Official Royal Family Websites
Mewar (Udaipur)
Marwar (Jodhpur)
Jaipur
These websites provide royal histories, genealogies, museum collections, archives, and information on current family initiatives.
Royal Heritage & Contemporary Royal Platforms
Royal Fables
A leading platform featuring India’s royal and noble families, their heritage projects, art, fashion, and cultural initiatives.
India Royal Families
Dedicated coverage of Indian royal families, heritage tourism, interviews, royal weddings, palaces, and contemporary royal personalities.
Digital Archives & Historical Research
National Archives of India
The largest repository of historical records in India, including princely state records, administrative documents, treaties, and manuscripts.
Abhilekh Patal Digital Archive
Online access portal to digitized records from the National Archives of India.
Rare Book Society of India
Contains digitized biographies of maharajas, princely state histories, travel accounts, and rare books.
Internet Archive India Collection
Thousands of historical books on Indian dynasties, royal houses, and princely states.
Genealogy & Family History Resources
Families in British India Society (FIBIS)
Useful for tracing royal family connections through British India records, gazetteers, and genealogical documents.
India Office Records (British Library)
Contains extensive records relating to princely states, rulers, treaties, and administrative correspondence.
Heritage & Cultural Research
Sahapedia
Excellent resource for articles on palaces, royal traditions, crafts, architecture, and cultural heritage.
Live History India
Regularly publishes features on princely states, royal families, forts, palaces, and heritage conservation.
The Heritage Lab
Research-driven articles on royal collections, museums, and historic artifacts.
Photo & Image Archives
Getty Images – Indian Royal Family Archive
A large collection of historic and contemporary royal family photographs.
Indian Memory Project
Crowdsourced archive of family photographs and personal histories, including princely families and noble houses.
Social Media Communities
- Facebook Groups: Royal and Noble Families of India, Royal Families of India, Princely States of India.
- Instagram accounts of royal families from Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Baroda, Benaras, Jhabua, Wankaner, and Jubbal.
- YouTube channels of museums such as Mehrangarh Museum Trust and City Palace Jaipur.
Particularly Useful for Your India Royal Families Project
- Eternal Mewar
- Mehrangarh Museum Trust
- City Palace Jaipur
- Royal Fables
- National Archives of India
- Rare Book Society of India
- Sahapedia
- India Office Records
- Getty Images
- Indian Memory Project
Together, these resources provide biographies, genealogy, historical records, photographs, royal events, palace histories, and contemporary activities of hundreds of Indian royal and noble families.