India, yes. Princely States, no. A hint here would be to notice the relatively "modern" look to it - it's been machine-struck, not hammered by hand, and that means it was made by the European colonists.
It is, in fact, British East India Company, Bengal Presidency, 1 pice, KM# 57. The coin is undated, but would have been made sometime in the early 1800's. Rather, it does bear a date: "37", which correlates to the regnal year of the last Mughal emperor to rule Bengal, 1796 AD. This "date" does not indicate in what year the coin was actually struck.
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