Princely states

A princely state was a territory ruled by an Indian monarch under a subsidiary alliance with the British Crown. Such a state retained internal sovereignty while the Crown controlled its external relations and defence, usually through a Resident or an agency. It was therefore part of the Indian Empire but not part of British India in the statutory sense.

This distinction matters for research: a place in a princely state was not governed by British Indian law, its records were kept differently, and it does not appear in every British administrative series.

• Atraf-i-BaldaDistrictDates not recorded

  Princely state — District as recorded in the 1901 census / Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), under Hyderabad. Dates of creation and abolition not established in the project's cited sources.

• BahawalpurPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• BangaloreDistrictDates not recorded

  Princely state — District as recorded in the 1901 census / Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), under Mysore. Dates of creation and abolition not established in the project's cited sources.

• BarodaPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• BhopalPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• BikanerPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• CochinPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• Gwalior (Sindhia)Princely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• HyderabadPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• Indore (Holkar)Princely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• JaipurPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• JaisalmerPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• JammuDistrictDates not recorded

  Princely state — District as recorded in the 1901 census / Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), under Jammu and Kashmir. Dates of creation and abolition not established in the project's cited sources.

• Jammu and KashmirPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• Jodhpur (Marwar)Princely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• JunagadhPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• KolhapurPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• Ladakh (Baltistan)DistrictDates not recorded

  Princely state — District as recorded in the 1901 census / Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), under Jammu and Kashmir. Dates of creation and abolition not established in the project's cited sources.

• MysorePrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• Persian Gulf ResidencyResidencyfrom 1822

  Administered through a Residency — Created in 1822 by combining the Bushehr and Basra residencies; the Resident was subordinate to the Governor of Bombay 1822–1873. Administered through the British Indian hierarchy but not a province of British India.source

• SikkimPrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• SrinagarDistrictDates not recorded

  Princely state — District as recorded in the 1901 census / Imperial Gazetteer of India (1908-31), under Jammu and Kashmir. Dates of creation and abolition not established in the project's cited sources.

• TravancorePrincely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source

• Udaipur (Mewar)Princely stateDates not recorded

  Princely state — Princely state in subsidiary alliance with the Crown: not part of British India in the strict statutory sense (Interpretation Act 1889, s.18). Dates of the alliance are not established in the project's cited sources.source