Malerkotla State | |||||||||
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| 1454–1948 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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| Motto: Heaven's Light Our Guide[1] | |||||||||
 Detail of Malerkotla State from a map of British and native states in the Cis-Sutlej Division between 1847–51, by Abdos Sobhan, 1858 | |||||||||
| Capital | Malerkotla city | ||||||||
| Common languages | Urdu, English, Punjabi, Hindi, Pashto | ||||||||
| Religion | Sunni Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Absolute Monarchy | ||||||||
| Nawab of Malerkotla | |||||||||
• 1657 - 1659 | Muhammad Bayazid Khan (First) | ||||||||
• 1710 or 1712 - 1717 | Ghulam Hussain Khan | ||||||||
• 1717 - 1762 | Jamal Khan | ||||||||
• 1762 - 1763/64 | Bhikan Khan | ||||||||
• 23 August 1908 – 15 August 1947 | Ahmad Ali Khan (Last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1454 | ||||||||
| 15 August 1947 1948 | |||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• | 77,506 | ||||||||
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The State of Malerkotla or Maler Kotla was a princely state in the Punjab region during the era of British India. The last Nawab of Maler Kotla signed the instrument of accession to join the Dominion of India on 20 August 1948. Its rulers belonged to a Sarwani and Lodi Pashtun dynasty from Afghanistan, and its capital was in Malerkotla. The state belonged to the Punjab States Agency.
- ^ The motto of the Order of the Star of India