.... Kashi state
1194 Part of Oudh
1740 Benaras state
21 May 1775 - 09 May 1910 Part of the British Raj (reduced to an estate)
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India
15 Oct 1949 Part of the United Provinces (Uttar Pradesh)
Rajas (Maharaja Bahadur from 1911)
1740 - 19 Aug 1770 Balwant Singh
19 Aug 1770 - 14 Sep 1781 Chait Singh
14 Sep 1781 - 12 Sep 1795 Mahiput Narayan Singh
12 Sep 1795 - 04 Apr 1835 Udit Narayan Singh ........................ 1770-1835
04 Sep 1835 - 13 Jun 1889 Ishvari Prasad Singh ...................... 1822-1889
13 Jun 1889 - 04 Aug 1931 Sir Prabhu Narayan Singh .................. 1855-1931
04 Aug 1931 - 05 Apr 1939 Sir Aditya Narayan Singh .................. 1874-1939
05 Apr 1939 - 15 Oct 1949 Vibhuti Narayan Singh ..................... 1927-2000
05 Apr 1939 - 1944 Charles Robert Peters
(regent)
1944 - 11 Jul 1947 Syed `Ali Khan
(regent)
Chief Minister
11 Jul 1947 - 15 Oct 1949 Syed `Ali Khan
1720 - 1950 Quasi-independent state with an hereditary Nazim (governor)
1766 - 1947 British protectorate
1947 Nazim refuses to accede to India
17 Sep 1948 Under Indian military occupation
24 Nov 1949 Accession to India agreed
26 Jan 1950 Accession to India effective as Hyderabad state
31 Oct 1956 Part of Andhra Pradesh state
Capital: Haydarabad.
Language: Telugu, Hyderabadi, Urdu, Kannada.
Religion: Hindu, Islam.
Anthem:
Currency: Hyderabadi Rupee.
Nazim al-Molk
01 Aug 1720 - 01 Jun 1748 Qamar ad-Din Chin Qilij Khan Asaf Jah I ... 1671-1748
01 Jun 1748 - 16 Dec 1750 Nasir Jang Mir Ahmad ...................... 1712-1750
16 Dec 1750 - 13 Feb 1751 Muhyi ad-Din Muzaffar Jang Hidayat ........ 17..-1751
13 Deb 1751 - 08 Jul 1762 Asaf ad-Dowla Mir Ali Salabat Jang ........ 1718-1762
08 Jul 1762 - 06 Aug 1803 Ali Khan Asaf Jah II ...................... 1734-1803
07 Aug 1803 - 21 May 1829 Mir Akbar Ali Khan Asaf Jah III ........... 1768-1829
21 May 1829 - 16 May 1857 Nasir ad-Dowla Farkhunda Ali Asaf Jan IV .. 1794-1857
18 May 1857 - 26 Feb 1869 Afzal ad-Dowla Mahbub Ali Khan Asaf Jah V . 1827-1869
28 Feb 1869 - 29 Aug 1911 Fath Jang Mahbub Ali II Khan Asaf Jah VI .. 1866-1911
29 Aug 1911 - 25 Jan 1950 Fath Jang Mir Osman Ali Khan Asaf Jah VII . 1886-1967
Indian Military Governor
17 Sep 1948 - 01 Dec 1949 Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri .................... 1908-1983
Rajpramukh
26 Jan 1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Fath Jang Mir Osman Ali Khan .............. s.a
Prime ministers (presidents of the Executive Council)
1901 - 11 Jul 1912 Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (1st time)
11 Jul 1912 - Nov 1914 Nawab Yusuf Ali Khan Salar Jung III
Aug 1919 - 05 Sep 1922 Sir Sayyid Ali Imam ....................... 1869-1932
05 Sep 1922 - 01 Apr 1924 Nawab Sir Faridoon-ul-Mulk Bahadur
01 Apr 1924 - 25 Nov 1926 Wali-ud-Daula Bahadur
25 Nov 1926 - 18 Mar 1937 Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad (2nd time)
18 Mar 1937 - Sep 1941 Sir Akbar Hydari .......................... 1869-1941
Sep 1941 - 1946 Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan
Chhatari (1st time) ...................... 1889-1983
Aug 1946 - May 1947 Sir Mirza Muhammad Ismail ................. 1883–1959
May - 29 Oct 1947 Nawab Sir Muhammad Ahmad Said Khan Chhatari (2nd time)
01 Nov - 28 Nov 1947 Nawab Mehdi Yar Jung
(acting)
29 Nov 1947 - 19 Sep 1948 Mir Laik Ali
(provisional)
Indian Chief Civil Administrator
20 Sep 1948 - 25 Jan 1950 Dattaprasanna Sadashiv Bakhle
Chief Ministers
26 Jan 1950 - 06 Mar 1952 M.K. Vellodi
06 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao ................... 1899-1967
.... Kingdom of Kashmir
c.850 AD State of Jammu founded
1589 Kashmir incorporated into the Mughal Empire
1752 - 1819 Kashmir incorporated into Kingdom of Kabul
1819 - 1846 Jammu annexed by Punjab
17 Sep 1842 Kingdom of Ladakh incorporated into Jammu
1846 British cede Kashmir to Jammu
1848 Gilgit annexed by Jammu and Kashmir
1851 Baltistan incorporated into Jammu and Kashmir
1877 Hunza and Nagar states under suzerainty of Jammu and Kashmir
(British protectorates from 1889)
1935 - 01 Aug 1947 Gilgit Agency leased to British India by Jammu and Kashmir
22 Jun - 27 Oct 1947 Poonch Muslim rebellion against the Hindu Maharaja
14 Aug 1947 Jammu and Kashmir declared independent
04 Oct 1947 Azad (Free) Kashmir declared by pro-Pakistani
Muslim rebellion
22 Oct 1947 Azad Kashmir incorporated in Pakistan
22 Oct 1947 - 01 Jan 1949 Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir
26 Oct 1947 Jammu and Kashmir requests accession to India
following an invasion from Pakistan
27 Oct 1947 Accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India
(princely state autonomy continues to 1952)
01 Nov 1947 Jammu and Kashmir authority overthrone in Gilgit
03 Nov 1947 Hunza declares its accession to Pakistan
16 Nov 1947 Gilgit incorporated into Azad Kashmir,
19 Nov 1947 Nagar declares its accession to Pakistan
31 Dec 1948 U.N monitored ceasefire line between Pakistan and India
29 Apr 1949 Baltistan and Gilgit Agency transferred to Pakistan
1951 Darel and Tangir Tribal Areas accede to Pakistan
17 Nov 1956 Jammu and Kashmir declared an integral part of India
26 Jan 1957 Incorporation into India declared complete
21 Nov 1962 Aksai Chin region annexed by China (not recognised by India)
02 Mar 1963 Trans-Karakoram Tract ceded to China by Pakistan
01 Jul 1970 Federally Administered Northern Areas (Baltistan, Gilgit,
Darel and Tangir Tribal Areas, and Hunza and Nagar princely states),
administered by (but not part of) Pakistan
16 Dec 1971 - 04 Aug 1972 India occupies part of Pakistan administered Azad Kashmir
25 Sep 1974 Hunza and Nagar princely states extinguished by Pakistan
and incorporated into Northern Areas
05 Aug 2019 Autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir revoked by India
31 Oct 2019 Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, Ladakh a separate Union Territory
c.663 - c.842 Part of Tibet
c.900 Ngari Korsum kingdom
c.950 Kingdom divided into a Mar-yul (later La-dvags), Purpang
and Guge
1400 - 1470 Ladakh divided into two kingdoms
1630 - 1680 Annexation of Ngari from Tibet and Guge
1663 - 1684 Tributary of Mughal India
1684 Tributary of Tibet
1684 - 1834 Tributary of Kashmir
1834 - 1842 Vassal of Jammu
17 Sep 1842 Ladakh incorporated into Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir 1846)
27 Oct 1947 Jammu and Kashmir accedes to India
21 Nov 1962 Aksai Chin occupied by China
31 Oct 2019 Ladakh a Union Territory of India (split from Kashmir)
Kings
1460 - 1486 Bhagan
1485 - 1510 ....
1510 - 1535 Lata Jughdan
1535 - 1555 Kundga'-rnamrgyal I
1555 - 1575 Bkra-shis-rnam-rgyal I
1575 - 1595 Tshe-dhan-rnam-rgyal I
1595 - 1600 Rnam-rgyal-mgon-po
1595 - 1616 'Jam-dbyans-rnam-rgyal
1616 - 1623 Senge Rnam-rgyal (1st Time)
1623 - 1624 Norbu rNam-rgyal
1624 - 1642 Senge Rnam-rgyal (2nd Time)
1642 - 1694 bDeld-an rNam-rgyal
1680 - 1691 dDelegs rNam-rgyal
1694 - 1729 nYima rNam-rgyal
1729 - 1739 bDes-kyon-rnam-rgyal
1739 - 1758 bKra-shis-rgyal
1739 - 1753 Phun-tshogs rNam-rgyal
[Phuntsok Namgyal]
1753 - 1782 Tshe-dhan-rNam-rgyal II
[Tsewang Namgyal II]
1782 - 1802 Mi-jigs-tshe-brtan rNam-rgyal
[Tseten Namgyal]
1782 - 1794 Tshe-bdang (-regent)
[Tsewang Rigzin Dolma]
1802 - 1837 Tshe-bpal-mi-'gyur-don-grub-rNam-rgyal (1st Time)
[Tsepal Migyur Dondrup Namgyal]
1837 - 1839 dNogs-grub-bstan-'dzin (-regent)
[rGyal-tsab/sRid-skyong]
1839 - 1840 Tshe-bpal-mi-'gyur-don-grub-rNam-rgyal (2nd Time)
1840 'Jigs-med rNam-rgyal (2nd Time)
[Jigme Namgyal]
1840 - 1842 Kun-dga' rNam-rgyal II
[Kunga Namgyal]
1842 'Jigs-med rNam-rgyal (2nd Time)
[Jigme Namgyal]
Chief Ministers
1780 - 1795 Ngag-dbang [Ngawang]
1795 - 1825 Tshe-dbang [Tsewang Dhondup]
c.1350 Mysore state founded
1786-1799 Rule by Tibu Sultan
30 Jun 1799 Mahisur state restored as a British protectorate
19 Oct 1831 - 25 Mar 1881 Administered by British Raj
15 Aug 1947 Accession to India
28 Jun 1949 Accession to India as Mysore state
25 Jun 1950 Acession to India effective
31 Oct 1956 Mysore state enlarged
01 Nov 1973 Renamed Karnakata
Capital: Mysore
Language: Kannada
Religion: Hindu, Islam, Buddhist
Anthem: "Kayou Sri Gowri"
Currency: Gold Pagonda
Maharajas
1399-1423 Yaduraya
1423-1459 Chamaraja I Wodeyar
1459-1478 Timmaraja I Wodeyar
1478-1513 Chamaraja IIWodeyar
1513-1553 Chamaraja IIIWodeyar
1553-1572 Timmaraja II Wodeyar
1572-1576 Chamaraja IV Wodeyar
1576-1578 Bettada Wodeyar
1578-1617 Raja I Wodeyar
1617-1637 Chamaraja V Wodeyar
1637-1638 Raja II Wodeyar
1638 - 31 Jul 1659 Narasaraja I Wodeyar
19 Aug 1659 - 11 Feb 1673 Dodda Kempadevaraja
11 Feb 1673 - 16 Nov 1704 Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar
16 Nov 1704 - 18 Feb 1714 Narasaraja II Wodeyar
18 Feb 1714 - 05 Mar 1732 Krishnaraja I Wodeyar
19 Mar 1732 - 10 Jun 1734 Chamaraja VII Wodeyar
1734 - 25 Apr 1766 Krishnaraja II Wodeyar
25 Apr 1766 - 02 Aug 1770 Nanjaraja Wodeyar
02 Aug 1770 - 16 Sep 1776 Chamaraja VIII Wodeyar
27 Sep 1776 - Jan 1786 Chamaraja IX Wodeyar
25 Jun 1799 - 27 Mar 1868 Mummadi Krishnaraja III Wodeyar
25 Jun 1799 - 23 Dec 1811 Dewan Purnaiya
(regent)
27 Mar 1868 - 28 Dec 1894 Jaina Chamarajendra Wodeyar ............... 1863-1894
28 Dec 1894 - 03 Aug 1940 Krishnaraja IV Wodeyar .................... 1884-1940
03 Aug 1940 - 25 Jan 1950 Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar ................. 1919-1974
Rajpramukh
26 Jan 1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar ................. s.a
Prime Minister
25 Oct 1947 - 25 Jan 1950 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy ........... 1902-1976
Chief Ministers
26 Jan 1950 - 30 Mar 1952 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy ........... s.a
30 Mar 1952 - 19 Aug 1956 Kengal Hanumanthaiah ...................... 1908-1980
19 Aug - 31 Oct 1956 Kadidal Manjappa .......................... 1908-1992
c. 800 Kingdom of Venad
c.1100 Under Cheraman dynasty
17 Nov 1795 British protectorate (confirmed 1805)
15 Aug 1947 Accedes to India
30 Jun 1949 Merged with Cochin as Travancore-Cochin state
01 Nov 1956 Part of Kerala
Monarchs
800-820 Kulasekhara Alwar
820-844 Rajasekharavarman
844-885 Sthanu Ravivarman
885-917 Ramavarma
917-944 Goda Ravivarma
944-962 Indu Kothavarma
962-1019 Bhaskara Ravivarma I
979-1021 Bhaskara Ravivarma II
1021-1028 Vira Kerala
1028-1043 Rajasimha
1043-1082 Bhaskara Ravivarman III
1082-1090 Ravi Ramavarma
1090-1102 Ramavarma Kulasekhara
1102-1125 Kothavarma
1125-1155 Kotha Keralavarma
1155-1165 Vira Ravivarma
1165-1175 Adityavarma
1175-1195 Udaya Marthandavarma
1195-1205 Vira Ramavarma
1205-1215 Vira Rama Keralavarma
1215-1240 Vira Keralavarma
1240-1253 Padmanabha Marthandavarma
1299-1314 Ravivarma Kulasekhara
1314-1344 Vira Udaya Marthandavarma
1344-1350 Kunnumel Vira Keralavarma Tiruvati
1350-1376 Iravi Iravivarma
1376-1383 Adityavarma Sarvanyanatha
1383-1444 Chera Udayavarma
1444-1458 Ravivarma
1458-1469 Sri Vira Rama Marthandavarma
Kulasekhara
1469-1484 Kotha Adityavarma
1484-1512 Ravi Ravivarma
1512-1514 Ravi Keralavarma II
1514-1516 Jayasimha Keralavarma
1516-1535 Bhutalavira Sri Vira Udaya
Marthandavarma
1535-1540 Bhutalavira Ravivarma
1540-1544 Rama Keralavarma
1544-1545 Sri Vira Keralavarma
1545-1556 Ramavarma II
1556-1577 Unni Keralavarma
1577-1595 Sri Vira Udayavarma
1595-1609 Sri Vira Ravivarma
1609-1610 Adityavarma II
1610 Ramavarma III
1610-1611 Ramavarma IV
1611-1663 Ravivarma II
1663-1672 Ravivarma III
1672-1677 Adityavarma III
1677-1684 Ummayama Rani
1684-1714 Ravivarma IV
1714-1721 Adityavarma IV
1721-1729 Kulasekhara, Ramavarma V
27 Jan 1729 - 07 Jul 1758 Kulasekhara, Marthandavarma
07 Jul 1758 - 17 Feb 1798 Kulasekhara, Kartika Tirunal Ramavarma
17 Feb 1798 - 07 Nov 1810 Kulasekhara, Balaramavarma
07 Nov 1810 - 16 Apr 1813 Kulasekhara, Gouri Laksmi Bayi
(regent)
16 Apr 1813 - 27 Dec 1846 Kulasekhara, Ramavarna VI
1815 - 1829 Kulasekhara, Gouri Parvati Bayi
(regent)
1829 - 1847 Kulasekhara, Swati Tirunal
27 Dec 1846 - 18 Aug 1860 Kulasekhara, Utram Tirunal
Marthandavarma II
18 Aug 1860 - 30 May 1880 Kulasekhara, Ayilam Tirunal
Ramavarna VII
30 May 1880 - 04 Aug 1885 Kulasekhara, Ramavarma Tirunal
Ramavarma VIII
04 Aug 1885 - 07 Aug 1924 Kulasekhara, Sri Mulam Tirunal
Ramavarma IX ........................ 1857-1924
07 Aug 1924 - 06 Nov 1931 Kulasekhara, Sethu Laksmi Bayi ....... 1895-1985
(regent)
06 Nov 1931 - 30 Jun 1949 Kulasekhara, Sri Chitra Tirunal
Balaramavarma ....................... 1912-1991
Prime Ministers
24 Mar - 17 Oct 1948 Patton Thanu Pillai .................. 1885-1970
22 Oct 1948 - 30 Jun 1949 T.K Narayan Pillai ................... 1890-1971