To look away from the 1850s:
Is there any Indian monarch in the period of 1945 to 1950 who was personally so respected that he might have ended up as first President of India and then after a change of the constitution, as monarchical figurehead?
Is there any Indian monarch in the period of 1945 to 1950 who was personally so respected that he might have ended up as first President of India and then after a change of the constitution, as monarchical figurehead?