At 11:38 AM 08-02-08 +0530, you wrote: > > Christopher Buyers site royalark gives  details about the former rulers who > were coferred title of His Highness. > > In former United States of Saurastra (formed by merger of 30 important states > and large no of small states) 13 states werre gun salute states and 17 non > gun salute.Limbdi was one of the 13 gun salute states But  not all gun salute > states were entitled to the title of H H. > >  Limbdi is in category of 9 gun salute(lowest) for examle Balasinor, > Bansda,Bhor,Dhrol,Jawahar,Kalahandi and then Limbdi followed by another 14 > states were not conferred with title of H H  but were addressed as > Maharaja(Bansda),Kalshandi etc -others as > Nawab(Balasinor)Banganapalle),Loharu etc andLimbdi ,Dhrol, Rajkot etc > asThakoreSahib-not H H > > However you can contact Christopher for recofirmation.But you should not > address as Their Highnesses as some other person may get offended that you > are not using correct title. > > Patankar-Gaekwad > > 8th Feb  Thanks to all who contributed to the thread. Re the above. It is correct what you say and it is an interesting point. Apparently immediately after the states acceded to the Union, all 9 gun salutes were allowed the style of HH by the Government of India. If you look to the bottom of the RoyalArk Salute page, you will see that the above is correct. Anyway the general rule of thumb is, if you are unsure what the correct title is, use the higher title, I don't think any 'ruler' would be offended by that. Just my 2 cents worth. Cheers, Henry

Dear Sir, As I want to contact the Royal Family of Orchha can anyone give me information about that? As well as I would also like to know about " Nawab of Awadh" What is there current status? What is their current life style? Vilas Henry Soszynski <h.soszynski@uqconnect.net> wrote: At 11:38 AM 08-02-08 +0530, you wrote: > > Christopher Buyers site royalark gives details about the former rulers who > were coferred title of His Highness. > > In former United States of Saurastra (formed by merger of 30 important states > and large no of small states) 13 states werre gun salute states and 17 non > gun salute.Limbdi was one of the 13 gun salute states But not all gun salute > states were entitled to the title of H H. > > Limbdi is in category of 9 gun salute(lowest) for examle Balasinor, > Bansda,Bhor,Dhrol,Jawahar,Kalahandi and then Limbdi followed by another 14 > states were not conferred with title of H H but were addressed as > Maharaja(Bansda),Kalshandi etc -others as > Nawab(Balasinor)Banganapalle),Loharu etc andLimbdi ,Dhrol, Rajkot etc > asThakoreSahib-not H H > > However you can contact Christopher for recofirmation.But you should not > address as Their Highnesses as some other person may get offended that you > are not using correct title. > > Patankar-Gaekwad > > 8th Feb Thanks to all who contributed to the thread. Re the above. It is correct what you say and it is an interesting point. Apparently immediately after the states acceded to the Union, all 9 gun salutes were allowed the style of HH by the Government of India. If you look to the bottom of the RoyalArk Salute page, you will see that the above is correct. Anyway the general rule of thumb is, if you are unsure what the correct title is, use the higher title, I don't think any 'ruler' would be offended by that. Just my 2 cents worth. Cheers, Henry ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message