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Maharaja [a] (also spelled Maharajah or Maharaj; lit. ' great ruler '; feminine: Maharani) [2] is an Indian princely title of Sanskrit origin. In modern India and medieval northern India, the title was equivalent to a prince. However in late ancient India and medieval south India, the title denoted a king. [3]
Maharaja Gaj Singh I: 7 September 1619 6 May 1638 11 Maharaja Jaswant Singh: 6 May 1638 28 December 1678 12 Maharaja Ajit Singh: 19 February 1679 24 June 1724 13 Raja Indra Singh: 9 June 1679 4 August 1679 14 Maharaja Abhai Singh: 24 June 1724 18 June 1749 15 Maharaja Ram Singh: First reign 18 June 1749 July 1751 16 Maharaja Bakht Singh: July 1751
Maharaja Sir Duleep Singh GCSI (6 September 1838 – 22 October 1893), also spelled Dalip Singh, [1] and later in life nicknamed the "Black Prince of Perthshire", [2] was the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire. He was Maharaja Ranjit Singh's youngest son, the only child of Maharani Jind Kaur. [3]
Maharaja Ranjit Singh and his Times, by Bhagat Singh. Published by Sehgal Publishers Service, 1990. ISBN 81-85477-01-9. History of the Punjab: Maharaja Ranjit Singh, by Shri Ram Bakshi. Published by Anmol Publications, 1991. ISBN 978-9992275481. The Historical Study of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's Times, by Kirpal Singh. Published by National Book ...
Digvijaysinhji, a Jadeja Rajput, was born at Sadodar, Gujarat on 18 September 1895 during the British Raj, nephew of the famed cricketer K.S. Ranjitsinhji.He was educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, in Saurashtra, India then at Malvern College and University College London.
Tukojirao Holkar III Maharaja Holkar of Indore. In 1811, the four-year-old Malhar Rao Holkar III succeeded Yashwantrao Holkar. His mother, Tulsabai Holkar, looked after the administration. However, with the help of Pathans, Pindaris, and the British, Dharama Kunwar and Balaram Seth plotted to imprison Tulsabai and Malharrao.
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Shivaji was admired for his heroic exploits and clever stratagems in the contemporary accounts of English, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Italian writers. [193] Contemporary English writers compared him with Alexander, Hannibal, and Julius Caesar. [194] The French traveller Francois Bernier wrote in his Travels in Mughal India: [195]