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  2. Indian honorifics - Wikipedia

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    A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Sarpatil, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state.. Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships.

  3. Chhatrapati - Wikipedia

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    Chhatrapati is a royal title from Sanskrit used to denote a king. The word "Chhatrapati" is a Sanskrit language compound word of chhatra (parasol or umbrella) and pati (master/lord/ruler). [1] This title was used by the House of Bhonsle, between 1674 and 1818, as the heads of state of the Maratha Confederacy.

  4. Sinhala honorifics - Wikipedia

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    A legion of honorifics are in use in the present Sinhala language to accentuate the social and ethical importance of the people the speaker or writer is addressing. . Generally, elders, teachers, strangers, political/spiritual leaders, renowned people and customers in the Sinhala society are referred to with honorifics, while the younger people and students

  5. Maratha titles - Wikipedia

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    Chhatrapati: Chhatrapati is an Indian royal title most equivalent to a King or an Emperor. It means the 'Lord of the Parasol' [1] and is a title conferred upon the founder of Maratha Empire, Chhatrapati Shivaji. The title is also used by Shivaji's descendants. Maharaj: The English equivalent of Maharaj is great king. It is a title first ...

  6. Honorary titles of Indian leaders - Wikipedia

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    Honorary title Meaning Statesman Photos Azad "Free" () Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" Chandra Shekhar Tiwari [1] [2] • Babasaheb • Mooknayak "The Respected Father" ().

  7. Chatrapathy - Wikipedia

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    Chhatrapati, Indian royal title Shivaji, a Maratha sovereign who founded the Maratha Empire; Chatrapathy, a Tamil film starring Sarath Kumar and Nikita Thukral; Chatrapathi, a Telugu film directed by S. S. Rajamouli and starring Prabhas and Shriya Saran

  8. Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, the station was again renamed "Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus" (with code CSMT), where the title Maharaj has literal meaning, "Great king; emperor." [12] Both former initials "VT" and the current, "CST", are also commonly used. [13] The terminus is the headquarters of India's Central Railway.

  9. Native headmen of Ceylon - Wikipedia

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    The native headmen system was an integral part of the administration of the island of Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka) under the successive European colonial powers, namely the Portuguese Empire, the Dutch East India Company and the British Empire.