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Native States
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Native States
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(Historical Terms) the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore Also called Indian States and Agencies


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Arms like swords and canon balls used by Rani Lakshmibai, the Queen of princely state Jhansi, were also exhibited.
95 Hardcover DS480 The Government of India Act, passed by British Parliament in 1935, was a complex scheme for a federated India of autonomous provinces and princely states, all ultimately under continued British rule.
THE RAJPUT community of the former princely state of Jaipur has yet to reconcile with the marriage of its princess, Diya Kumari, with a man of the same gotra or clan.
 
 
 
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