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

Mysore

Jammu and Kashmir

Gwalior


19-gun salute

Bhopal

Kolhapur

17-gun salute

Kotah

Bahawalpur (now Pakistan)

Bikaner

Cutch

Jodhpur

Patiala


15-gun salute

Dholpur

Dhar

Idar

Rampur

Swat (now part of Pakistan)

13-gun salute

Kapurthala

Nawanagar

Ratlam

Jaora

Palanpur

Rajpipla

Tripura


11-gun salute

Assam

Hiralal Phukan -1917(A.D.)

Received Order of British India First Class in Delhi Durban.

Narendra Nath Phukan -1941

For fighting courageous in the Second World War. And, also received the Indian Recruiting Badge.

Morvi

Narsingarh

The Aga Khan

As a religious head, the Aga Khan is not a monarch per se, but until 1947 merited a 13-gun salute

Political Pensioners

Those ruling families had lost ruling rights by the 20th century.

Murshidabad (entitled to a 19-gun personal salute)

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