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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. 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 ...

  5. 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" ().

  6. Sinhala honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Any verb in Sinhala can be converted into an honorific by simply changing it into its plural form. Ex:ගියේය-giyēya(went) into ගියහ-giyaha(went[plural]) However, when referring to a royal or a venerable, verbs are changed either into their unique honorific forms or their plural "tatsama" forms.

  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. Sri Lanka Army ranks and insignia - Wikipedia

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    Commanders of the Army since the late 1980s have held the rank of lieutenant general with the exception of Sarath Fonseka, [2] Jagath Jayasuriya and Shavendra Silva who were promoted to full generals while serving as commander of the army, on the other hand, Shavendra Silva got the duty of the Chief of Defence Staff simultaneously holding the ...

  9. Ceylonese Mudaliyars - Wikipedia

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    Mudaliyar is a Tamil title, derived from the word mudhal, meaning "first", and the honorific suffix yar, meaning "The first" as in the person of the first rank. [5] [6] The position was created in the 17th century by the Portuguese to function as a link between the colonial administration and the local populace, as they had done in South India.