At 02:05 PM 30-12-07 -0800, you wrote: >Hi Stephen > >      Thank you so much for this information. It is >very kind of you. These list show very minor and >insignificant states. This is in great contrast to big >states which have lapsed after 1971. > >Some of them are > >1. Indore >2. Dhar >3. Dewas Junior >4. Sangli >5. Porbandar >6. Mudhol > >The list of post 1971 "died out states" is very large. >There are estimates that almost 60 states have died >out. Some like Morvi (adopted grandson) and Akkalkot >(adopted heir) had died but are ( back from the >dead!!!!!!)if I may be permitted to say so. > Sangli hasn't died out yet. The present Raja has three daughters, and there doesn't appear to be a male heir in the immediate family. Porbandar has a number of eligible heirs, but the late Maharaja failed to follow tradition and instead adopted his step-son, as a result, there is no representative of the Royal Family presently known, although a number of young nobles of the Morana, Ratdi, Shrinagar, Pandavadar and Baredia branches were eligible for adoption. Cheers, Henry