Editing Princely state (section)

==Imperial governance==
{{Main|Agencies of British India|Residencies of British India}}
[[File:Group at Residency including the Maharaja of Kolhapur.jpg|thumb|Photograph (1894) of the 19-year-old [[Shahaji II|Shahaji II Bhonsle]] Maharajah of [[Kolhapur (princely state)|Kolhapur]] visiting the British resident and his staff at the Residency]]

By treaty, the British controlled the external affairs of the princely states absolutely. As the states were not [[British possessions]], they retained control over their own internal affairs, subject to a degree of British influence which in many states was substantial.

By the beginning of the 20th century, relations between the British and the four largest states – [[Hyderabad State|Hyderabad]], [[Kingdom of Mysore|Mysore]], Jammu and Kashmir, and [[Baroda State|Baroda]] – were directly under the control of the [[governor-general of India]], in the person of a British [[Resident minister#Residents in Asia|resident]]. Two agencies, for [[Rajputana]] and [[Central India Agency|Central India]], oversaw twenty and 148 princely states respectively. The remaining princely states had their own British political officers, or Agents, who answered to the administrators of India's provinces. The agents of five princely states were then under the authority of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]], 354 under [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]], 26 of [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal]], two under [[Assam]], 34 under [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]], fifteen under the [[Central Provinces and Berar]] and two under the [[Uttar Pradesh|United Provinces]].
[[File:Chamber of Princes 17-03-1941 detail.png|thumb|Chamber of Princes meeting in March 1941]]
The [[Chamber of Princes]] (''Narender Mandal'' or ''Narendra Mandal'') was an institution established in 1920 by a [[Proclamation|royal proclamation]] of the [[George V of the United Kingdom|King-Emperor]] to provide a forum in which the rulers could voice their needs and aspirations to the government. It survived until the end of the [[British Raj]] in 1947.<ref>Vapal Pangunni Menon (1956) ''The Story of the Integration of the Indian States'', Macmillan Co., pp. 17–19</ref>

By the early 1930s, most of the princely states whose agencies were under the authority of India's provinces were organised into new Agencies, answerable directly to the governor-general, on the model of the Central India and Rajputana agencies: the [[Eastern States Agency]], [[Punjab States Agency]], [[Baluchistan Agency]], [[Deccan States Agency]], [[Madras States Agency]] and the [[Northwest Frontier States Agency]]. The [[Baroda Residency]] was combined with the princely states of northern Bombay Presidency into the [[Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency]]. [[Gwalior]] was separated from the Central India Agency and given its own Resident, and the states of [[Rampur, Uttar Pradesh|Rampur]] and [[Benares]], formerly with Agents under the authority of the United Provinces, were placed under the [[Gwalior Residency]] in 1936. The princely states of [[Sanduru|Sandur]] and [[Banaganapalli|Banganapalle]] in Mysore Presidency were transferred to the agency of the Mysore Resident in 1939.

;Principal princely states in 1947

The native states in 1947 included five large states that were in "direct political relations" with the Government of India. For the complete list of princely states in 1947, see [[lists of princely states of India]].

===In direct relations with the central government===
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Five large princely states in direct political relations with the Central Government in India<ref name=igi-92>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=92}}</ref><ref>"Mysore", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 173, Macmillan & Co.</ref><ref>"Jammu and Kashmir", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 171, Macmillan & Co.</ref><ref>"Hyderabad", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 170, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand [[Coins of British India|rupees]])!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! Gun-salute for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | {{flag|Baroda State}} || align="center" | 13,866 || align="center" | 3,343,477 (chiefly Hindu, with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 323.26 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', [[Maratha]], Hindu || align="center" | 21 || align="center" | Resident at Baroda
|-
| align="center" | {{flag|Hyderabad State}} || align="center" | 82,698 || align="center" | 16,338,534 (mostly Hindu with a sizeable Muslim minority) || align="center" | 1582.43 || align="center" | ''[[Nizam]]'', [[Turkic peoples|Turkic]], Muslim || align="center" | 21 || align="center" | Resident in Hyderabad
|-
| align="center" | {{flagicon image|Flag of Jammu and Kashmir (1936-1953).svg}} [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] || align="center" | 84,471 || align="center" | 4,021,616 including Gilgit, Baltistan (Skardu), Ladakh, and Punch (mostly Muslim, with sizeable Hindu and Buddhist populations) || align="center" | 463.95 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', [[Dogras|Dogra]], Hindu || align="center" | 21 || align="center" | Resident in Jammu & Kashmir
|-
|align="center" | {{flag|Kingdom of Mysore}} || align="center" | 29,458 || align="center" | 7,328,896 (chiefly Hindu, with sizeable Muslim populations) || align="center" | 1001.38 || align="center" | ''Wodeyar'' (means Owner in [[Kannada]]) and ''Maharaja'', [[Kannadiga]], Hindu || align="center" | 21 || align="center" | Resident in [[Mysore]]
|-
|align="center" | {{flag|Gwalior State}} || align="center" | 26,397 || align="center" | 4,006,159 (chiefly Hindu, with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 356.75 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Maratha]], [[Hindu]] || align="center" | 21 || align="center" | [[Resident (title)#Residents in (British) Asia|Resident]] at Gwalior
|-
! Total !! 236,890 !! 35,038,682 !! 3727.77 !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''[[Central India Agency]], [[Gwalior Residency]], [[Baluchistan Agency]], [[Rajputana Agency]], [[Eastern States Agency]]'''
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 88 princely states forming the Central India Agency<ref name=igi-93>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=93}}</ref><ref>"Central India Agency", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 168, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! Gun-salute for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Indore State]] || align="center" | 9,341 || align="center" | 1,513,966 (chiefly Hindu, with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 304.9 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Maratha]], [[Hindu]] || align="center" | 19 (plus 2 local) || align="center" | [[Resident minister#Residents in Asia|Resident]] at Indore
|-
|align="center" | [[Bhopal (state)|Bhopal]] || align="center" | 6,924 || align="center" | 785,322 (chiefly Hindu, with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 119.82 || align="center" | ''[[Nawab]]''(m)/''[[Begum]]''(f), [[Pashtun people|Afghan]], [[Muslim]] || align="center" | 19 (plus 2 local) || align="center" | Political Agent in Bhopal
|-
| align="center" | [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewah]] || align="center" | 13,000 || align="center" | 1,820,445 (chiefly Hindu, with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 65 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Baghel]] [[Rajput]], [[Hindu]] || align="center" | 17 || align="center" | Second largest state in [[Bagelkhand Agency|Baghelkhand]]
|-
| align="center" | 85 smaller and minor states (1941) || align="center" | 22,995 (1901) || align="center" | 2.74&nbsp;million (chiefly Hindu, 1901) || align="center" | 129 (1901) || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 77,395 (1901) !! 8.51&nbsp;million (1901) !! 421 (1901) !! colspan="3" |
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 42 princely states forming the Eastern States Agency<ref name="igi-93"/><ref>"Eastern States", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 168, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! Gun-salute for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Cooch Behar State|Cooch Behar]] || align="center" | 1,318 || align="center" | 639,898 (chiefly Hindu, with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 91 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', [[Rajbongshi people|Koch]] (Kshattriya), Brahmo || align="center" | 13 || align="center" | Resident for the Eastern States
|-
| align="center" | [[Hill Tippera|Tripura State]] || align="center" | 4,116 || align="center" | 513,010 (chiefly [[Vaishnavism|Vaishnavite]], with a sizeable [[Sanamahism|Sanamahi]] minority) || align="center" | 54 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', [[Tripuri people|Tripuri]], Vaishnavite (Kshattriya) || align="center" | 13 || align="center" | Resident for the Eastern States
|-
| align="center" | [[Mayurbhanj State]] || align="center" | 4,243 || align="center" | 990,977 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 49 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', Kshattriya, Hindu || align="center" | 9 || align="center" | Resident for the Eastern States
|-
| align="center" | 39 smaller and minor states (1941) || align="center" | 56,253 || align="center" | 6,641,991 || align="center" | 241.31 || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 65,930 !! 8,785,876 !! 435.31 !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''[[Gwalior Residency]] (two states)'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Two states under the suzerainty of the Resident at Gwalior, Gwalior having direct relations with the central government.<ref name="igi-92"/><ref>"Gwalior Residency", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 170, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! [[Gun salute#In the colonial context|Gun-salute]] for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Rampur State|Rampur]] || align="center" | 893 || align="center" | 464,919 (chiefly Muslim, with a sizeable Hindu population in 1931) || align="center" | 51 || align="center" | ''[[Nawab]]'', [[Jat]],<ref>[[Hari Ram Gupta|Gupta, Hari Ram]] (1999) [1980]. [https://books.google.com/books?id=82wwAQAAIAAJ History of the Sikhs]. Vol. III: Sikh Domination of the Mughal Empire (1764–1803) (2nd rev. ed.). [[Munshiram Manoharlal]]. p. 11. {{ISBN|978-81-215-0213-9}}. {{OCLC|165428303}}. "The real founder of the Rohilla power was Ali Muhammad, from whom sprang the present line of the Nawabs of Rampur. Originally a Hindu Jat, who was taken prisoner when a young boy by Daud in one of his plundering expeditions, at village Bankauli in the parganah of Chaumahla, and was converted to Islam and adopted by him."</ref><ref>Khan, Iqbal Ghani (2002). "Technology and the Question of Elite Intervention in Eighteenth-Century North India". In Barnett, Richard B. (ed.). [https://books.google.com/books?id=_jJuAAAAMAAJ Rethinking Early Modern India]. Manohar Publishers & Distributors. p. 271. {{ISBN|978-81-7304-308-6}}. "Thus we witness the Ruhelas accepting an exceptionally talented non-Afghan, an adopted Jat boy, as their nawab, purely on the basis of his military leadership; ..."</ref> Muslim || align="center" | 15 || align="center" | Political Agent at Rampur
|-
|align="center" | [[Benares State]] || align="center" | 875 || align="center" | 391,165 (chiefly Hindu, 1931) || align="center" | 19 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Bhumihar Brahmin]], Hindu || align="center" | 13 (plus 2 local) || align="center" | Political Agent at Benares
|-
! Total !! 1,768 !! 856,084 (1941, approx.)!! 70 !! colspan="3" |
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 23 princely states forming the [[Rajputana Agency]], with the Resident for Rajputana at Abu<ref name=igi-94-95>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|pp=94–95}}</ref><ref>"Rajputana", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 175, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! Gun-salute for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Udaipur State|Udaipur (Mewar)]] || align="center" | 13,170 || align="center" | 1,926,698 (chiefly Hindu and [[Bhil]]) || align="center" | 107 || align="center" | ''[[Maharana]]'', [[Sisodia Dynasty|Sisodia]] [[Rajput]], Hindu || align="center" | 19 (plus 2 personal) || align="center" | Political Agent for the [[Mewar]] and Southern Rajputana States
|-
| align="center" | [[Jaipur State|Jaipur]] || align="center" | 15,610 || align="center" | 3,040,876 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 188.6 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Kachwaha]] [[Rajput]], Hindu || align="center" | 17 (plus 2 personal) || align="center" | Political Agent at Jaipur
|-
|align="center" | [[Jodhpur State|Jodhpur (Marwar)]] || align="center" | 36,120 || align="center" | 2,555,904 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 208.65 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', [[Rathore (Rajput clan)|Rathor]] [[Rajput]], Hindu || align="center" | 17 || align="center" | Political Agent for the Western States of [[Rajputana Agency|Rajputana]]
|-
| align="center" | [[Bikaner (princely state)|Bikaner]] || align="center" | 23,181 || align="center" | 1,292,938 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 185.5 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', Rathor Rajput, Hindu || align="center" | 17 || align="center" | Political agent for the Western States of Rajputana
|-
| align="center" | 17 salute states, 1 chiefship, 1 ''zamindari'' || align="center" | 42,374 || align="center" | 3.64&nbsp;million (chiefly Hindu, 1901) || align="center" | 155 (1901) || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 128,918 (1901) !! 9.84&nbsp;million (1901) !! 320 (1901) !! colspan="3" |
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Three princely states forming the Baluchistan Agency<ref name=igi-96>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=96}}</ref><ref>"Baluchistan States", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 160, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! Gun-salute for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" |[[Khanate of Kalat|Kalat]]|| align="center" | 73,278 || align="center" | 250,211 (chiefly Muslim) || align="center" | 21.3 || align="center" | ''Khan'' or ''Wali'', [[Baloch people|Baloch]], Muslim || align="center" | 19 || align="center" | Political Agent in Kalat
|-
| align="center" |[[Las Bela (princely state)|Las Bela]]|| align="center" | 7,132 || align="center" | 68,972 (chiefly Muslim) || align="center" | 6.1 || align="center" | ''Jam'', [[Baloch people|Baloch]], Muslim || align="center" | || align="center" | Political Agent in Kalat
|-
| align="center" |[[Kharan (princely state)|Kharan]]|| align="center" | 14,210 || align="center" | 33,763 (chiefly Muslim) || align="center" | 2 || align="center" | ''Nawab'', [[Baloch people|Baloch]], Muslim || align="center" | || align="center" | Political Agent in Kalat
|-
! Total !! 94,620 !! 352,946 !! 29.4 !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''Other states under provincial governments'''

'''[[Madras Presidency|Madras]] (5 states)'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 5 states under the suzerainty of the Provincial Government of [[Madras Presidency|Madras]]<ref name="igi-96"/>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1901 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! [[Gun salute#In the colonial context|Gun-salute]] for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Travancore]] || align="center" | 7,091 || align="center" | 2,952,157 (chiefly Hindu and Christian) || align="center" | 100 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Samantha Kshatriya|Kshatriya-Samanthan]], Hindu || align="center" | 21 (including two guns personal to the then ruler)|| align="center" | Resident in Travancore and Cochin
|-
|align="center" | [[Kingdom of Cochin|Cochin]] || align="center" | 1,362 || align="center" | 812,025 (chiefly Hindu and Christian) || align="center" | 27 || align="center" | ''Raja'', [[Samantha Kshatriya|Samanta-Kshatriya]], Hindu || align="center" | 17|| align="center" | Resident in Travancore and Cochin
|-
| align="center" | [[Pudukkottai State|Pudukkottai]]|| align="center" | 1,100 || align="center" | 380,440 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | ''Raja'', [[Kallar, Trivandrum|Kallar]], Hindu || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | Collector of Trichinopoly (''ex officio'' Political Agent)
|-
| align="center" | 2 minor states ([[Banganapalle State|Banganapalle]] and [[Sandur State)|Sandur]])|| align="center" | 416 || align="center" | 43,464 || align="center" | 3 || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 9,969 !! 4,188,086 !! 141 !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''[[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]] (354 states)'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 354 states under the suzerainty of the Provincial Government of [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]]<ref name=igi-97>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_126.gif&volume=4 97]}}</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1901 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! Gun-salute for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Kolhapur State|Kolhapur]] || align="center" | 2,855 || align="center" | 910,011 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 48 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]''", Chhtrapati "[[Maratha]], Hindu || align="center" | 19 || align="center" | Political Agent for Kolhapur
|-
|align="center" | [[Cutch State|Cutch]] || align="center" | 7,616 || align="center" | 488,022 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 20 || align="center" | ''[[Maharao]]'', [[Jadeja]] [[Rajput]], Hindu || align="center" | 17 || align="center" | Political Agent in Cutch
|-
| align="center" | [[Junagarh (state)|Junagarh]]|| align="center" | 3,284 || align="center" | 395,428 (chiefly Hindu with a sizeable Muslim population) || align="center" | 27 || align="center" | ''[[Nawab]]'', [[Pashtun people|Pathan]], Muslim || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | Agent to the Governor in Kathiawar
|-
| align="center" | [[Nawanagar State|Navanagar]]|| align="center" | 3,791 || align="center" | 336,779 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 31 || align="center" | ''[[Jam Sahib]]'', [[Jadeja]] [[Rajput]], Hindu || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | Agent to the Governor in Kathiawar
|-
| align="center" | 349 other states|| align="center" | 42,165 || align="center" | 4,579,095 || align="center" | 281 || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 65,761 !! 6,908,648 !! 420 !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''[[Central Provinces and Berar|Central Provinces]] (15 states)'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 15 states under the suzerainty of the Provincial Government of the [[Central Provinces and Berar|Central Provinces]]<ref name=igi-102>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_131.gif&volume=4 102]}}</ref>
|-
! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1901 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! [[Gun salute#In the colonial context|Gun-salute]] for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Kalahandi State|Kalahandi]] || align="center" | 3,745 || align="center" | 284,465 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 4 || align="center" | ''[[Raja]]'', Kshatriya, [[Hindu]] || align="center" | 9 || align="center" | Political Agent for the [[Chhattisgarh Division|Chhattisgarh]] [[Feudatory|Feudatories]]
|-
|align="center" | [[Bastar state|Bastar]] || align="center" | 13,062 || align="center" | 306,501 (chiefly [[Animism|animist]]) || align="center" | 3 || align="center" | ''Raja'', Kshatriya, Hindu || align="center" | || align="center" | Political Agent for the [[Chhattisgarh Division|Chhattisgarh]] [[Feudatory|Feudatories]]
|-
| align="center" | 13 other states|| align="center" | 12,628 || align="center" | 1,339,353 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 16 || align="center" | || align="center" | 11 || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 29,435 !! 1,996,383 !! 21 !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''[[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]] (45 states)'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 45 states under the suzerainty of the Provincial Government of the [[Punjab (British India)|Punjab]]<ref name=igi-100>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_129.gif&volume=4 100]}}</ref><ref>"Punjab States", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 174, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
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! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! [[Gun salute#In the colonial context|Gun-salute]] for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Bahawalpur (princely state)|Bahawalpur State]] || align="center" | 16,434 || align="center" | 1,341,209 (chiefly Muslim) || align="center" | 335 || align="center" | ''[[Nawab]]'', [[Daudpota|Daudputra]], Muslim || align="center" | 17 || align="center" | Political Agent for [[Phulkian]] States and Bahawalpur
|-
|align="center" | [[Patiala State]] || align="center" | 5,942 || align="center" | 1,936,259 (chiefly Sikh) || align="center" | 302.6 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', Sikh || align="center" | 17 (and 2 personal) || align="center" | Political Agent for Phulkian States and Bahawalpur
|-
| align="center" | [[Nabha State]] || align="center" | 947 || align="center" | 340,044 (chiefly Sikh) || align="center" | 38.7 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', Sikh || align="center" | 13 (and 2 local)|| align="center" | Political Agent for Phulkian States and Bahawalpur
|-
| align="center" | [[Jind State]] || align="center" | 1,299 || align="center" | 361,812 (chiefly Sikh) || align="center" | 37.4 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', Sikh || align="center" | 13 (and 2 personal) || align="center" | Political Agent for Phulkian States and Bahawalpur
|-
| align="center" | [[Kapurthala State]] || align="center" | 645 || align="center" | 378,380 (chiefly Sikh) || align="center" | 40.5 || align="center" | ''Maharaja'', Ahuluwalia, Sikh || align="center" | 13 (and 2 personal) || align="center" | Commissioner of the [[Jullundur]] Division (''ex officio'' Political Agent)
|-
| align="center" | [[Faridkot State]] || align="center" | 638 || align="center" | 199,283 (chiefly Sikh) || align="center" | 22.7 || align="center" | ''Raja'', Sikh || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | Commissioner of the Jullundur Division (''ex officio'' Political Agent)
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| align="center" | [[Garhwal Kingdom|Garhwal State]] || align="center" | 4,500 || align="center" | 397,369 (chiefly Hindu) || align="center" | 26.9 || align="center" | ''[[Maharaja]]'', [[Rajput]] Hindu || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | [[Commissioner#India|Commissioner]] of [[Kumaon Kingdom|Kumaun]] (''ex officio'' Political Agent)
|-
| align="center" | [[Khayrpur (princely state)|Khayrpur State]]|| align="center" | 6,050 || align="center" | 305,387 (chiefly Muslim) || align="center" | 15 (plus 2 local) || align="center" | ''[[Mir (title)|Mir]]'', [[Talpur]] [[Baloch people|Baloch]], Muslim || align="center" | 37.8 || align="center" | Political Agent for Khairpur
|-
| align="center" | 25 other states|| align="center" | 12,661 (in 1901) || align="center" | 1,087,614 (in 1901) || align="center" | 30 (in 1901) || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" |
|-
! Total !! 36,532 (in 1901) !! 4,424,398 (in 1901) !! 155 (in 1901) !! colspan="3" |
|}

'''[[Assam#British Assam|Assam]] (26 states)'''

{| class="wikitable"
|+ 26 states under the suzerainty of the Provincial Government of [[Assam#British Assam|Assam]]<ref name=igi-103>{{Harvnb|Imperial Gazetteer of India vol. IV|1907|p=[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V04_132.gif&volume=4 103]}}</ref><ref>"Assam States", Indian States and Agencies, ''The Statesman's Year Book 1947,'' pg 160, Macmillan & Co.</ref>
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! Name of princely state !! Area in square miles !! Population in 1941 !! Approximate revenue of the state (in hundred thousand rupees)!! Title, ethnicity, and religion of ruler !! [[Gun salute#In the colonial context|Gun-salute]] for ruler !! Designation of local political officer
|-
| align="center" | [[Manipur (princely state)|Manipur]] || align="center" | 270.3 || align="center" | 512,069 (chiefly Hindu and animist) || align="center" | 19 || align="center" | ''[[Raja]]'', [[Kshatriya]], Hindu || align="center" | 11 || align="center" | Political Agent in Manipur
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|align="center" | [[Khasi Hill States|25 Khasi States]] || align="center" | 3,778 || align="center" | 213,586 (chiefly Khasi and Christian) || align="center" | ~1 (1941, approx.) || align="center" | || align="center" | || align="center" | Deputy Commissioner, Khasi and Jaintia Hills
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! Total !! 12,416 !! 725,655 !! 20 (1941; approx.) !! colspan="3" |
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