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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.
Agrasen, most commonly known as Maharaja (literally, great king) Agrasen, was a legendary Indian king of Agroha, a city of traders in the district of Hisar, Haryana. He is a descendant of the Hindu deity, Shri Ramchandra 's elder son, Kush .
Sinh: It is a word derived from the Sanskrit word siḿha, meaning 'lion'. [38] It is used as a suffix to the first name, example Maharaja Pratapsinh Gaekwad [39] or H.H. Meherban Shrimant Raja Vijaysinhrao Madhavrao Patwardhan, Raja of Sangli [citation needed]
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.
Maraj, Maharaj, Maharajh, Maragh, or Maharagh is a Hindu Indian surname derived from the Sanskrit word Maharaja meaning "great leader", "great ruler", or "great king". ". Originally used as an honorific suffix to a Hindu priest's name, it became the surname of many Hindu priests who immigrated to different European colonies during the Indian indenture system and their descendants because when ...
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
While most of the Indian salute states (those granted a gun salute by the British Crown) were ruled by a Maharaja (or variation; some promoted from an earlier Raja- or equivalent style), even exclusively from 13 guns up, a number had Rajas: Hereditary salutes of 11-guns. the Raja of Ali Rajpur; the Raja of Bilaspur; the Raja of Chamba; the Raja ...
One such example is Mahasamanta Maharaja Sri Karmalilah. [24] Regmi compares this situation with the Indian side, where the title of Maharaja was used by both the king as well as his feudatories, such as the feudatory of Sasnaka in Midnapore, Sri Samanta Maharaja Samadatta, who ruled Dandabhukti of Utkala. [24]