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Before the partition of India in 1947, about 584 princely states, also called "native states", existed in India. [1] These were not part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which were under direct British administration, but rather under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances.
The largest of these were Jeypore Estate which was the largest amongst all zamindaris in the Presidency with an area of 12,000 square miles (31,000 km 2), Vizianagaram with 2,970 square miles (7,700 km 2), Ramnad, Ganapur and Sivaganga, Ramnad and Sivaganga being demoted princely states, were larger in size than the princely states of Cochin or ...
The states are listed alphabetically; this list complements the list of princely states of British India, which is arranged by region and agency. Geographical and administrative assigning is indicative, as various names and borders have changed significantly, even entities (provinces, principalities) split, merged, renamed, etc .
In 1937, the Congress won in most parts of India (excluding the princely states) in the 1937 state elections, and started to intervene in the affairs of the states. [4] In the same year, Gandhi played a major role in proposing a federation involving a union between British India and the princely states, with an Indian central government.
Princely states of British India's Madras States Agency, . later merged into the directly-ruled Madras Presidency (or - Province), which became Madras State, . and after its break-ups now in Andhra Pradesh (Banganapalle), Karnataka (Sandur), Kerala (Travancore and Cochin) and Tamil Nadu (Pudukkottai)
The following lists of princely states of (British) India have been compiled: Flags of Indian princely states; List of princely states of British India (alphabetical)
Travancore–Cochin (formerly Travancore Princely State and Cochin Princely State). The ten Part C states included both the former chief commissioners' provinces and some princely states, and each was governed by a chief commissioner appointed by the President of India. The Part C states were: Ajmer (formerly Ajmer-Merwara Province),
A few princely states, notably Ramnad and Pudukkottai also merged into the Presidency at some or the other time. The Presidency lasted till 1950, when it became the Madras State after India became a republic. In 1953, Telugu-speaking regions of the state split to form Andhra State.