The Raja of Manchuru was a feudal Indian title. Created around 1400, it originally designated the ruler of the Manchuru Estate. During the British Raj, it was a colonial native title in the Peerage of British India, conferred on the hereditary Zamindar of that estate by the British Colonial Government.[1][2][3][4]
Post-abolition status
editThe title (and its subsidiary title) were legally extinguished in 1950 by the enactment of Article 18 of the Indian Constitution.[5] However, there are documented cases of usage as a courtesy title, especially in ceremonial contexts, since then.[6]
References
edit- ^ https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lehs301.pdf
- ^ "Raja Tagore: Renaissance Man of Indian Music". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 233 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.
- ^ Modern Asian Studies Vol. 17, No. 4 (1983)
- ^ "Article 18: Abolition of titles". Constitution of India. Retrieved 14 June 2024.
- ^ Richter, William L. (1971). "Princes in Indian Politics". Economic and Political Weekly. 6 (9): 535–542. JSTOR 4381686.
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