Indian Princely States Stamps

  HYDERABAD Hyderabad State   was an Indian  princely state  located in the south-central region of India with its capital at the city of  Hyderabad . It is now divided into  Telangana state,  Hyderabad-Karnataka  region of  Karnataka  and  Marathwada region  of  Maharashtra . The state was ruled from 1724 until 1948 by a hereditary  Nizam  who was initially a Mughal governor of the Deccan before becoming independent. Hyderabad gradually became the first princely state to come under  British paramountcy  signing a  subsidiary alliance  agreement. After the  Partition of India , Hyderabad signed a  standstill agreement  with the new  dominion of India , continuing all previous arrangements except for the stationing of Indian troops in the state. However, with the rise of militant  razakars , India found it necessary to station Indian troops and invaded the state in Se...

  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) wh...

  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 Janua...

  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 sta...