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List of honorary knighthoods in India

Before the Republic of India was established on 26 January 1950, all Indian subjects of the princely states and Indian rulers were entitled to substantive knighthoods.

Rulers by Indian princely state
21-gun salute HyderabadMir Mahbub Ali Khan - GCB (1902) • Asaf Jah VII - GBE (1917) • Azam Jah - GBE (1943) MysoreKrishnaraja Wodeyar IV - GBE (1917) • Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar - GCB (1946) Jammu and KashmirRam Singh of Jammu and Kashmir - KCB (1895) • Partab Singh of Kashmir - GBE (1918) • Hari Singh - GCVO (1946), KCVO (1922) • Khan Bahhadur Akram Ali Khan. - GBE (1940) GwaliorJayajirao Scindia - GCB (1877) • Madho Rao Scindia - GCVO (1902), GBE (1917) 19-gun salute BhopalSultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum - GBE (1917) KolhapurShahu IV - GCVO (1903) 17-gun salute KotahUmed Singhji II - GBE (1918) Bahawalpur (now in Pakistan) • Sadeq Mohammad Khan V - KCVO (1922) BikanerGanga Singh - GCVO(1919), GBE (1921), KCB (1918) CutchVijayaraji - GBE (1945) JodhpurSumair Singh - KBE (1918) • Umaid Singh - KCVO (1922) PatialaBhupinder Singh - GCVO (1922), GBE (1918) • Yadavindra Singh - GBE (1942) 15-gun salute DholpurUdaybhanu Singh - KCVO (1922) DharUdajirao II - KCVO (1922), KBE (1917) IdarPratap Singh of Idar - GCB (1918), KCB (1901), GCVO (1911) RampurHamid Ali Khan Bahadur - GCVO (1911) Swat (now part of Pakistan) • Abdul Wadud - KBE (1930) 13-gun salute KapurthalaJagatjit Singh Bahadur - GBE (1927) NawanagarK.S. Ranjitsinhji - GBE (1919) RatlamSajjan Singh of Ratlam - KCVO (1922) JaoraMuhammad Ifthikar Ali Khan Bahadur - GBE (1937) PalanpurTaley Muhammad Khan Bahadur - KCVO (1922) RajpiplaVijaysinhji Chhatrasinhji - GBE (1945) TripuraBir Bikram Kishore - GBE (1946) 11-gun salute Assam Hiralal Phukan -1917(A.D.) Received the Order of British India First Class in the Delhi Durbar. Narendra Nath Phukan -1941 For fighting courageous in the Second World War. And, also received the Indian Recruiting Badge. MorviLakhdhiraji Waghji - GBE (1939) NarsingarhJodhpuriji Shri Huzur Rani Bapu Shiv Kanwarji Sahiba, Rani of Narsingarh - DBE (1924) ==Religious heads==
Religious heads
The Aga Khan As a religious head, the Aga Khan is not a monarch per se, but until 1947 merited a 13-gun salute, and is entitled to a royal style • Aga Khan III-GCMG, GCVO • Aga Khan IV-KBE (2003) ==Political pensioners==
Political pensioners
Those ruling families had lost ruling rights by the 20th century. Murshidabad (entitled to a 19-gun personal salute) • Nawab Sayyid Wasif Ali Mirza Khan-KCVO (1912) == See also ==
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