Emperors of India
| Name |
Lifespan |
Reign start |
Reign end |
Notes |
Family |
Image |
| Bahadur Shah Zafar | (1775-10-24)24 October 1775 – 7 November 1862(1862-11-07) (aged 87) | May 1857 | 14 September 1857 | Assumed title during the Great Mutiny. | Mughal | |
| Victoria | (1819-05-24)24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901(1901-01-22) (aged 81) | 1 May 1876 | 22 January 1901 | Given title after dissolution of the East India Company | Hanover | |
| Edward VII | (1841-11-09)9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910(1910-05-06) (aged 68) | 22 January 1901 | 6 May 1910 | Son of Victoria | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | |
| George V | (1865-06-03)3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936(1936-01-20) (aged 70) | 6 May 1910 | 20 January 1936 | Son of Edward VII | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Windsor |
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| Edward VIII | (1894-06-23)23 June 1894 – 28 May 1972(1972-05-28) (aged 77) | 20 January 1936 | 11 December 1936 |
Son of George V, abdicated in order to Marry Wallace Warfield | Windsor | |
| George VI | (1895-12-14)14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952(1952-02-06) (aged 56) | 11 December 1936 | 15 August 1947 | Son of George V, title changed to King upon independence | Windsor |
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