Indian Princely States Stamps

  BENGAL Bengal played a major role in the  Indian independence movement , in which  revolutionary groups  were dominant. Armed attempts to overthrow the British Raj began with the rebellion of  Titumir , and reached a climax when  Subhas Chandra Bose  led the  Indian National Army  against the British. Bengal was also central in the rising political awareness of the Muslim population—the  All-India Muslim League  was established in Dhaka in 1906. The Muslim homeland movement pushed for a sovereign state in eastern British India with the  Lahore Resolution  in 1943.  Hindu nationalism  was also strong in Bengal, which was home to groups like the  Hindu Mahasabha . In spite of a last-ditch effort to form a  United Bengal , when India  gained independence  in 1947, Bengal was  partitioned  along religious lines.  The western part went to India (and was named West Bengal) while the eastern part joined Pakistan as a province called  East Bengal  (later renamed  East Pakistan , giving ris

  UNITED  PROVINCE (Later on became Uttar Pradesh) The  United Provinces of Agra and Oudh  was a  province  of India under the  British Raj , which existed from 1902 to 1947; the official name was shortened by the  Government of India Act 1935  to  United Provinces  ( UP ), by which the province had been commonly known, and by which name it was also a province of independent  India  until 1950. It corresponded approximately to the present-day Indian  states  of  Uttar Pradesh  (UP) and  Uttarakhand .  Allahabad  served as the administrative headquarters and the capital of the province. From 1856 to 1902, the region had existed as two separate provinces,  North-Western Provinces  and  Oudh State . The United Provinces became a province of the newly independent  India  in 1947; upon the coming into force of the new  Constitution of India  on 26 January 1950, it became a state by the name of  Uttar Pradesh . In 2000 part of the state was detached to form the new state of Uttaranchal

  4 Rupees, Green, Elephants holding Conch shell, Ref. # 94  (Overprinted with KERALA in black) Postage  Stamps :- 2 Pies Four Paisa, Blue   

  Court fee stamps of different states overprinted with United state of Rajasthan in Hindi (key shape)  , “ सन्युक्त राजस्थान सरकार ”. Banswara court fee stamp of one anna of type 15 , Rose Red, Ref. # 151 Bundi court fee stamp of 6 Annas of type 12, Lemon Yellow   ,  Ref.  # 125 Kushalgarh court fee stamp of One Rupee of type 6, Brown Ref. # 75 Kushalgarh court fee stamp of two Rupees of type 6, Greenish Blue , Ref. # 76 Kota court fee stamp of Four Annas ( 4As. ),Type-30, Blue , Ref. # 302 Jhalawar court fee stamp of one Anna ,Type-25, Green , Ref. # 251 Jhalawar court fee stamp of one Anna  of  Type-25, Purple , Ref. # 256 Mewar state court fee stamp of two Annas  of  Type-20, Red , Ref. # 201 Mewar state court fee stamp of two Annas of  Type-25, Brown (printed with Red ink) Mewar state court fee stamp of two Annas of Type-25, Brown (printed with Blue ink) Mewar State court fee stamp of 2 Annas of type 28  Mewar State court fee stamp of 8 Annas of type 28 Mewar State court fee s