 1985)
(May – Aug 1936)
- Sir George
Richard Tottenham (b.
1890 - d. 1977)
(1935-1936 and Mar 1938 - 22 Oct 1939)
- Kumara Padmanabha Sivasankara (b.
1898 - d. 1982)
Menon (1936-1938)
Dewans (chief ministers)
18.. - 1853
Har Sewak
1853 -
1855
Dhao Giyasi Ram
1855 - 1858?
Lala Bhola Nath
(tutor
of the ruler 1858-1869)
1858 - 10 Jun
1869 the
Political agents Eastern Rajputana states
1853 - 1857
Morrison
1857 - 18..
Nixon
c.1861
Walter
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
(b. 1887 - d. 19..)
1920 - 1923
Dhau Bakhshi Raghubir Singh
(s.a.)
(president c.1922-23)
Dewans
(chief ministers)
c.1925
Bakshi Sawal Singh
1926 - 1927
Lal Chand Chaudhri (1st time)
c.1928
Raja Hari Kishan
Kaul
(b. 1869 – d. 1941)
Nov 1930 - 23 May 1932 Raja
Raghunath Singh
(s.a.)
(senior member of the
Council)
c.1933 - c.1934
Rai Sahib Lala Ram
Lal Batra
(senior member under Hancock)
1934 - 1935?
Lal Chand Chaudhri (2nd time)
Oct 1939 - 1 Apr 1940
Sir George Richard
Tottenham (s.a.)
(also president of State Council)
1 Apr 1940 - Feb 1943
Kumara Padma Sivasankara Menon
(b. 1898 - d. 1982)
Feb 1943 -
1944
A.V. Ramanathan
1944 - af.1946
Thakur Hukam Singh
Prime minister
Jan 1948 - Feb 1948 Rai
Bahadur Suraj Mal
Indian Administrator
Feb 1948 - Mar
1948 Anand
Narayan Sapru
(b. 1901 - d. 19..)
British Political Agents for Eastern Rajputana
States (in Bharatpur; as of 1947, in
charge of the Eastern Rajputana statesą;
under the resident in Rajputana [see under Sirohi])
1869 - Dec 1938
....
Dec 1938 -
1941
Joseph Herbert Thompson
(b. 1898 - d. 1984)
Mar 1941 -
1942
Alexander Alfred Russell (1st time)(b. 1898 - d. 1967)
Aug 1942 - 1944
Henry Mortimer Poulton (1st time) (b. 1898
- d. 1973)
Oct 1944 - 1945
Alexander Alfred Russell (2nd time)(s.a.)
Feb 1945 - 1946
Henry Mortimer Poulton (2nd
time) (s.a.)
Feb 1946 -
1947
Louis Alexander Gordon Pinhey
(b. 1901 - d. 1988)
ąthe Eastern Rajputana states as of 1947: Bharatpur, Bundi, Dholpur, Jhalawar, Karauli and Kotah.
Bhavnagar
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1947 (India)]](bhavnag.gif "[Bhavnagar to 1947
(India)]")
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Merchant flag 1921-1947 (India)]](in-bhavn.gif "[Bhavnagar Merchant flag 1921-1947
(India)]")
| Capital: Bhavnagar | Population: 618,429 (1941) | State
Forces/Troops: 1,220 (1939) |
Salute: 13
guns |
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.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Feb
1948
Merged into Saurashtra.
1 Nov
1956
Part of Bombay (from 1 May 1960, Gujarat).
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 - Feb 1877)
- John W. Watson (Feb-29 Jul 1877) (b.
1829 - d. 1919)
- W.C. Parr (from 29 Jul 1877)
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 Feb 1948 Krishnakumarsimhji
Bhavsimhji (b. 1912 - d.
1965)
(from 9 Jun 1938, Sir Krishnakumarsimhji
Bhavsimhji)
16 Jul 1919 - 18 Apr 1931 Sir
Prabhashankar Dalpatram
(b. 1862 - d.
1938)
Pattani -Regent
(from Feb 1920, president of council of 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 - 1914
Sir Prabhashankar Dalpatram
(s.a.)
Pattani (1st time)
(acting to 1902)
1914 - 1916
Murarji Anandji Tana (acting)
1916 -
1919
Tribhuvandas Kalidas Trivedi
(acting)
29 Jul 1919 - 16 Nov 1920 William Courtenay
Tudor-Owen (b. 1877
- d. 19..)
1920 - 1931
Post abolished
1931 - 16 Feb
1938 Sir
Prabhashankar Dalpatram
(s.a.)
Pattani (2nd time)
1938 - Jan 1948
Anantrai Prabhashankar Pattani
(b. 1888 - d. 19..)
Prime minister
Jan 1948 - Feb 1948
Balwantrai Gopalji Mehta
(b. 1900 - d. 1965) AISPC
Bhopal
![[Bhopal state flag to 1949
(India)]](in-bhopa.gif "[Bhopal state flag to 1949 (India)]")
| Map of Bhopal | Capital: Bhopal | Population: 785,322 (1941) | Salute: 19 guns |
| Constitution (None) |
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 (by treaty).
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) INC
29 Jan 1949 - 1 Jun 1949 the Nawab
British Political Agents in Bhopal (as of
1947, in charge of Bhopal and
several smaller statesą;
under the British resident for Central India [see under
Indore])
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 Dane
(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 (b. 1865 -
d. 19..)
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. ....)
ąas of
1947: Bhopal, Dewas Junior, Dewas Senior, Khilchipur,
Kurwai, Makrai, Muhammadgarh, Narsingarh, Pathari, and
Rajgarh.
Bhor
![[Bhor (India)]](in-bhor.gif "[Bhor
(India)]")
| Capital: Bhor | Population: 155,981 (1941) | State
Troops: 80 (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1697
Bhor estate (jagir) founded.
1697 - 5 Apr 1848
Tributary of
Satara.
1792 - 1793
Under Maratha Peshwa's administration.
1820
British
protectorate.
1848
Bhor recognized as a state.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
8 Mar 1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1
May 1960, state of Maharashtra).
Rulers (title Pant Sachiv)
1697 - 1707/12
Shankarji Narayan
(d. 1707/12)
1707/12 - Mar
1737
Naro
(d. 1737)
1707/12 -
17..
Shrimant Yesubaisaheb (f) -Regent
1737 -
1757
Chimnaji I
(d.
1757)
1757 -
1787
Sadasiv Rao
(d. 1787)
1787 -
1791
Raghunath Rao "Baba Sahib"
(d. 1791)
1791 -
1798
Shankr Rao I
(d. 1798)
1792 - 1793
Baji Moreshwar -Administrator
1798 -
1827
Chimnaji Rao II
(d. 1827)
1798 - 1813
Shrimant Taisaheb (f) -Regent
1813 -
1814?
Appasaheb Nimbalkar -Regent
1827 -
1837
Raghunath Rao I Chimnaji Rao
(d. 1837)
"Rao Sahib"
1827 -
1835
Shrimant Bhavanibaisaheb (f)-Regent
1837 - 12 Feb 1871
Chimnaji Rao III Raghunath
Rao (b. 1833 - d. 1871)
1837 -
1839
Shrimant Gangabaisaheb (f) -Regent (d. 1839)
1839 - 1852
Regents (the Karbharis)
12 Feb 1871 - 17 Jul 1922 Shankr Rao II Chimnaji
Rao (b.
1854 - d. 1922)
"Rao Sahib"
1871 -
1873
Shrimant Maisaheb (f) -Regent
(d. 1873)
1873 - 20 Jul
1874 Regents
(the 2 Karbharis)
17 Jul 1922 - 3 Jun 1935 Raghunath Rao II
Shankarrao (b. 1878 - d.
1951)
"Baba Sahib"
Raja
3 Jun 1935 - 8 Mar 1948
Raghunath Rao II Shankarrao
(s.a.)
"Baba Sahib"
(from 1 Jan 1941, Sir Raghunath Rao II
Shankarrao)
Karbharis (state
managers)
14 Apr 1890 - Jan 1894
Bhalchandra Trimbak Bapat
Jan 1894 - 1 Jun 1915
Shridher Abaji Satbhai
1 Jun 1915 -
c.1921 Govind
Vinayak Dhayaguda Sheristedar
c.1934 -
c.1938
Mahadeo Narayan Hulyal
Dewans (chief minister)
c.1938
Mahadeo Narayan Hulyal
c.1940
Krishnaji Venkatesh
Naik
Bhutan (Bhootan): see under Bhutan
Bihar see: Koch Bihar
Bihat
| Capital: Kohonia | Population: 4,365 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1807 British recognize an estate (jagir) as a state.
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948 Merged into Vindhya Pradesh (26 Jan 1950 transferred to Uttar Pradesh).
Rulers (title Diwan; from 1923, Rao)
1807 - 18.. Aparbal Singh
18.. - 1828 Bankat Rao
1828 - 1846 Kamod Singh
1846 - 1859 Hirde Shah (d. 1859)
1859 - 1872 Govind Das (d. 1872)
1872 - 1908 Mahum Singh (b. 1858 - d. 1908)
1908 - af.1946 Bir Singh Ju Deo (b. 1902 - d. 19..)
194. - 4 Apr 1948 Virendra Singh (b. 1939)
Bija:see Beja
Bijawar
| Capital: Bijawar | Population: 120,990 (1941) | State
Troops: 120 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
1765
Bijawar state founded.
27 Mar
1811
British protectorate.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh
(from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya Pradesh).
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 - 4 Apr 1948 Govind
Singh
(b. 1934 - d. 1983)
Dewan (chief minister)
c.1939
Sardar Singh
Bijna
| Capital: Bijna | Population: 1,742 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1823
British
recognize an estate (jagir) as state.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh (transferred to
Uttar Pradesh 26 Jan 1950).
Rulers (title Diwan)
1823 - 1839
Sujan Singh
(d. 1839)
1839 - 1850
Durjan
Singh
(d. 1850)
1850 - 1909
Mukund Singh
(b. 1838
- d. 1909)
1909 - 4 Apr 1948
Himmat Singh
(b. 1894 - d. 1955)
Bikanir (Bikaner)
![[Bikanir (Bikaner)(India)]](bikaner.gif "[Bikanir (Bikaner)(India)]")
| Map of Bikaner | Capital: Bikaner Population: 1,292,938 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops: 1,830 (1939) |
Constitution Government of Bikaner Act No. 3 (4 Dec 1947) |
Salute: 17
guns |
1465
Bikanir state founded (city founded 1488).
9 Mar
1818
British protectorate (by treaty).
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
30 Mar 1949
Merged into Rajasthan.
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 - 30 Mar 1949 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
Vice-president of State council
24 Sep 1912 -
1916
Shri Bhairun Singh
(b. 1879 - d. 19..)
Chief ministers
1916 - 1920
Shri Bhairun Singh (de facto)
(s.a.)
7 Sep 1920 - Jan 1925
Sadul Singh
(s.a.)
Prime ministers
1927 - 1934
Sir 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 Sir Sadul
Singh
(b. 1881 - d. 1937)
Dec 1936 - 14 Jan 1938 Vinayak
Nandshanker Mehta
(b. 1883 – d. 19..)
14 Jan 1938 - Jul 1939 Sir Kailash
Narain Haksar (b. 1878
- d. 1954)
Jul 1939 - May 1941 Sir Seray
Mal Bapna
(b. 1882 - d. 1964)
May 1941 - 1 May
1943 Maharaj Mandhata
Singh
(b. 1900 – d. 19..)
May? 1943 - 10 Dec 1943 E.M. Panikkar
(acting)
10 Dec 1943 - 28 May 1944 Hiranand Khushi Ram
Kripalani (b. 1888 – d. 1953)
May 1944 - 13 Mar 1948 Kavalam
Madhava Panikkar (b.
1895 - d. 1963)
14 Mar 1948 - Oct 1948 Kanwar
Jaswant Singh
(b. 1903 - d.af.1951)ABKM
Oct 1948 - 30 Mar 1949 Cadambi
Sheshachar Venkatachari (b. 1899 - d.
1999) INC
Bilaspur
![[Bilaspur (India)]](bilaspur.gif "[Bilaspur (India)]")
| Capital: Bilaspur | Population: 110,334 (1941) | State
Troops: 80 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
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,
becomes Bilaspur province (from 1950, state).
1 Jul 1954
Part of Himachal Pradesh.
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)
(in exile 1903 - Jul 1908)
3 Feb 1889 -
1893
Mian Badan Singh -Regent
(chairman of council of administration)
1903 - Jul 1908
Mian Amar Singh -Manager
(manager of the state)
18 Feb 1927 - 12 Oct 1948 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 - c.1860
Mian Bharji
c.1893
Thakurdas
18.. -
1901
Mian Surjan Singh
1901 (2
months)
Mian Partab Singh
1901 -
1903
Lala Hari Chand
1903 - Dec 1908
Mian Amar Singh
(manager of the state; wazir Jul-Dec
1908)
Dec 1908 - 1916
Mian Durga Singh (wazir)
1916 - 1918?
Indar 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)
Bilkha
| Capital: Bilkha | Population: 31,790 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1901
Jetpur-Bilkha estate (taluka) separated
within joint ownership
of Jetpur.
1901 - 1948
Part of the Western Kathiawar
semi-jurisdictional states
(see under Jasdan).
1929
Bilkha state.
7 Dec 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Attached
(the British jurisdictional authority granted) to Baroda.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Feb
1948
Merged into Saurashtra.
1 Nov
1956
Part of Bombay (from 1 May 1960, Gujarat).
Rulers (title Azam Vala; from
1929, Darbar)
1890 - 1909
Naja Kala
(b. 1865 - d. 1909)
1909 - 1923
Kanthad
Naja
(b. 1870 - d.
1923)
1923 - 1928
Council of
Administration
1928 - 1947
Ravat Kanthad
(b. 1906 - d. 1964)
1947 - 15 Feb 1948
Jashwant Singh
(b.
1928 - d. 2011)
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1939
J.R.
Jani
c.1945
K.R. Parakh
c.1946
Chhotalal P. Bhatt
| Capital: Bonaigarh | Population: 92,538 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1803
British protectorate, ceded by Nagpur as an estate.
1806 -
1826
Ceded by the British back to Nagpur (in 1818 the British
rule
provisionally restored).
27 Feb 1827
Bonai estate (zamindari)
recognized as state.
1902? - 1 Oct
1915 Under
supervision.
15 Aug 1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan 1948
Merged into Orissa.
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 - 1 Jan 1948 Dharani
Dhar Indra Deo
(b. 1884 - d. 19..)
19 Feb 1902 - 1909
G.M. Shanahan -Supervisor
1910 - 1 Oct
1915
Babu Basudeo Misra -Supervisor
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1939
Das
Gupta
c.1944
Bamdeb Misra
Bundi
![[Bundi (Indian Princely
State) state flag (India)]](in-bundi1.gif "[Bundi (Indian
Princely State) state flag (India)]") to 1947 State Flag |
![[Bundi (Indian Princely
State) royal flag (India)]](in-bundi.jpg "[Bundi (Indian
Princely State) royal flag (India)]") 18.. - 1947 Royal Flag |
| Capital: Bundi | Population: 249,374 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops: 160 (1939) |
State
Constitution Act (10 Jul 1947) |
Salute: 17
guns |
c.1342
Bundi state founded.
10 Feb
1818
British protectorate (by treaty).
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
25 Mar 1948
Merged into Rajasthan.
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)
3 Aug 1821 - 1831?
Sumbhu Ram Bohra -Regent
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 - 25 Mar 1948
Bahadur
Singh
(b. 1920 - d. 1977)
Dewans (chief ministers)
c.1923 - c.1924
Maharaj Harinath Singh
(senior member state council)
c.1930
K.L. Paonasker
1936 - 1946
Anthony William
Robertson
(b. 1896 - d. 19..)
Prime ministers
1946 - 194.
Ram Babu Saksena
(b. 1892 - d. 1957)
1947
Nagendra Singh
(b. 1914 - d. 1988)
Calicut: see Kozhikode
Cambay: see Kambay
Cannanore: see Kannanur
Carnatic: see Arkat
Chamba
![[Chamba (India)]](chamba.gif "[Chamba (India)]")
| Capital: Chamba | Population: 168,908 (1941) | State
Forces/Troops: 180 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
c.550
Chamba state founded.
900
Capital
moved to Chamba.
1809 - 1846
Tributary to Jammu.
9 Mar 1846
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr
1948
Merged into Himachal Pradesh.
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 - 23 Jan 1904 Sham
Singh
(b. 1866 - d. 1905)
17 Apr 1873 - 3 Nov 1885 Regency
- Blair Thomas Reid (to 5 Mar 1877)(b. 1825 - d. 1910)
- Richard Thomas Burney
(b. 1835 - d. 1891)
(5 Mar 1877 - 7 Oct 1879)
- Charles Henry Tilson Marshall (b.
1841 - d. 1927)
(7 Oct 1879 - 3
Nov 1885)
23 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 Apr 1948 Lakshman
Singh
(b.
1924 - d. 1971)
7 Dec 1935 - 8 May 1945 Regents
(Presidents of Council of Administration)
-
P.N. Toulmin (Dec 1935-193.)
- Henry Stuart
Strong (bf.1937-1942)
- John Slattery (1942-1945)
(b. 1886 - d. 1958)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1945 -
1946
John
Slattery
(s.a.)
1946 – 1947
John Swithun Harvey
Shattock (b. 1907 - d.
1993)
British Political Superintendents
1 Jan 1863 - Jan
1865 Blair Thomas Reid (1st
time) (s.a.)
Jan 1865 - Jun 1866
F.M.H. Forbes
Jun 1866 - Dec 1866
Edward George Wace
(b. 1841 - d. 1889)
Dec 1866 - 5 Jan 1872
Blair Thomas Reid (2nd time)
(s.a.)
Jan 1872 - Jan 1874
George A. MacAndrew
Jan 1874 - 5 Mar 1877
Blair Thomas Reid (3rd time)
(s.a.)
5 Mar 1877 - 7 Oct
1879 Richard Thomas Burney
(s.a.)
7 Oct 1879 - 3 Nov 1885 Charles
Henry Tilson Marshall
(s.a.)
3 Nov
1885
post abolished
British Advisors
Oct 1919 - 1 Nov 1921 Cyril Powney
Thompson
(b. 1864 - d. 1924)
1 Nov 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
(b. 1872 - d. 1972)
1930
P.N. Toulmin
Chang Bhakar (Changbhakar)
| Capital: Bharatpur | Population: 21,266 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
c.1790
Changbhakar estate (under Korea to
1848).
1848
Changbhakar estate recognized as a separate estate (zamindari),
a
British protectorate.
16 Feb 1876
Changbhakar estate becomes a
state.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan
1948
Merged into Central Provinces (from 1 Nov 2000
Chhattisgarh).
Rulers (title 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 - 1 Jan 1948 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
|
|
![[Charkhari (India)]](charkhar.gif "[Charkhari (India)]")
| Capital: Charkhari | Population: 123,594 (1941) | State
Troops: 240 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
1765
Charkhari state founded.
1804
British
protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh (26 Jan
1950 transferred to Uttar Pradesh).
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)
1860 -
1862
Rani Bakhat Kunwar Ju (f) -Regent
1862 - 1866
Colonel Thomson -Regent
1866 -
1867
Dewan Anna Saheb Gore -Regent
(d. 1867)
1867 - 24 Jul 1874 Dewan
Tantia Sahib -Regent
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 Arimardan Singh
(b. 1903 - d. 1941)
(also ruler of Jigni 1925-1934)
6 Oct 1920 - 1924
Regents
- Rao Saheb Bhanu Pratap Singh
(b. 1878 - d. 1925)
Ju Deo (ruler of Jigni)
- Syed Mir
Ashgar Ali
(president of regency council)
8 Nov 1941 - 4 Apr
1948 Jagendra
Singh
(b. 1929 - d. 1977)
Superintendents
Oct 1879 -
1885
Fredrick Henry
Maitland
(b. 1840 - d. 1924)
1886 - 1880
Jojhar
Singh Ju Deo
1890 -
1891
....
Dewan (chief minister)
bf.1939 - 1943
Sayed Ainuddin Sahib
Chhatarpur
![[Chhatarpur (India)]](in-chhat.gif "[Chhatarpur (India)]")
| Capital: Chhatarpur | Population: 184,720 (1941) | State
Troops: 370 (1939) |
Salute: 11
guns |
1785
Chhatarpur state founded.
1806
British
protectorate.
14 Nov 1867 - 29 Aug 1887 Under British India
management.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr 1948
Merged into
Vindhya Pradesh (from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya Pradesh).
Rajas
1785 - 4 May
1816
Kunwar Sone
Shah
(d. 1816)
4 May 1816 - 19 May 1854 Pratap Singh
(b. c.1784 - d. 1854)
(personal style Raja Bahadur from 18
Jan 1827)
19 May 1854 - 14 Nov 1867 Jaghat
Singh
(b. 1846 - d. 1867)
19 May 1854 - Jan 1863 Rani ... (f)
-Regent
14 Nov 1867 - 3 Jun 1919 Vishvanath
Singh
(b. 1866 - d. 1932)
(personal style Maharaja from 25 May 1895)
1867 -
1876
Chowbey Dhanput Rai -Regent
(d. 1876)
1876 -
1878
Rani ... (f) -Regent
1878 - 1 Apr
1886
Munshi Chundi Pershad -Regent
1886 - 29 Aug 1887
Munshi
Chaturbhuj Sahai -Regent
Maharajas
3 Jun 1919 - 5 Apr 1932 Vishvanath
Singh
(s.a.)
(from 2 Jan 1928, Sir
Vishvanath Singh)
5 Apr 1932 - 4 Apr 1948 Bhawani
Singh
(b. 1921 - d. 2006)
1932 - 1942
Regency
[the Dewans as presidents of council of administration]
Dewans (chief ministers)
1886 - c.1888
Munshi Chaturbhuj Sahai
bf.1935 - af.1939
Champa Ram Misra
c.1944
Shambhu Nath
bf.1946 - 1947
F.F.
Gilboy
(b. 1914
- d. 19..)
Chief minister
1948
Ram Sahai Tewari
(b. 1903
- d. 19..) AISPC
British Political Agents in Bundelkhand (1811-18
in Banda, 1818-24 in Kalpi,
1824-32 in Hamirpur, 1832-43 in Banda, from 1843 in
Nowgong; as of 1947, in charge
of the Bundelkhand statesą; under the Resident in
Central India [see under Indore])
1811 - Feb 1939
....
Feb 1939 - 1942
Henry Mortimer Poulton
(b. 1898 - d. 1973)
Apr 1942 - 1943
Humphrey Trevelyan
(b. 1905 - d. 1985)
1943 - Sep 1944
Joseph Herbert
Thompson
(b. 1898 - d. 1984)
Sep 1944 - Mar 1947
William le Belward Egerton
(b. 1901 - d. 1947)
1947
....
Indian Regional Commissioner for the Bundelkhand
States (in Nowgong)
c.1948
Neil Bruniat
Bonnerji
(b. 1901 - d. 19..)
ąthe
Bundelkhand states as of 1947: Ajaigarh, Alipura, Banka
Pahari, Baoni, Baraundha, Beri, Bhaisaunda, Bihat,
Bijawar, Bijna, Charkhari, Chhatarpur, Datia, Dhurwai,
Garrauli, Gaurihar, Jaso, Jigni, Kamta Rajaula, Kothi,
Lugasi, Maihar, Nagod, Naigawan Rebai, Orchha, Pahra,
Paldeo, Panna, Samthar, Sarila, Sohawal, Taraon, and
Tori-Fatehpur.
Chhaya: see Porbandar
Chhota Udaipur (Chhota Udepur)
![[Chhota Udaipur (Chhota
Udepur)(India)]](in-chu.gif "[Chhota Udaipur (Chhota
Udepur)(India)]")
| Capital: Chhota Udaipur (Chhota Udepur) |
Population: 162,177 (1941) | State
Forces/Troops: 100 (1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1743
Chhota Udaipur state founded.
21 Oct 1822
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
10 Jun
1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1 May 1960, state of Gujarat).
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
1897 .... -Regent
Mar 1897 - 22 Feb 1904 Dadabhai
Hormasji -Regent
22 Feb 1904 - 18 Apr 1904 Keshavrao Babaji -Regent
18 Apr 1904 - 12 Mar 1906 Ladhabhai Harji -Regent
29 Aug 1923 - 15 Oct 1946 Natwarsinhji
Fatehsinhji
(b. 1906 - d. 1946)
Oct 1923 - 20 Jun
1928 John Creery Tate -Administrator
(b. 1884 - d. 1942)
(regent)
15 Oct 1946 - 10 Jun 1948 Virendrasinhji
Natwarsinhji (b. 1937 -
d. 2005)
Dewans (chief ministers)
17 Mar 1906 - 1 Nov 1907 C.E. Stafford
Steele
1 Nov 1907 - 2 Jan 1910 Hormasji J.
Antia
2 Jan 1910 - 10 Feb 1910 Jehangirshaw D.
Nanavatty (acting)
10 Feb 1910 - 19.. Ganpatrao
N. Laud
bf.1939 - af.1946
Dhirajlal H. Desai
Chhuikadan (Chhuikhadan)
![[Chhuikadan
(Chhuikhadan)(India)]](chhuk.gif "[Chhuikadan
(Chhuikhadan)(India)]")
| Capital: Chhuikadan (Chhuikhadan) (Kondka 1750-1780) |
Population: 32,731 (1941) | State
Troops: None (1939) |
Salute: None |
1750
Chhuikadan (Chhuikhadan) estate (zamindari)
founded.
1853
Annexed to British
India as part of Nagpur.
4 Jan 1866
Status of feudatory chief conferred by British
authorities,
Chhuikadan state.
1940 -
1944
State administered by Court of Wards.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan
1948
Merged into Central Provinces (1 May 1956 - 1 Nov 2000
Madhya Pradesh;
from 1 Nov
2000 Chhattisgarh).
Rulers (title Mahant)
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..)
c.1911
Pandit Kaluram Pachory
(Superintendent)
2 Apr 1944 - 1 Jan 1948 Ritu
Parna Kishore Das
(b. 1923)
Dewan (chief minister)
c.1939
M. Hamid
Chitral: see Pakistani Princely States
Chota Nagpur
64
AD
Chota Nagpur Raj founded according to
tradition.
1817
Reduced
to an estate (zamindari) by the British
(part of Bengal).
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)
| Capital:
Chuda |
Population: 15,818
(1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
1707
Chuda state founded.
1807/08 - 1948
Part of
the Eastern Kathiawar semi-jurisdictional states
(see under Lakthar).
7 Dec 1943 - 15 Aug 1947 Attached
(the British jurisdictional authority granted) to
Dhrangadhra.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Feb
1948
Merged into Saurashtra.
1 Nov
1956
Part of Bombay (from 1 May 1960, Gujarat).
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 - 21 Dec 1920 Jorawarsinhji
Bacharsinhji (b. 1886 - d.
1920)
21 Dec 1920 - 15 Feb 1948 Bahadursinhji
Jorawarsinhji (b. 1909 - d.
1950)
22 Dec 1920 - 12 Mar 1921 R. Benjamin -Manager
12 Mar 1921 -
1929? Ampchand
J. Mody -Manager
Kamdars (chief ministers)
5 Jun 1901 - 12 Apr 1907 Rao Saheb
Umiashanker Jeewanram
13 Apr 1907 - 15 Jul 1908 Rao Bahadur Pranjivandas
Vishvanath
22 Jul 1908 - 8 Sep 1908 Girdharlal J. Dave
8 Sep 1908 - 18 Jan 1910 Mohanlal Jivanlal
19 Jan 1910 - 25 Mar 1910 Gavrishanker Govindram
(acting)
26 Mar 1910 - 1 Jan 1914 Venilal R. Baxi
1 Jan 1914 - 12 Sep 1918 K.S. Virawala
(adviser)
13 Sep 1918 - 4 Jun 1920 Jagjiwan N. Shah
5 Jun 1920 - 21 Dec 1920 Amritlal U. Sabhani
(acting)
22 Dec 1920 - 11 Mar 1921 Jhalawad Prant
(temporary)
Karbhari (state manager)
c.1939
Govindsinhji
M. Chudasama
Cochin: see Kochin
Cooch Behar: see Koch Bihar
Coorg: see Kodagu
Cutch: see Kachh
| Capital:
Ahwa |
Population: 40,498
(1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
1842 Dangs states (14 statesą) under the British protection, the ruler
of Gadvi (Gadhvi) state having precedence.
19 Jan 1948 Annexed by India without formal accession to India; part of
Bombay (from 1 May 1960, state of Gujarat).
Rajas of Gadvi (Gadhvi)
18.. - 1877 Fethsingh (b. 18.. - d. 1877)
1877 - 18.. Nathusingh (b. 1858 - d. ....)
1890 - 1938 Samajsingh (b. 1890 - d. 19..)
1938 - af.1939 Umarsingh (b. 1934 - d. 19..)
ąthe Dangs states as of 1947: Amala, Avchar, Bilbari, Chinchli Gaded, Derbhavti, Gadvi, Jhari Ghar-Khadi, Kirli, Palasvihir, Pimpladevi, Pimpri, Shivbara, Vadhyawan, and Vasurna.
Danta
![[Danta (India)]](in_danta.gif "[Danta (India)]")
| Capital:
Danta Bhavangadh |
Population: 31,110
(1941) |
State
Troops: 70
(1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1068
Danta state founded.
1812
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
10 Jun
1948
Merged into Bombay (merger is postponed until 6 Nov
1948).
1 May
1960
Part of Gujarat state.
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 Oct 1948
Bhavanisimhji
Hamirsimhji
(b. 1899 - d. 1961)
(from 2 Jan 1939, Sir Bhavanisimhji
Hamirsimhji)
15 Oct 1948 - 6 Nov 1948
Prithirajsimhji Bhavanisimhji (b.
1928 - d. 1989)
Dewans (chief ministers)
bf.Apr 1933 - 12 Aug 1936 Ramprasad Bapalal
Devanji (d. 1936)
12 Aug 1936 - af.Mar 1946 Maharaj Prithi Singhji
(b.
1905 - d. 19..)
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)
16 Dec 1885 - 13 Jan 1917 Ranibai
Lakshmibai Saheb (f) (b. 1834
- d. 1917)
Darkoti
| Capital:
Darkoti |
Population: 632
(1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
10..
Darkoti state founded.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815/39
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr
1948
Merged into Himachal Pradesh.
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 Apr 1948 Raghunath
Singh
(b. 1881 - d. 1951)
Daspalla
![[Daspalla (India)]](in-daspa.gif "[Daspalla (India)]")
| Capital:
Daspalla |
Population: 53,833
(1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
14..
Daspalla state founded.
1803
British protectorate (known as
Jormu-Daspalla to 1804).
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan
1948
Merged into Orissa.
Rajas
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 - 10 Apr 1897 Chaitan Deo
Bhanj
(b. 1854 - d. 1897)
10 Apr 1897 - 11 Dec 1913 Narayan Deo
Bhanj
(b. 1860 - d.
1913)
11 Dec 1913 - 1 Jan 1948 Kishor Chandra Deo
Bhanj
(b. 1908 - d. 1960)
11 Dec 1913 - 3 Mar 1930 .... -Regent
Datia
| Capital:
Datia |
Population: 174,072
(1941) |
State
Forces/Troops:
1,440 (1939) |
Salute: 15
guns |
1626
Datia state founded.
15 Mar 1804
British protectorate (by treaty), confirmed 31 Jul 1818.
Oct 1861 - May 1865 Under
British India administration.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
4 Apr
1948
Merged into Vindhya Pradesh.
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
(d. 1858)
1858 - 1861
Rani Pran Kunwar -Regent
Oct 1861 - May 1865
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 - 4 Apr 1948 Govind
Singh
(b. 1886 - d. 1951)
(from 1
Jan 1918, Sir Govind Singh)
(exiled Nov 1911 - 1 Aug 1914)
Chief ministers and Dewans
.... - 1911
Pandit Maharaj Narain Sheopuri
1911? - 1922
Lal Panna Lal
1922 - 1939
Sir Azizuddin
Ahmed
(b. 1861 - d. 1939)
1939 - 1940
Sardar Kahn Chand
(b. 1871 - d.
19..)
1940 - 1941
Hashmat Ali
29 Sep 1941 - Jan 1942 Rao Bahadur
Lele (acting)
Jan 1942 - 1943
Thakur Devi Singh
Dec 1943 - Nov 1946 Sayed
Ainuddin Sahib
Dewas (Dewas Junior Branch)
![[Dewas Junior Branch
(India)]](in_dewjr.gif "[Dewas Junior Branch (India)]")
| Capital:
Dewas |
Population: 83,669
(1941) |
State
Troops: 190
(1939) |
Salute: 15
guns |
1728
Dewas (Dewas Junior Branch) state founded.
12 Dec
1818
British protectorate (by treaty).
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
28 May
1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat (from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya
Pradesh).
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 - 28 May 1948
Yeshwant Rao Puar "Bhav Sahib"
(b. 1905 - d. 1965)
(from 14 Aug 1947, Sir Yeshwant Rao Puar)
Presidents of the State Council
1936 - 193.
Alaknanda
Bai Sahiba Jadhav (f) (b. 1907 - d. 19..)
(1st time)
c.1939
Yeshwant Rao
Puar
(s.a.)
bf.1942 - af.1945
Alaknanda Bai Sahiba Jadhav (f)
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
c.1946
Satya
Vrata Mukherjee
(b. 1887 - d. 19..)
(also Dewan)
Dewas (Dewas Senior Branch)
![[Dewas Senior Branch
(India)]](in_dewsr.jpg "[Dewas Senior Branch (India)]")
| Capital:
Dewas |
Population: 89,352
(1941) |
State
Troops: 130
(1939) -------------------------------- Constitution Act (25 Feb 1947) |
Salute: 15
guns |
1728
Dewas (Dewas Senior Branch) state founded.
12 Dec
1818
British protectorate (by treaty).
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
28 May
1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat (from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya
Pradesh).
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)
(president of council of administration from 26 Jul
1934)
(ruler of
Kolhapur 1947-1949)
11 Aug 1942 - 15 May 1943
Maharani Pramulabai (f) -Regent
(b. 1910 - d. 2008)
(1st time)(for absent ruler)
23 Mar 1947 - 28 May 1948 Krishnaji Rao
III Puar "Aba Sahib" (b. 1932 - d. 1999)
23 Mar 1947 - 28 May 1948 Maharani
Pramulabai (f) -Regent
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
Presidents of the State (from 1939, Executive)
Council
1938 - 1941
Sir James Reid
Roberts
(b. 1861 - d. 1941)
1941 - 1942
Keshavrao B. Bidwai
1942 - af.1947
K.P. Naidu
Dhami
![[Dhami (India)]](in-dhami.gif "[Dhami (India)]")
| Capital:
Halog |
Population: 5,114 (1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
.... -
1803
Tributary to Bilaspur.
1803 -
1815
Occupied by Nepal.
1815/39
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
15 Apr
1948
Merged into Himachal Pradesh.
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)
2 Jun 1894 - Jan
1920 Hira
Singh
(b. 1876 - d. 1920)
Jan 1920 - 15 Apr 1948
Dhalip
Singh
(b. 1908 - d. 1987)
Jan 1920 -
1930
Regency
Dhar
![[Dhar (India)]](dhar.gif "[Dhar
(India)]")
| Capital:
Dhar (Dharanagar) (Multhan 1728-1732) |
Population: 253,210 (1941) |
State
Forces/Troops: 350 (1939) |
Salute: 15
guns |
1728
Dhar state founded.
10 Jan
1819
British protectorate (by treaty).
14 Feb 1858 - 1 May 1860 State
sequestrated by British India.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
28 May
1948
Merged into Madhya Bharat (from 1 Nov 1956, Madhya
Pradesh).
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 - 28 Apr 1948
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
Khanderao G. Nadkar -Regent
(president of council
of administration)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1920 - af.1940
Khanderao G. Nadkar
bf.1941 - af.1945
M.K. Kher
c.1946
N.R. Chandorkar
British Political Agents in Malwa (in Neemuch
1895-1925, in Manpur 1925-32, from 1932 in Indore;
as of 1947, in charge of Malwa statesą; under the
Resident for Central India [see under Indore])
1895 - May 1938
....
Mar 1938 -
1941
George Kirkbride
(b. 1894 - d. 1966)
Nov 1941 - Feb
1942 Anthony
Charles Ker Maunsell
(b. 1907 – d. 1994)
Feb 1942 - 1944
Cecil Walter Lewery
Harvey (b. 1897 -
d. 1958)
May 1944 - 1944
Wilfred Francis Webb
(b. 1897 - d. 1973)
Sep 1944 - 1947
John Richard Landon
Bradshaw (b. 1896 -
d. 1984)
ąthe Malwa states as of 1947: Alirajpur, Barwani,
Dhar, Jaora, Jhabua, Jobat, Kathiwara, Mathwar, Piploda,
Ratlam, Sailana, and Sitamau, as well as the immediate
estates of Jamnia, Nimkhera and Rajgarh.
Dharampur
![[Dharampur (India)]](in-dharp.gif "[Dharampur (India)]")
| Capital:
Dharampur |
Population: 123,326 (1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: 9
guns |
1262
Dharampur state founded.
1766
Capital moved to Mandvegan
and renamed Dharampur.
31 Dec 1802
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
10 Jun
1948
Merged into Bombay (from 1 May 1960,
state of Gujarat).
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 - 10 Jun 1948 Vijaidevji II
Mohandevji
(b. 1884 - d. 1952)
Dewans (chief ministers)
1891 - Oct
1904
Trikamlal Dinanath
12 Oct 1904 - 15 Feb 1916 Sunderrao Gajanan
Jayakar
18 Feb 1916 - 6 Sep 1916 Burjorji
Nasservanji Vakil
6 Sep 1916 - 5 Sep 1921 Framroz
Burjorji Garda
(b. 1878 - d. 19..)
5 Sep 1921 - 1935
Dullabhdas Vithaldas
Saraiya (b. 1879 - d.
19..)
Presidents of the State Council
1935 - af.1941
Dullabhdas Vithaldas
Saraiya (s.a.)
bf.1942 - af.1945
Ephraim Oswin Sampson
(b. 1886 - d. 19..)
c.1946
Dadiba C. Mehta
(b. 1878 - d.
19..)
British Political Agent for Gujarat States (in
Bulsar)(as of 1947, in charge of the
Gujarat statesą; under the Resident for Baroda, Western
India and Gujarat states)
Nov 1944 - 1947
Terence Bernard Creagh-Coen
(b. 1903 - d. 1970)
ąthe Gujarat states as of 1947: Balasinor, Bansda,
Baria, Cambay, Chhota-Udepur, Dangs states, Dharampur,
Jawhar, Lunawada, Rajpipla, Sachin, Sant, Surgana, and
the Gujarat semi-jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional
states.
Dhenkanal
![[Dhenkanal (India)]](dhenka.gif "[Dhenkanal (India)]")
| Capital:
Dhenkanal |
Population: 324,212 (1941) |
State
Troops: None
(1939) |
Salute: None |
c.1529
Dhenkanal state founded.
1803
British protectorate.
15 Aug
1947
Accedes to India.
1 Jan
1948
Merged into Orissa.
Rajas
1680 -
1708
Nursingha Rai Singh Bhramarabara
1708 -
1728
Kunja Behari Bhramarabara
1728 -
1741
Braja Behari
1741 -
1743
Damodar Rai Singh
1743 -
1745
Jagannath Bharamarabara
1745 -
1785
Mansingh
Trilochan Mahindra Bahadur
1785 -
1796
Dayanidhi Mahendra Bahadur
1796 -
1807
Ramchandra Mahendra
1807 -
1822
Krishna Chandra Mahendra
(d. 1822)
1822 - 1830
Shyam Chandra Mahendra
1830 - 1877
Bhagirathi Mahindra
(b. 1823 - d. 1877)
(from 1869, personal style of Maharaja)
1830 -
1844
Susanta Rai -Regent
1877 -
1885
Dinabhandu Mahendra
(b. 1866? - d.
1885)
1877 -
1885
Court of wards Regency
29 Aug 1885 - 16 Oct 1918 Shura Pratap Singh
Dev Mahendra (b. 1885 - d. 1918)
29 Aug 1885 - 12 Feb 1906 Court
of wards Regency
16 Oct 1918 - 1 Jan 1948 Shankar
Pratap Singh Dev Mahendra (b. 1904 - d.
1965)
16 Oct 1918 - 15 Nov 1925 Diwan Raj Kishore
Tripathy -Regent
Dewans (chief ministers)
1919 - 1931
Raj Kishore Tripathy
1931 -
1934 &n