Draft:South Asian royals in modern South Asian armies

This page lists members of the royal families of the erstwhile princely states of India who actively served or held honorary ranks in the modern-era armies of India, including the British Indian Army, the Indian Army, and the Pakistan Army.

List of Indian royals in the British Indian Army:


 * Amarsinhji Banesinhji
 * Daya Singh Bedi
 * Bhavsinhji II
 * Bhim Singh II
 * Bahadur Singh of Bundi
 * Burhan-ud-Din (Indian National Army officer)
 * Bhim Chand (soldier)
 * Kushal Chand
 * Thakur Prithi Chand
 * Kanwar Jaswant Singh
 * Sadeq Mohammad Khan V
 * Hamidullah Khan
 * Malik Umar Hayat Khan
 * Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji
 * Iskandar Ali Mirza
 * Yashwantrao Martandrao Mukne
 * Hira Singh Nabha
 * Pratap Singh Nabha
 * Jagaddipendra Narayan
 * Nripendra Narayan
 * Nasir ul-Mulk
 * Sher Ali Khan Pataudi
 * Anant Singh Pathania
 * Raghbir Singh Pathania
 * Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
 * Ranjitsinhji
 * Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja
 * Jiwajirao Scindia
 * Madho Rao Scindia
 * Bhupal Singh
 * Bhupinder Singh of Patiala
 * Billy Arjan Singh
 * Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)
 * Daulat Singh
 * Frederick Duleep Singh
 * Ganga Singh
 * Hanut Singh
 * Hari Singh
 * Karni Singh
 * Kishan Singh of Bharatpur
 * Maharaja Prabhu Narayan Singh
 * Pratap Singh of Idar
 * Nihal Singh
 * Udai Bhan Singh
 * Sadul Singh of Bikaner
 * Sajjan Singh of Ratlam
 * Umaid Singh
 * Sumer Singh of Jodhpur
 * Thakur Hari Singh
 * Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

List of Indian royals in the Indian Army:


 * Bhim Singh II
 * Bhim Chand (soldier)
 * Kushal Chand
 * Thakur Prithi Chand
 * Kanwar Jaswant Singh
 * Hamidullah Khan
 * Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji
 * Man Singh II
 * Jagaddipendra Narayan
 * Anant Singh Pathania
 * Rajendrasinhji Jadeja
 * Jiwajirao Scindia
 * Manabendra Shah
 * Amarinder Singh
 * Bhawani Singh
 * Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)
 * Sukhjit Singh (soldier)
 * Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

List of royals in the Pakistan Army:


 * Burhan-ud-Din (Indian National Army officer)
 * Sadeq Mohammad Khan V
 * Mir Shaukat Ali Khan
 * Iskandar Ali Mirza
 * Sher Ali Khan Pataudi