Indian Princely States

Benaras (Varanasi)

....                      Kashi state

1194                      Part of Oudh

1740                      Benaras state

21 May 1775 - 09 May 1910 Part of the British Raj (reduced to an estate)

15 Aug 1947               Accedes to India

15 Oct 1949               Part of the United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh)




Rajas (Maharaja Bahadur from 1911)

       1740 - 19 Aug 1770 Balwant Singh

19 Aug 1770 - 14 Sep 1781 Chait Singh

14 Sep 1781 - 12 Sep 1795 Mahiput Narayan Singh

12 Sep 1795 - 04 Apr 1835 Udit Narayan Singh ........................ 1770-1835

04 Sep 1835 - 13 Jun 1889 Ishvari Prasad Singh ...................... 1822-1889

13 Jun 1889 - 04 Aug 1931 Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh .................. 1855-1931

04 Aug 1931 - 05 Apr 1939 Sir Aditya Narayan Singh .................. 1874-1939

05 Apr 1939 - 15 Oct 1949 Vibhuti Narayan Singh ..................... 1927-2000

05 Apr 1939 - 1944        Charles Robert Peters

                          (regent)

       1944 - 11 Jul 1947 Syed `Ali Khan

                          (regent)


Chief Minister

11 Jul 1947 - 15 Oct 1949 Syed `Ali Khan

Hayderabad

1720 - 1950 Quasi-independent state with an hereditary Nazim (governor)

1766 - 1947 British protectorate

1947        Nazim refuses to accede to India

17 Sep 1948 Under Indian military occupation

24 Nov 1949 Accession to India agreed

26 Jan 1950 Accession to India effective as Hyderabad state

31 Oct 1956 Part of Andhra Pradesh state


Capital: Haydarabad.

Language: Telugu, Hyderabadi, Urdu, Kannada.

Religion: Hindu, Islam.

Anthem:

Currency: Hyderabadi Rupee.


Nazim al-Molk

01 Aug 1720 - 01 Jun 1748 Qamar ad-Din Chin Qilij Khan Asaf Jah I ... 1671-1748

01 Jun 1748 - 16 Dec 1750 Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad ...................... 1712-1750

16 Dec 1750 - 13 Feb 1751 Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat ........ 17..-1751

13 Deb 1751 - 08 Jul 1762 Asaf ad-Dowla Mir Ali Salabat Jang ........ 1718-1762

08 Jul 1762 - 06 Aug 1803 Ali Khan Asaf Jah II ...................... 1734-1803

07 Aug 1803 - 21 May 1829 Mir Akbar Ali Khan Asaf Jah III ........... 1768-1829

21 May 1829 - 16 May 1857 Nasir ad-Dowla Farkhunda Ali Asaf Jan IV .. 1794-1857

18 May 1857 - 26 Feb 1869 Afzal ad-Dowla Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah V . 1827-1869

28 Feb 1869 - 29 Aug 1911 Fath Jang Mahbub Ali II Khan Asaf Jah VI .. 1866-1911

29 Aug 1911 - 25 Jan 1950 Fath Jang Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII . 1886-1967

Indian Military Governor

17 Sep 1948 - 01 Dec 1949 Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri .................... 1908-1983

Rajpramukh

26 Jan 1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Fath Jang Mir Osman Ali Khan .............. s.a


Prime ministers (presidents of the Executive Council)
       1901 - 11 Jul 1912 Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (1st time)
11 Jul 1912 -    Nov 1914 Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III
   Aug 1919 - 05 Sep 1922 Sir Sayyid Ali Imam ....................... 1869-1932
05 Sep 1922 - 01 Apr 1924 Nawab Sir Faridoon-ul-Mulk Bahadur
01 Apr 1924 - 25 Nov 1926 Wali-ud-Daula Bahadur
25 Nov 1926 - 18 Mar 1937 Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (2nd time)
18 Mar 1937 -    Sep 1941 Sir Akbar Hydari .......................... 1869-1941
   Sep 1941 - 1946        Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan

                           Chhatari (1st time) ...................... 1889-1983
   Aug 1946 -    May 1947 Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail ................. 1883–1959
        May - 29 Oct 1947 Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari (2nd time)
01 Nov      - 28 Nov 1947 Nawab Mehdi Yar Jung

                          (acting)
29 Nov 1947 - 19 Sep 1948 Mir Laik Ali

                          (provisional)

Indian Chief Civil Administrator

20 Sep 1948 - 25 Jan 1950 Dattaprasanna Sadashiv Bakhle

Chief Ministers

26 Jan 1950 - 06 Mar 1952 M.K. Vellodi

06 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao ................... 1899-1967

Mahisur (Mysore)

c.1350 Mysore state founded

1786-1799 Rule by Tibu Sultan

30 Jun 1799 Mahisur state restored as a British protectorate

19 Oct 1831 - 25 Mar 1881 Administered by British Raj

15 Aug 1947 Accession to India

28 Jun 1949 Accession to India as Mysore state

25 Jun 1950 Acession to India effective

31 Oct 1956 Mysore state enlarged

01 Nov 1973 Renamed Karnakata


Capital: Mysore

Language: Kannada

Religion: Hindu, Islam, Buddhist

Anthem: "Kayou Sri Gowri"

Currency: Gold Pagonda


Maharajas
1399-1423 Yaduraya

1423-1459 Chamaraja I Wodeyar

1459-1478 Timmaraja I Wodeyar

1478-1513 Chamaraja IIWodeyar

1513-1553 Chamaraja IIIWodeyar

1553-1572 Timmaraja II Wodeyar

1572-1576 Chamaraja IV Wodeyar

1576-1578 Bettada Wodeyar

1578-1617 Raja I Wodeyar

1617-1637 Chamaraja V Wodeyar

1637-1638 Raja II Wodeyar

       1638 - 31 Jul 1659 Narasaraja I Wodeyar

19 Aug 1659 - 11 Feb 1673 Dodda Kempadevaraja

11 Feb 1673 - 16 Nov 1704 Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar
16 Nov 1704 - 18 Feb 1714 Narasaraja II Wodeyar
18 Feb 1714 - 05 Mar 1732 Krishnaraja I Wodeyar
19 Mar 1732 - 10 Jun 1734 Chamaraja VII Wodeyar
       1734 - 25 Apr 1766 Krishnaraja II Wodeyar
25 Apr 1766 - 02 Aug 1770 Nanjaraja Wodeyar
02 Aug 1770 - 16 Sep 1776 Chamaraja VIII Wodeyar
27 Sep 1776 -    Jan 1786 Chamaraja IX Wodeyar
25 Jun 1799 - 27 Mar 1868 Mummadi Krishnaraja III Wodeyar
25 Jun 1799 - 23 Dec 1811 Dewan Purnaiya

                          (regent)
27 Mar 1868 - 28 Dec 1894 Jaina Chamarajendra Wodeyar ............... 1863-1894
28 Dec 1894 - 03 Aug 1940 Krishnaraja IV Wodeyar .................... 1884-1940
03 Aug 1940 - 25 Jan 1950 Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar ................. 1919-1974

Rajpramukh

26 Jan 1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar ................. s.a


Prime Minister

25 Oct 1947 - 25 Jan 1950 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy ........... 1902-1976

Chief Ministers

26 Jan 1950 - 30 Mar 1952 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy ........... s.a

30 Mar 1952 - 19 Aug 1956 Kengal Hanumanthaiah ...................... 1908-1980

19 Aug      - 31 Oct 1956 Kadidal Manjappa .......................... 1908-1992