Patiala State

State of Patiala
State of Patiala
1762–1947
	Flag Coat of arms
Status	Kingdom (1763-1809) ; Princely State (1809-1947
Capital	Patiala
Common languages	Punjabi (official)
Religion	Sikh
Government	Absolute monarchy
Maharaja
• 1762 - 1765	Ala Singh
• 1938 - 1947	Yadavindra Singh
History
• Established	1762
• Disestablished	1947
Area
• Total	15,389 km2 (5,942 sq mi)
Population
• 1881	1,467,433
• 1891	1,583,521
• 1901	1,596,692
Currency	Rupee and Paisa
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Mughal Empire
	Durrani Empire
	Phulkian Misl
East India Company
Sikh Empire
PEPSU
Republic of India
Today part of	India; Pakistan
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Patiala State was a kingdom and princely state in British India, and one of the Phulkian States, that acceded to the Union of India upon Indian independence and partition in 1947. The state was founded by Ala Singh in 1762.^[2]^[3] Patiala State was the largest and most important princely state in the Punjab Province.^[4] The state's ruler, the Maharaja of Patiala, was entitled to a 17-gun salute and held precedence over all other princes in the Punjab Province during the British Raj.^[2] The state was ruled by Jat Sikhs of the Sidhu gotra (clan).^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c Imperial gazetteer of India. Vol. XX Pardi to Pusad. 1908. pp. 40, 42.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Truhart, Peter (2017). Regents of Nations: Asia, Australia-Oceania, Part 2 (Reprint ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 1398–1399. ISBN 9783111616254.
^ Bond, J. W.; Wright, Arnold (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. pp. 232–242. ISBN 978-81-206-1965-4. Archived from the original on 20 June 2024. Retrieved 13 June 2024.