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 (the Order of the Star of India and the Order of the Indian Empire). Those Indian rulers who received other British orders of knighthood were only considered honorary members of those orders.

"The following is a partial list of honorary British knighthoods as given to Indian rulers and members of the ruling families up to 1947 (the Orders of the Star of India and the Indian Empire are considered substantive). Rulers of states that are presently part of Pakistan are included in this article."

The order moves from the most prestigious states (21-guns) to least prestigious (9-guns):

21-gun salute

Hyderabad
*Mir Mahbub Ali Khan-GCB(1902)
*Asaf Jah VII-GBE (1917)
*Azam Jah-GBE (1943}

Mysore
*Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV-GBE (1917)
*Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar-GCB (1946)

Jammu and Kashmir
*Ram Singh-KCB (1895)
*Partab Singh of Kashmir-GBE (1918)
*Hari Singh-GCVO (1946), KCVO (1922)

Gwalior
*Jayajirao Scindia-GCB (1877)
*Madho Rao Scindia-GCVO (1902), GBE (1917)

19-gun salute

Bhopal
*Sultan Kaikhusrau Jahan Begum-GBE (1917)

Udaipur (Mewar)

Kolhapur
*Shahu IV-GCVO (1903)

17-gun salute

Kotah
*Umed Singhji II-GBE (1918)

Bahawalpur (now Pakistan)
*Sadeq Mohammad Khan V-KCVO (1922)

Bikaner
*Ganga Singh-GCVO(1919), GBE (1921), KCB (1918)

Cutch
*Vijayaraji-GBE (1945)

Jaipur

Jodhpur
*Sumair Singh-KBE (1918)
*Umaid Singh-KCVO (1922)

Patiala
*Bhupinder Singh-GCVO (1922), GBE (1918)
*Yadavindra Singh-GBE (1942)

Bundi

Cochin

Karauli

15-gun salute

Dholpur
*Udaybhanu Singh-KCVO (1922)

Datia

Dhar
*Udajirao II-KCVO (1922), KBE (1917)

Idar
*Pratap Singh of Idar-GCB (1918), KCB (1901), GCVO (1911)

Jaisalmer

Orchha

Rampur
*Hamid Ali Khan Bahadur-GCVO (1911)

Swat (now Pakistan)
*Abdul Wadud-KBE (1930)

13-gun salute

Kapurthala
*Jagatjit Singh Bahadur-GBE (1927)

Nawanagar
*K.S. Ranjitsinhji-GBE (1919)

Ratlam
*Sajjan Singh-KCVO (1922)

Jaora
*Muhammad Ifthikar Ali Khan Bahadur-GBE (1937)

Palanpur
*Taley Muhammad Khan Bahadur-KCVO (1922)

Rajpipla
*Vijaysinhji Chhatrasinhji-GBE (1945)

Tripura
*Bir Bikram Kishore-GBE (1946)

11-gun salute

Morvi
*Lakhdhiraji Waghji-GBE (1939)

Narsingarh
* Jodhpuriji Shri Huzur Rani Bapu Shiv Kanwarji Sahiba, The Rani of Narsingarh-DBE (1924)

The Aga Khan

As a religious head, the Aga Khan is not a monarch in the sense of the term, but up to 1947 merited a salute of 13-guns.

*Aga Khan III-GCMG, GCVO
*Aga Khan IV-KBE (2003)

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)

ources

[http://www.4dw.net/royalark/India/salute.htm]