Indian princes
E401148
Indian princes were hereditary regional rulers in pre-independence India who governed princely states under varying degrees of autonomy, often bearing titles such as Maharaja, Nawab, or Nizam.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Indian princes canonical | 1 |
| Kathiawar princes | 1 |
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aristocracy
ⓘ
hereditary rulers ⓘ landed nobility ⓘ political elite ⓘ |
| boundBy |
subsidiary alliances
ⓘ
treaties with the British ⓘ |
| country | British India ⓘ |
| createdBy | hereditary succession ⓘ |
| governed | princely states ⓘ |
| hadAuthorityOver |
internal administration of their states
ⓘ
law and order in their territories ⓘ revenue collection ⓘ |
| lackedAuthorityOver |
communications policy
ⓘ
defence policy ⓘ external affairs ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Asia
ⓘ
surface form:
Indian subcontinent
|
| lostRulingPowersBy |
accession to the Dominion of India
ⓘ
accession to the Dominion of Pakistan ⓘ |
| lostRulingPowersOn | 15 August 1947 ⓘ |
| maintained |
ceremonial armies
ⓘ
palaces ⓘ royal courts ⓘ |
| oftenEducatedIn |
British public schools
ⓘ
Indian princely colleges ⓘ |
| participatedIn | Chamber of Princes ⓘ |
| politicalStatus |
semi-autonomous rulers
ⓘ
vassals of the British Crown ⓘ |
| privilegesAbolishedBy | Constitution (26th Amendment) Act, 1971 (India) ⓘ |
| received | privy purses after accession ⓘ |
| recognizedBy |
Government of British India
ⓘ
surface form:
British Government of India
|
| religion |
Hinduism
ⓘ
Islam ⓘ Sikhism ⓘ |
| socialClass |
nobility
ⓘ
royalty ⓘ |
| symbolOf |
feudal power
ⓘ
traditional authority ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-independence India ⓘ |
| title |
Begum
ⓘ
Gaekwad dynasty (historical) ⓘ
surface form:
Gaekwad
Holkar ⓘ Jam Sahib ⓘ Maharaja ⓘ Maharana ⓘ Nawab ⓘ Nizam ⓘ Raja ⓘ Scindia of Gwalior ⓘ
surface form:
Scindia
|
| underSovereigntyOf |
British Crown
ⓘ
British monarch ⓘ |
| usedLanguage |
English (in colonial period)
ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ Persian (historically) ⓘ Urdu ⓘ |
| wereSubjectOf |
British imperial policy
ⓘ
Indian nationalist criticism ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Kathiawar princes