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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, and their records were part of the Presidency records. In contrast, Railway Colonies located in Princely States do not appear to have been under British control, and their records were not part of the British records.
==List of main states at Independence==
These records appear to be on the [[LDS]] [[IGI|Family Search website]].
'''These records, including images, are also available online on the pay website [[Findmypast|findmypast]]'''. ==Also see==*[[Imperial Service Troops]], later called Indian States Forces.
==External Links==
*''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.
:[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 For possible additional volumes. [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28British%20Enactments%20in%20Force%20in%20Native%20States%20%29 Archive.org versions]*''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 on [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85432 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection]. Index page 641.
*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
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.29448 ''The Princes Of India with a Chapter on Nepal''] by Sir William Barton 1934. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
