The Raja of Manchuru is a feudal Indian title. Created around 1400, it originally designated the ruler of the Manchuru region. 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]
Raja of Manchuru | |
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Creation date | c.1400 |
Peerage | Peerage of British India |
Last holder | Venkataswamy Kalikiri-Reddy |
Present holder | Bharathi Rajendran (Titular) |
Heir apparent | Rohan Rajendran-Morris (Titular) |
Extinction date | 1950 |
Former seat(s) | Rajendran House |
Motto | Victoria per voluntatem dei (Victory by the will of god) |
Heir-apparent custom edit
The Raja of Manchuru also owned and ruled over Amudala Kalva, which was a small hamlet situated in the rural outskirts of Madanapalle, Amudala Kalva was held as a subsidiary Zamindari Estate and produced substantial amounts of wealth for the ruling family, mainly through farming.
The title of the Raja’s heir apparent was Yuvaraja (of Manchuru).
Ruling families edit
Post-abolition status edit
The title (and its subsidiary title) were legally extinguished in 1950 by the enactment of Article 18 of the Indian Constitution.[5] However, it is still used as a courtesy title, especially in ceremonial contexts.[6]
Notes edit
While most holders of the title were male, and thus styled as Raja, in the event that a female became ruler/head of the ruling family; she was to be styled as a Rani of Manchuru, as was the wife of a/the Raja.
The title for a female heir-apparent in her own right, or wife of a Yuvaraja is Yuvarani.
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)
- ^ https://www.constitutionofindia.net/articles/article-18-abolition-of-titles/
- ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/4381686