page_title: List of princely states of British India (by region)
section_title: States of the Eastern States Agency
hierarchical_section_title: List of princely states of British India (by region) / Princely States at the time of independence on 14 August 1947 / States of the Eastern States Agency
caption_attribution_description: Faiz Mahal Palace, Khairpur, Pakistan. English: Faiz Mahal (Palace) سنڌي: 'فيض محل' اردو: فيض محل photo by Arsalan R. Kazi
context_page_description: Before the Partition of India in 1947, about 584 Princely States, also called Native States, existed in India, which were not fully and formally part of British India, the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or annexed by the British but under indirect rule, subject to subsidiary alliances.
  Things moved quickly after the partition of British India in 1947. By the end of 1949, all of the states had chosen to accede to one of the newly independent states of India or Pakistan or else had been conquered and annexed.
caption: Faiz Mahal, Khairpur
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