The Anatomy of Royal Gun Salute in British India

A Salute state was a Princely state (i.e. reigned over by a native ruler of princely rank) which the British colonial Paramount ruler had granted a gun salute; i.e., the protocollary privilege for its ruler to be greeted - originally by Royal Navy ships, later also on land - with a number of gun shots,as recognition of the state's relative status.

In British India the following salutes were given

v 101 guns - The Queen and Empress, when present in person,

v 31 guns - members of the Royal Family, royal standard and royal salutes, or the Viceroy and Governor-General of India

v 19 guns - ambassadors

v 17 guns - governors of Presidencies, the President of the Council of India, or governors of her Majesty's Colonies, the Governor-General of the Portuguese Settlements in India and the Governor of Pondicherry

v 15 guns - lieut.-governors of provinces in India, members of Council, plenipotentiaries and envoys, or lieut.-governors of her Majesty's Colonies

v 13 guns - agents to the Viceroy and Governor-General, Residents, or chief commissioners of Provinces, and commissioners,

v 11 guns - political agents and charge's d' affaires,

v 9 guns - the Portuguese Governor of Daman, or the Governor of Dew

Indian Princely States by Salute
31-Gun Sates Afghanistan Siam (Thailand) 21-Gun States Baroda Gwalior Hyderabad Mascat Mysore Nepal Zanzibar 19-Gun States Bhopal Indore Jammu and Kashmir Kalat Kolhapur Mewar/Udaipur Tibet Travancore 17-Gun States Bahawalpur Bharatpur Bikaner Bundi Cochin Cutch/Kutch Jaipur/Amber Karauli Kotah Marwar/Jodhpur Orchha Patiala Rewa Tonk	15-Gun States Alwar Banswara Bhutan Datia Dewas (Senior) Dewas (Junior) Dhar Dholpur Dungapur Idar Jaisalmer Khairpur Kishengarh Partabgarh Rampur Sirohi 13-Gun States Benares Cooch Behar Jaora Tripura (Hill Tippera)	11-Gun States Ajaigarh Baoni Bharwani Bhavnagar Bijawar Bilaspur Cambay Chamba Charkhari Chhatarpur Dhrangadhra Faridkot Gondal Janjira Jind Jhabua Jhalawar Junagarh Kapurthala Mandi Manipur Morvi Nabha Narsingarh Nawanagar Palanpur Panna Porbandar Pudukkot Radhanpur Rajgarh Rajpipla Ratlam Sailania Samthar Sirmur Sitamau Suket Tehri Garhwal	9-Gun States Al-Hauta (Lahej) Alirajpur Balasinor Baraundha Baria Chhota Udepur Dharampur Dhrol Fadihli Hsipaw Kalahandi Kenglun Khilchipur Kishn and Socotra Las Bela Limbdi Lunawada Maihar Malerkotla Mong Nai Nagod Palitana Rajkot Sachin Savantvadi Sunth Wadhwan Wankaner Yawnghwe 5-Gun States Abu Dhabi Bahrain Kuwait 3-Gun States Ajman Dubai Ras al-Khaimah Sharjah Uum al-Qaiwain