At the time of India’s Partition and independence, there were 562 princely states as enclaves within the Dominion of India, covering 40% of its area and comprising 23% of its population.

While the debate about a princely pension can rage on, the incident has rekindled another question: are monarchies — not to say anything of royal whims — still relevant in the 21st century? There are ...

Aimee Semple McPherson took to the radio to spread the Gospel, but her mysterious disappearance cast a shadow on her ...

Daniel Taylor spent decades solving the mystery of the yeti, the hairy, Himalayan cryptid. Following its giant footsteps also ...

(L-R) Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda (Photo: Instagram), Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) and Maharani Indira Devi of Cooch Behar (Photo: Instagram) The rulers of Princely ...

India accuses Rana of helping his longterm friend, David Coleman Headley, who was sentenced by a US court in 2013 to 35 years ...

There were a few other smaller princely states as well. There was a broad similarity in the geography across the three units. India’s climatic-ecological map will show that all of Kerala is a ...

Supreme Court judge Justice B R Gavai on Monday said that B R Ambedkar stood for a united India, batted for a “strong” central ... constitutions for the provinces as well as the princely states.” ...

The tumultuous history of the struggle for independence of the Bangladeshis and India’s role in helping the beleaguered ... Under the British, Balochistan consisted of various princely states and ...