Narinder Singh, the Maharaja of Patiala, for his conspicuous service to the East India Company during the rebellion of 1857, was first granted the title of Farzand-i-Khas on 2 June 1858, to which the words Daulat-i-Inglishia were added by the British on 14 January 1860.[2][3] When the Delhi Durbar was held on 1 January 1877 to proclaim Victoria the Empress of India, Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the Maharaja of Baroda, who was attending it, was conferred this title there.[4][5] He was granted the sanad confirming this by Lord Lytton, the then Viceroy and Governor-General of India, on 21 July 1887.[6]