Farzand-i-Khas-i-Daulat-i-Inglishia (lit. 'Favourite son of the English Government') was a title in the Indian subcontinent.[1] It was used by the Maharajas of Baroda and Patiala.[1]
History[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lethbridge, Roper (1893). 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. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Macmillan. pp. xx.
- ↑ Solomon, R. V.; Bond, J. W. (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services. p. 234. ISBN 978-81-206-1965-4.
- ↑ Not Available (1911). Memoranda On Native States In India, 1911. p. 290.
- ↑ Gowda, M. Sankar Linge (1944). Economic & Political Life in H.H. the Gaekwad's Dominions: (Baroda Or Bhagyanagar Raj in Western India). S.L. Gowda. pp. v.
- ↑ Not Available (1908). Memoranda On Native States In Indian 1907. p. 158.
- ↑ Commission, Indian Historical Records (1971). Proceedings of the ... Session. The Commission. p. 296.