Native States

British  

plural noun

1. Also called: Indian States and Agencies.  the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore

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There was, of course, no voting in the Native States ruled by India's bejeweled potentates.

From Time Magazine Archive

The term Punjábi much more nearly, but still imperfectly, covers the people of the Panjáb, the North-West Frontier Province, Kashmír and the associated smaller Native States.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

But a constant feeling of responsibility attached to the British Government as suzerain, for any serious misrule in Native States; and a firm determination to interfere when British interference became necessary to prevent misgovernment.

From The Earl of Mayo Rulers of India by Hunter, William Wilson

This book deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Travancore and Cochin.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar

In some of the Native States the ruling families are neither of the same race nor of the same creed as the majority of their subjects.

From Indian Unrest by Chirol, Valentine, Sir