Maharaja facts for kids
The word Mahārāja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for "great king" or "high king". Many languages of India have borrowed the word 'maharaja', there languages include Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi and Gujarati. Its use is mainly for Hindu rulers. A female ruler is known as Maharani (or Maharanee) or great queen. She can be the wife of a Maharaja or a ruler herself.
In 1971, the government of Indira Gandhi abolished the titles and money for all Indian rulers. However some people still claim such titles.
Indian subcontinent
Before independence in 1947, India and Pakistan contained more than 600 princely states each with its own ruler. Some states called the ruler Raja or Thakur (if the ruler were Hindu) or Nawab (if he was Muslim); there were many other titles as well.
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Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, the Maharaja of Mysore (1885)
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Maharaja Jaswant Singh II of Marwar, c. 1880. Attributed to Narsingh. The Brooklyn Museum.
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Chhatrapati Shivaji Raje Bhosale. The Maratha king preferred the title of Chhatrapati as against Maharaja and was the founder and sovereign of the Maratha Empire of India
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Sri Panch Bada Mahārājādhirāja Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev of Nepal.
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His Highness Maharajadhiraj Mirza Maharao Shri Sir Khengarji III Sawai Bahadur, Rao of Kutch, GCIE, KIH
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Maharaja Sir Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir
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Shree Panch Mahārājādhirāja Rana Bahadur Shah Bahadur Shamsher Jang Devanam Sada Samaravijayinam, Sovereign King of Nepal
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Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun, King of Thailand (2016–)
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Maharaja Bhagvat-Singh of Gondal.
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Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, the Maharaja of Travancore
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Maharaja Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire.
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Maharaja Vikram Dev III of Jeypore Samasthanam Estate, Kalinga.
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Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore
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See also
In Spanish: Maharajá para niños
