A Salute state is a princely state (i.e. reigned by a native ruler of princely rank) which the British colonial paramount ruler has granted a gun salute, i.e. the protocollary privilege for its ruler to be greeted -originally by Royal Navy ships, later also on land- with a number of gun shots, as recognition of the state's relative status. A princely state is any state under the reign of a prince, both terms being taken in the broad sense. ... The term Paramount Ruler, or sometimes Paramount King, is a generic description, rarely an actual title, for a number of rulers position in relative terms, as the summit of a feudal-type pyramid of rulers of lesser polities (such as vassal princes) in a given historical and geographical context, often...

British India's salute states and equivalents

Salute states in present India

The gun salutes enjoyed by the states that acceded to the Dominion of India on 14th of August 1947, were:

Hereditary salutes of 21-guns:

• H.E.H. the Nizam (Muslim, a rare title) of Hyderabad and Berar
• H.H. the Maharaja (title of most major Hindu princes) of Mysore
• H.H. the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir
• H.H. the Maharaja Gaekwar (in certain states it became customary to add a unique word to the princely title, not indicating a rank but rather the dynasty or its past) of Baroda
• H.H. the Maharaja Scindia (similar) of Gwalior

Hereditary salutes of 19-guns (21-guns local): Nizam-ul-Mulk was the title of the ruler of Hyderabad state from 1724 to 1949. ... Hyderabad may refer to: Hyderabad, India, the capital city of the state of Andhra Pradesh, India Hyderabad District, India Hyderabad state, the pre-1956 Indian state Hyderabad, Pakistan, the city in Sindh, Pakistan Hyderabad District, Pakistan External Links Hyderabad Information Hyderabad Yellowpages This is a disambiguation page: a list of... Berar is a former province of British India, located in central India. ... The word Maharaja (also spelled maharajah) is Hindi as well as ancient Sanskrit for high king (a karmadharaya from maha great and rajan king). Its use is primarily for Hindu potentates (ruler or sovereign). ... Mysore (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Vadodara, also known as Baroda, is the third-most populated town in Gujarat after Ahmedabad and Surat, and is one of four towns in the state with a population of over 1 million, the other being Rajkot. ... Teli-ka-Mandir Fortress of Gwalior tiles with symbolic images colossal figures Gwalior is a city in Madhya Pradesh, India. ...

• H.H. the Nawab of Bhopal
• H.H. the Maharaja Holkar (as above) of Indore
• H.H. the Maharana of Udaipur (Mewar)

Hereditary salutes of 19-guns: Nawab (Urdu: نواب ) was originally the subadar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. ... Bhopāl (भोपाल) is a city in central India. ... Indore is the commercial capital of the Malwa region and the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh (MP). ... Suhadia Circle at Night Udaipur (उदयपुर) is a city in Rajasthan, India. ...

• H.H. the Maharaja of Kolhapur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Travancore

Hereditary salutes of 17-guns (19-guns personal): only H.H. the Maharaja of Kotah Kolhapur is a beautiful city, situated in the south west corner of Maharashtra, India. ... Travancore or Thiruvithaamkoor (Malayalam: തിരുവിതാങ്കൂര്‍ [], തിരുവിതാംകൂര്‍ [], തിരുവിതാങ്കോട് []) or Tamil திருவிதாங்கூர் was a princely state in India with its capital at Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). ... Kota, also known as Kotah, is a city in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan. ...

Hereditary salutes of 17-guns (19-guns local):

• H.H. the Maharaja of Bharatpur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Bikaner
• H.H. the Maharao of Cutch
• H.H. the Maharaja of Jaipur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Jodhpur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Patiala

Hereditary salutes of 17-guns: Bharatpur is a city in Rajasthan state of India. ... Bikaner is a city in north-western Rajasthan state in western India. ... Kutch (also Cutch or Kachh) is a district of Gujarat state in western India. ... Also known as the Pink City, Jaipur has a long, rich and colorful history. ... Jodhpur seen from Mehrangarh Fort. ... Patiala is a city in the Punjab state of India. ...

• H.H. the Maharao of Bundi
• H.H. the Maharaja of Cochin
• H.H. the Maharaja of Karauli
• H.H. the Maharaja of Rewa
• H.H. the Nawab of Tonk

Hereditary salutes of 15-guns (17-guns personal): only H.H. the Maharaj Rana of Dholpur Bundi is a city of approximately 74,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. ... Cochin may refer to: Cochin China Kingdom of Kochi, a former princely state of India, merged with Travancore to form the State of Kerala Cochin city, the former name of the city of Kochi, in Kerala Hôpital Cochin, a famous hospital in Paris, France Cochin font, from the Adobe... Karauli (also Karoli or Kerowlee) is a town in Rajasthan state of India. ... Rewa is a city in northern Madhya Pradesh state, central India. ... Tonk has several meanings. ... Dholpur (also Dhaulpur) is a city in eastern Rajasthan state of India. ...

Hereditary salutes of 15-guns (17-guns local): only H.H. the Maharaja of Alwar Alwar or Ulwar was a princely state in India during the time of British rule, in what is now Rajasthan. ...

Hereditary salutes of 15-guns:

• H.H. the Maharawal of Banswara
• H.H. the Maharaja of Datia
• H.H. the Maharaja of Dewas Senior
• H.H. the Maharaja of Dewas Junior
• H.H. the Maharaja of Dhar
• H.H. the Maharawal of Dungarpur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Idar
• H.H. the Maharaja of Jaisalmer
• H.H. the Maharaja of Kishangarh
• H.H. the Maharaja of Orchha
• H.H. the Maharawat of Partabgarh
• H.H. the Nawab of Rampur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Sikkim (in the Himalaya; remained independent at India's independence, later annexed unilaterally)
• H.H. the Maharao of Sirohi

Hereditary salutes of 13-guns (15-guns personal and local): Banswara is a city and district in south Rajasthan in India. ... Datia is a city and district in northern Madhya Pradesh state, India. ... Dhar is a town in the Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh state in central India. ... Dungarpur is a city in southern Rajasthan state of India. ... Idar is a town in the Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, India, located about 20 km north of Himatnagar and 25 km from Gujarats border with Rajasthan. ... Jaisalmer (The Golden City) is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. ... Kishangarh is the name of a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. ... Orchha (or Urchha) is a town in Tikamgarh district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. ... This article is about the city and district in Uttar Pradesh. ... Rampur is a former princely state of India ruled by a Muslim Nawab. ... Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayas. ... Sirohi is a city in southern Rajasthan state in western India. ...

• H.H. the Maharaja of Jind
• H.H. the Nawab of Junagadh
• H.H. the Maharaja of Kapurthala

Hereditary salutes of 13-guns (15-guns local): Jind is a town in Jind District, Haryana state, India. ... Junagadh is a city, in Junagadh District, in the Indian state of Gujarat. ... Sainik School, Kapurthala Kapurthala (Punjabi: ) is a city in Punjab state of India. ...

• H.H. the Maharaja of Benares
• H.H. the Maharaja of Bhavnagar
• H.H. the Maharaja of Nabha
• H.H. the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar
• H.H. the Maharaja of Ratlam

Hereditary salutes of 13-guns: Benares (also known as Banaras, Kashi, Kasi and Varanasi (वाराणसी)) is a Hindu holy city on the banks of the river Ganga or Ganges in the modern north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. ... Bhavnagar is a city in the Gujarat state of India. ... Nabha is a city of northwestern India, in southeastern Punjab state. ... Jamnagar is a city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, and serves as the capital of the Jamnagar district. ... Ratlam (or Rijtlam), is a city and district in the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ...

• H.H. the Maharaja of Cooch Behar
• H.H. the Maharaja Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra-Halvad
• H.H. the Nawab of Jaora
• H.H. the Maharaj Rana of Jhalawar
• H.H. the Nawab of Palanpur
• H.H. the Maharaja Rana Sahib of Porbandar
• H.H. the Maharaja of Rajpipla
• H.H. the Maharaja of Tripura

Hereditary salutes of 11-guns (13-guns local): only H.H. the Nawab of Janjira (formerly Thanadar of Jafarabad (Jafrabad) and Wasir of Janjira) To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jaora is a town in Ratlam district of Malwa, which had been a princely state before independence. ... Jhalawar is south most district of Rajasthan. ... Before Indias independence, Palanpur was ruled by Navab, a Muslim ruler. ... Porbandar is a town in the Gujarat state of India. ... Rajpipla is the headquarters of Narmada district in the state of Gujarat, in India. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tripura Tripura (ত্রিপুরা) is a state in North-east India. ... Murud-Janjira ... A Vizier (وزير, sometimes also spelled Vizir, Wasir, Wazir, Wesir, Wezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages) is an oriental, originally Persian, term for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or Minister, often to a Muslim monarch such as a Caliph, Amir, Malik (king) or Sultan. ...

Hereditary salutes of 11-guns:

• H.H. the Maharaja of Ajaigarh
• H.H. the Raja of Ali Rajpur
• H.H. the Nawab of Baoni
• H.H. the Maharana of Barwani
• H.H. the Maharaja of Bijawar
• H.H. the Nawab of Cambay
• H.H. the Raja of Chamba
• H.H. the Maharaja of Charkhari
• H.H. the Maharaja of Chhatarpur
• H.H. the Raja of Faridkot
• H.H. the Maharaja of Gondal
• H.H. the Raja of Jhabua
• H.H. the Raja of Bilaspur
• H.H. the Nawab of Maler Kotla
• H.H. the Raja of Mandi
• H.H. the Raja of Manipur
• H.H. the Maharaja of Morvi
• H.H. the Maharaja of Narsinghgarh
• H.H. the Maharaja of Panna
• H.H. the Raja of Pudukkottai
• H.H. the Nawab of Radhanpur
• H.H. the Raja of Rajgarh
• H.H. the Raja of Sailana
• H.H. the Raja of Samthar
• H.H. the Maharaja of Sirmur
• H.H. the Raja of Sitamau
• H.H. the Raja of Suket
• H.H. the Maharaja of Tehri Garhwal
• H.H. the Maharana Raj Sahib of Wankaner

Hereditary salutes of 9-guns (11-guns personal): [[Image:|thumb|right|300px|The Royal Flag of Ajaygarh]] Ajaigarh, or Adjygurh, is a former princely state of India, in Bundelkhand, under the Central India Agency. ... Ali Rajpur is a formerly princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopawar Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. ... Barwani also known as Badwani or Siddh Nagar, is a town in southwestern Madhya Pradesh state of India. ... Bijawar, covering an area of 2520 sq km and currently a part of Madhya Pradesh state, was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. ... Cambay, also known as Khambhat, is a town in Gujarat state, India. ... Chamba, the northwestern district of Himachal Pradesh, has a common border with Jammu. ... Charkhari, covering an area of 745 sq mile and currently a part of Madhya Pradesh state, was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. ... Chhatarpur is a city and district in Madhya Pradesh state of India. ... Faridkot (1981 pop. ... Gondal is a town about 40 km south of the city of Rajkot in the Rajkot District of Gujarat. ... Jhabua is a town in western Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Bilaspur, a district of Himachal Pradesh, India is famous for the manmade Govind Sagar Lake on the Sutlej River, acts as the reservoir for the Bhakra and Nangal Dam project. ... Malerkotla is a town in the present-day Indian state of Punjab, which was the seat of the eponymous princely state during the British Raj. ... Mandi is the central district of Himachal Pradesh. ... Manipur is a state in northeastern India making its capital in the city of Imphal. ... Morvi is a town in Rajkot district, Gujarat state, India. ... Narsinghgarh is a town of historical importance in Damoh district of Madhya Pradesh in India. ... Panna can refer to: Panna, India, a city in the state of Madhya Pradesh; Paññā is the Pāli equivalent of the Sanskrit prajñā, a term used in Buddhist philosophy. ... Pudukkottai is a city in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. ... Radhanpur is a town in the Banaskantha District of North Gujarat, India. ... Rajgarh is a city and district in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Sailana is a town in the Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. ... Sitamau is a town in the Mandsaur district of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. ... Tehri Garhwal District is a district of Uttaranchal state of northern India. ...

• H.H. the Maharaol of Baria
• H.H. the Raja of Dharampur
• H.H. the Raja of Sangli

Hereditary salute of 9-guns (11-guns local): only H.H. the Sar Desai of Savantwadi Baria used to be an Indian state, but is now part of Gujarat, Western India. ... Dharampur, a state of India (acceded June 10, 1948), is located in scenic Himachel Pradesh, on the banks of the Swaragavahini River. ... River Krishna near Sangli, Maharashtra The twin cities, Sangli and Miraj are located in the Indian state of Maharashtra, nearly 400 KMs south east of Mumbai. ...

Hereditary salutes of 9-guns:

• The Nawab Babi of Balasinor
• The Nawab of Banganapalle
• The Maharaja of Bansda
• The Raja of Baraundha
• The Raja of Bhor
• The Raja of Chhota Udepur
• The Maharana of Danta
• The Thakore Sahib of Dhrol
• The Maharaja of Jawhar
• The Maharaja of Kalahandi
• The Raja of Khilchipur
• The Thakore Sahib of Limbdi
• The Nawab of Loharu
• The Maharaja of Lunawara
• The Raja of Maihar
• The Maharaja of Mayurbhanj
• The Raja of Mudhol
• The Raja of Nagod
• The Thakore Sahib of Palitana
• The Maharaja of Patna
• The Thakore Sahib of Rajkot
• The Nawab of Sachin
• The Raja of Sant
• The Raja of Shahpura
• The Maharaja of Sonepur
• The Maharana of Wadhwan

Personal salute of 9-guns: only The Raja of Bashahr Banganapalle is a town in Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. ... Bansda, covering an area of 557 sq km and currently a part of Gujrat state, was one of the Princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. ... Bhor was one of the princely states of British India, under the Poona political agency of the Bombay Presidency, and later the Deccan States Agency. ... In the Sc2k5, only one man could challenge the mighty beast known as No-Tits McGee. ... Jawhar is a town and a hill station in the Thane District of Maharastra state. ... Kalahandi is a district of Orissa, India. ... Khilchipur is a town in Rajgarh District of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. ... Limbdi is a town in Saurashtra in the state of Gujarat in India. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Maihar is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Mayurbhanj is a district of Orissa, India that is situated in the northern part of the state of Orissa. ... Mudhol is a town in the Bagalkot District in the Northern part of the state of Karnataka, India. ... Nagod or Nagode is a town in Madhya Pradesh state of central India. ... Palitana is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains. ... For other uses, see Patna (disambiguation). ... Rajkot (2005 pop. ... Sachin may refer to: Sachin Tendulkar (born 1973), Indian cricketer Sachin, Pas-de-Calais, a commune in France Sachin (princely state), India This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... This article needs cleanup. ... This article belongs in one or more categories. ... Sonepur is a district in Orissa, India. ... Wadhwan CITY anciently known as vardhaman nagari is a small town located in surendranagar district in Gujarat state of INDIA. It is located close to the river bhogavo which hasnt had water since a long time. ... Bashahr was a princely state in pre-independence India, located in the hills of what is now Himachal Pradesh and traversed by the Sutlej river. ...

Some of the rulers not listed above were granted increased gun salutes after the independence, e.g. the Maharana of Mewar (Hindu; at Udaipur, Maharajpramukh in Rajasthan) was raised to first place in the Order of Precedence, displacing the Nizam of Hyderabad and Berar (Muslim), and all 9-gun states were permitted the use of the style of Highness. However, it has not been possible to obtain complete details for all the rulers.

Salute states in present Pakistan

Twelve Muslim princely states in western India acceded on 14 August 1947 to the Dominion (a republic since 1948) of Pakistan as devised by independence from British India. Over time, they were amalgamated into larger federations and provinces culminating in the establishment of two large provinces, East and West Pakistan. Most of the princely states in the western part of the country merged into the Province of West Pakistan (the present Pakistan, the only other province then was East Pakistan, present Bangladesh) at is creation on 14 October 1955. Although some frontier states continued to be administered as separate units, these were eliminated in 1971; all styles and titles enjoyed by the former ruling families ceased to be officially recognised by the Government of Pakistan in January 1972. British India (otherwise known as The British Raj) was a historical period during which most of the Indian subcontinent, or present-day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Myanmar, were under the colonial authority of the British Empire (Undivided India). ... Independent (as part of Pakistan) from British Empire - August 14, 1947 Separated from East Pakistan as Pakistan - March 26, 1971 Capital Karachi Language Urdu, English West Pakistan consisted of the western part of Pakistan from 1947 until 1971, when East Pakistan became Bangladesh and West Pakistan became the present-day...

The order of precedence of the Salute States that acceded to Pakistan in 1947 was as follows:

• Hereditary salute of 19-guns: H.H. the Khan of Kalat
• Hereditary salute of 17-guns: H.H. the Nawab (later styled Amir) of Bahawalpur
• Hereditary salute of 15-guns: H.H. the Mir of Khairpur
• Hereditary salute of 11-guns: H.H. the Mehtar of Chitral

After several promotions and two further post-colonial awardings -which India didn't do as a republic- the gun salutes enjoyed by the states in Pakistan were as follows in 1966: Nawab (Urdu: نواب ) was originally the subadar (provincial governor) or viceroy of a subah (province) or region of the Mughal empire. ...

• Hereditary salute of 21-guns: only H.H. the Amir of Bahawalpur
• Hereditary salute of 19-guns: only H.H. the Khan of Kalat
• Hereditary salute of 17-guns: only H.H. the Mir of Khairpur
• Hereditary salute of 15-guns:
  • H.H. the Mir of Hunza (granted this gun salute by President Ayub Khan in 1966, previously non-salute)
  • H.H. the Wali of Swat (also granted by President Ayub Khan in 1966, previously non-salute)
• Hereditary salute of 11-guns: only H.H. the Mehtar of Chitral.

Emir (also sometimes rendered as Amir or Ameer, Arabic commander) is a title of nobility historically used in Islamic nations of the Middle East and North Africa. ... Bahawalpur is a city of Pakistan (1998 pop. ... Khan (sometimes spelled as xan, han, Polish chan) is a title with many meanings, originally commander, leader or ruler, in Mongolian and Turkish. ... The city of Kalat is located roughly in the center of Balochistan, Pakistan, south and slightly west of the provincial capital Quetta. ... Mir (Мир, which can mean both world and peace in Russian) was a highly successful Soviet (and later Russian) space station. ... Khairpur (khīr´poor) is a city in the Sindh province in southeast Pakistan. ... This page is about the town of Hunza in northern areas of Pakistan. ... Wali (plural Auliyaa) is an Arabic word, literally meaning protector or guardian, also adopted in various other Islamic cultures. ... Special response teams are heavily armed and armored. ... Chitral, or Chitrāl, is the name of a town (35° 53 N; 71° 48 E), valley, river, district, and former princely state in the Malakand Division of the Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan. ...

Salute dynasties on the Indian subcontinent without states

Personal salute of 11-guns: only H.H. the Aga Khan (in fact a religious leader of the Nizari Ismaili branch of Islam), the only salute not attached to any territorial principality Aga Khan (Persian: آقا خان ) is the hereditary title of the Imam (spiritual and general leader), of the Nizari (Nizari Ismaili) sect (result of the 1094 split with the Mustaˤliyya who followed Nizars younger brother Al-Mustali) within the Ismaili branch of Islam. ... The Ismaili ( اسماعيلي, Persian Esmaaili) branch of Islam is the second-largest Shia community, after the Twelvers who are dominant in Iran. ...

Furthermore salutes were awarded to certain Political Pensioners, notably: A pension is a steady income paid to a person (usually after retirement). ...

• 21 guns for Khudadad, i.e. Tippu Sultan's Muslim empire, starting from the usurped Mysore throne (also 21 guns), meant to replace Delhi's (Mughal) Padshah-i Hind
• 19 guns (only personal and local) for the Nawab of Murshidabad, as heirs of greater Bengal (including present Bangladesh, Bihar, Orissa and West Bengal)
• 15 guns (until 1899) for HH the Nawab (later restyled Prince) of Arcot, i.e. the Carnatic
• 9 guns for HH the Nawab of Banganapalle

Mysore (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... Murshidabad is a district of the state of West Bengal, India. ... Bengal, known as Bôngo (Bengali: বঙ্গ), Bangla (বাংলা), Bôngodesh (বঙ্গদেশ), or Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ) in Bangla, is a region in the northeast of South Asia. ... Arcot is a city and metropolitan district in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. ... Banganapalle is a town in Andhra Pradesh state, southern India. ...

Elsewhere

Unfortunately these data had to be scrambled together from different sources, mainly one concerning the 1912 situation which seems to ignore the differences between hereditary, personal and local salutes.

• 31 guns - This unusual class was reserved for truly sovereign and independent Absolutist oriental monarchies, not under full British control:
  • HH the Muslim King (styled Badshah or Emir) of Afghanistan (Durranni dynasty)
  • HH the Buddhist King of Siam (the present Thailand)

• 21 guns:
  • HH the Sultan of Mascat [the Ibadi Imamate became a sovereign nation as Sultanate of (Muscat –the core, named after the capital, of modern- and) Oman
  • HM (since?) the King (a Maharajadhiraja) of Nepal (sovereign, Hindu kingdom in the Himalaya)
  • HM (since?) the Sultan/Hami of Zanzibar (an East African sultanate on the islands now part of Tanzania, set up by a branch of the Omani sultans)
  • HM the native (Indian tribal) King of Mosquito Coast (in present Nicaragua; styled His Majesty, most unusual as HM is normally reserved for the Paramount Ruler and its (independent) peers; under British protectorate since 1688, formalized in 1749 with appointment of a resident Superintendant; Britain relinquished control in 1783-87; Nicaraguan sovereignty was recognized in 1860 under the Treaty of Managua, hence the King considered a mere Chief, in 1894 militarily driven into exile to Jamaica)

• 19 guns: HH the Dalai lama of Tibet, a semi-sovereign theocratic -Buddhist- nation before annexation by the people’s Republic of China

• 15 guns: HH the Druk Desi (since 1963 HM the Druk Gyalpo) & (since 1951) Maharaja of Bhutan [a sovereign Buddhist Himalayan nation]

• 9 guns: * the Kabaka (native, tribal King) of Buganda [in [Western] Uganda, granted after (?) 1912, before 1939 permanent grant)
• 3 guns: all in peninsular Arabia: all in Trucial Oman, known as the ‘Pirate Coast’ (- ?no agency? Persian Gulf residency?; now all among the 7 constitutive emirates of the sovereign nation UAE):
  • Ajman
  • Dubai
  • Ras al-Khaimah
  • Sharjah
  • Umm al-Qaiwain

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Sources and references

• RoyalArk - here India
• - Ed Haynes' list for circa 1911- various copies circulate, none propely annotated