At 09:10 AM 30-12-07 -0800, you wrote: >Still another lapsed state on the list Nandgaon in 1958. This would make seven & your article only mentioned five. > >STEPHEN F RUELBERG <sruelberg@sbcglobal.net> wrote:  The list also shows the state of Baudh as having lapsed in 1956. > One reference that I have shows the following states as having no ruler in 1970. Akalkot Baudh Bhaderua Dujana Jalia Devani Kuthar Malpur Nandgaon Prempur Sirmur That's a total of ten, but adoptions may have occurred at some time after the lapse, e.g. Baudh, Sirmur and Kuthar. Cheers, Henry