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*''British Enactments in Force in Native States'' by J M Macpherson Archive.org
 
*''British Enactments in Force in Native States'' by J M Macpherson Archive.org
 
:[https://archive.org/details/britishenactmen01indigoog ''Central India''], 2nd edition 1899, [https://archive.org/details/britishenactmen00willgoog ''Rajputana''] 2nd edition 1899, [https://archive.org/details/britishenactmen00indigoog ''Southern India (Hyderabad)''] 2nd edition 1900.
 
:[https://archive.org/details/britishenactmen01indigoog ''Central India''], 2nd edition 1899, [https://archive.org/details/britishenactmen00willgoog ''Rajputana''] 2nd edition 1899, [https://archive.org/details/britishenactmen00indigoog ''Southern India (Hyderabad)''] 2nd edition 1900.
:[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Native&filtertype_2=author&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=+Macpherson&filtertype_3=title&filter_relational_operator_3=contains&filter_3=States&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India], which  appear to include additional volumes.
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:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/discover?filtertype_1=title&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Native&filtertype_2=author&filter_relational_operator_2=contains&filter_2=+Macpherson&filtertype_3=title&filter_relational_operator_3=contains&filter_3=States&submit_apply_filter=&query=&rpp=100&sort_by=score&order=desc Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India], which  appear to include additional volumes.
 
*''Indian States Register and Directory 1929''  is available to download as a pdf on [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/10242  OUDL (Osmania University Digital Library)]. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30).  Note that the applicable pdf is file size 59.18Mb. Also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, Index actual page 641, computer page 654.  
 
*''Indian States Register and Directory 1929''  is available to download as a pdf on [http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/handle/OUDL/10242  OUDL (Osmania University Digital Library)]. May only be available Indian office hours (IST 10 am to 6 pm), (IST = GMT+5:30).  Note that the applicable pdf is file size 59.18Mb. Also available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, Index actual page 641, computer page 654.  
 
*Sample pages: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PP7    ''Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey''] edited by Arnold Wright 1922 Google Books
 
*Sample pages: [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PP7    ''Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey''] edited by Arnold Wright 1922 Google Books
 
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*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.136975 ''The Indian States and Princes''] by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1936 Archive.org (Digital Library of India Collection)
  
 
[[Category:Princely States]]
 
[[Category:Princely States]]

Revision as of 10:34, 25 January 2017

The Princely, Native or Indian States are those States in India which remained nominally under the control of their traditional or hereditary rulers.

By treaty, the Indian Government maintained Army cantonments in many of these States. These cantonments appear to have been under direct British control, as part of one of the Bengal, Madras or Bombay Presidencies.

List of main states at Independence

Records

British Library APAC records

  • Baptisms, Marriages and Burials - Indian (Princely) States 1890-1946, N/5, which consists of two volumes only. The index to these records is a single, slim volume.

They are original records and the forms have been completed in a variety of different cramped handwriting and writing materials, making many of them very difficult to read. However, the amount of information provided, particularly in the case of death, is often considerably more detailed than that found in the usual presidency returns. These records are identified in the general Z/N series of indexes. There is also a name and date index from 1923-1950 to be found on LDS film 498603; and the entire set of records is contained on two films 527422 and 527423.

These records appear to be on the LDS Family Search website.

These records, including images, are also available online on the pay website findmypast.

External Links

Historical books online

Central India, 2nd edition 1899, Rajputana 2nd edition 1899, Southern India (Hyderabad) 2nd edition 1900.
Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India, which appear to include additional volumes.