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List of Indian monarchs - Definition and Overview

Rulers in India uptil the current age.

The following list of Indian monarchs is one of several lists of incumbents.

Rulers who ruled any part of the Indian subcontinent and were based in South Asia will be included in this list.

For more information on History of South Asia.

Contents

Maurya Dynasty (324 BC-184 BC)

Gupta Dynasty (319-?)

Slave Dynasty (1206-1290)

Khilji Dynasty (1290-1321)

  • Jalal ud din Firuz Khilji (1290-1294)
  • Ala ud din Khilji (1294-1316)
  • Qutb ud din Mubarak Shah (1316-1321)

Tughlaq Dynasty (1321-1398)

  • Ghiyas ud din Tughluq Shah (1321-1325)
  • Muhammad bin Tughluq (1325-1351)
  • Firuz Shah Tughluq (1351-1388)
  • Ghiyas ud din Tughlaq II (1388-1389)
  • Abu Baker (1389-1390)
  • Nasir ud din Muhammad (1390-1394)
  • Mahmud Nasir ud din (Sultan Mahmud) at Dehli (1394-1413)
  • Nusrat Shah at Firuzabad

Invasion of Taimur in 1398 and the end of the Tughluq Dynasty as known earlier.

Bahmani Dynasty (1322-1527)

  • Ala ud din Bahman Shah (1347-1358) (Capital: Gulbarga)
  • Muhammad Shah I (1358-1375)
  • Ala ud din Mujahid Shah (1375-1378)
  • Daud Shah I (1378)
  • Muhammad Shah II (1378-1397)
  • Ghiyas ud din Tahmatan Shah (1397)
  • Shams ud din Daud Shah II (1397)
  • Taj ud din Feroz Shah (1397-1422)
  • Shahab ud din Ahmad Shah I (1422-1435) (Capital: Bidar)
  • Ala ud din Ahmad Shah II (1436-1458)
  • Ala ud din Humayun Shah (1458-1461)
  • Nizam ud din Ahmad Shah III (1461-1463)
  • Shams ud din Muhammad Shah III (1463-1482)
  • Mahmud Shah (1482-1518)
  • Ahmad Shah IV (1518-1521)
  • Ala ud din Shah (1521-1522)
  • Waliullah Shah (1522-1524)
  • Kalimullah Shah (1524-1527)

Syed Dynasty (1414-1451)

Lodi Dynasty (1451-1526)

  • Bahlul Khan Lodi (1451-1489)
  • Sikandar Lodi (1489-1517)
  • Ibrahim Lodi (1517-1526)

Mughal Dynasty (1526-1857)

Suri Dynasty (1540-1555)

  • Sher Shah Suri (1540-1545)
  • Islam Shah Suri (1545-1553)
  • Adil Shah (1553-1555)

Mughal Dynasty (Restored) (1526-1857)

Nawabs of Bengal (1707-1770)

  • Murshid Quli Jafar Khan (1707-1727)
  • Siraj ud din (1727-1739)
  • Sarfraz Khan (1739-1740)
  • Illahi Vardi Khan (1740-1756)
  • Siraj Ud Daulah (1756-1757)
  • Mir Jafar (1757-1760)
  • Mir Qasim (1760-1763)
  • Mir Jafar (1763-1765)
  • Najm ud Daulah (1765-1766)
  • Saif ud Daulah (1766-1770)

Nawabs of Awadh (1???-1???)

See Awadh

Nizams of Hyderabad (1724-1948)

  • Qamar ud din Nizal ul Mulk (1724-1748)
  • Muhammad Nasir Jang (1748-1750)
  • Muzaffar Jang (1750-1751)
  • Salabat Jang (1751-1762)
  • Nizam Ali (1762-1802)
  • Akbar Ali Khan (1802-1829)
  • Nasir ud Daulah (1829-1857)
  • Afzal ud Daulah (1857-1869)
  • Mubarak Ali Khan (1869-1911)
  • Usman Ali Khan (1911-1948)

Maharajas and Nawabs of Mysore (1578-1947)

Mysore was under the Hoysala and Vijayanagar dominion, until the fall of Krishnadeva Raya in 1565 AD. Mysore became an independent state and was ruled by the Wodeyar Dynasty.

  • Raja Wodeyar (1578-1617)
  • Chamaraja Wodeyar (1617-1637)
  • Raja Wodeyar II (1637-1638)
  • Ranadhira Kantirava Narasaraja Wodeyar (1638-1659)
  • Dodda Devaraja Wodeyar (1659-1673)
  • Chikka Devaraja Wodeyar (1673-1704)
  • Kantirava Narasaraja Wodeyar (1704-1714)
  • Dodda Krishnaraja Wodeyar (1714-1732)
  • Chamaraja Wodeyar (1732-1734)
  • Krishnaraja Wodeyar II (1734-1766)
  • Hyder Ali (1766-1782)
  • Tipu Sultan (1782-1799)
  • Krishnaraja Wodeyar III (1799-1868)
  • Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (1868-1895)
  • Chamaraja Wodeyar (1895-1940)
  • Jayachamaraja Wodeyar (1940-1947)

On August 15, 1947, India became an independent, unified secular democracy, thus bringing an end to the reign of the Wodeyar dynasty.

British Emperors of India (1877-1947/48)

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