Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia (Template:Lit) was a title in the Indian subcontinent.[1] It was used by the Maharajas of Baroda and Patiala.[1]
History
Narinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, for his conspicuous service to the East India Company during the rebellion of 1857, was first granted the title of Farzand-i-Khas on 2 June 1858, to which the words Daulat-i-Inglishia were added by the British on 14 January 1860.[2][3] When the Delhi Durbar was held on 1 January 1877 to proclaim Victoria the Empress of India, Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the Maharaja of Baroda, who was attending it, was conferred this title there.[4][5] He was granted the sanad confirming this by Lord Lytton, the then Viceroy and Governor-General of India, on 21 July 1887.[6]
See also
- Farzand-i-Dilband Rasikh-al-Iqtidad-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia
- Farzand-i-Saadat-i-Nishan-i-Hazrat-i-Kaiser-i-Hind
- Farzand-i-Dilpazir-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The golden book of India, a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire{{#if:Lethbridge|, Lethbridge}. London Macmillan(1893)
- ↑ Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey{{#if:Solomon|, Solomon}. Asian Educational Services(2006). ISBN 978-81-206-1965-4
- ↑ Memoranda On Native States In India, 1911{{#if:Not Available|, Not Available}(1911)
- ↑ Economic & Political Life in H.H. the Gaekwad's Dominions: (Baroda Or Bhagyanagar Raj in Western India){{#if:Gowda|, Gowda}. S.L. Gowda(1944)
- ↑ Memoranda On Native States In Indian 1907{{#if:Not Available|, Not Available}(1908)
- ↑ Proceedings of the ... Session{{#if:Commission|, Commission}. The Commission(1971)