Wiki lists all princely states, and half way of the page, it says “Other states under provincial governments”, so not ‘princely’, and that's where we find Travancore. But I also find Bahawalpur under the “Other states”, and that is listed as a princely state in Numista. But when you click through to the respective pages of Travancore and Bahawalpur, then both are called princely states there 🙄
Probably a very tough discussion, which was more relevant back then, then it is for coin collectors in our days.
As per my knowledge Travancore enjoyed the status of an Indian Kingdom in the 17th century. But in the early 19th century it became a princely state of the British Empire.
Wiki lists all princely states, and half way of the page, it says “Other states under provincial governments”, so not ‘princely’, and that's where we find Travancore. But I also find Bahawalpur under the “Other states”, and that is listed as a princely state in Numista. But when you click through to the respective pages of Travancore and Bahawalpur, then both are called princely states there 🙄
Probably a very tough discussion, which was more relevant back then, then it is for coin collectors in our days.
Ah I see, i forgot it could be down to Numista classification. Bhutan and Nepal were kingdoms as they did not get incorporated into India during the British Raj period although they had to submit to British suzerainty.
Else Hyderabad was the most prestigious of the Indian Princely States, closely followed by others such as travancore, Bahawalpur, Gwalior, Baroda, Indore, Jaipur etc
