A princely state (also called native state (legally) or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of India during the British Raj that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by a local ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to a subsidiary alliance and the suzerainty or paramountcy of the British Crown.There were officially 565 princely states. in India at the time of independence in 1947, apart from thousands of zamindaris and jagirs.
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