Tuesday, 3 May 2016

INDIAN ROYALS

Jagirdar


The feudal owner/lord  ( Vassal ) of the Jagir were called Jagirdar or Jageerdar and they also used various other titles e.g. Raja, Nawab,Chaudhary, Rao, Zaildar, Thakur, Sardar,Mankari, Bhomichar, etc. Sometimes they called their seat (primary place of residence and rule) Thikana, Garh or Gadh, etc.

Jagirdar was the de facto ruler of the territory, which be received and was able to earn income from tax revenues and had magisterial authority.

Jagirdars were monarchs of the territory granted to them and were the highest form of nobility. It is a form of Indian royalty.


EXAMPLES OF JAGIRDAR 

Bhonsle royal dynasty  received the Jagir of Poona and a majority of villages near Satara. from the Mughals

Gaekwad royal dynasty of Baroda received the Jagir of Baroda from the Peshwas

Holkar royal dynasty of Indore and Malwa received the Jagir of Indore and Malwa from the Peshwas.

Scindhia royal dynasty of Gwalior  received the Jagir of Gwalior from tha Peshwas.

Rajas of Waghere , Jagirdari 
Kale noble clan.

Nimbalkars of Phaltan received Jagir of Phaltan by the Mughals

The Puars recieved the jagir of Dhar and Dewas from the Peshwa

The Jagir of Poonch

The Jagir of Nagpur to the Bhonsle dynasty

The Bhonsle received the Jagir of Savantwadi/Sundarwadi from the Savant dynasty of Konkan and also the "Savant family name as a title for "Raja/Maharaja", license to rule a part of their kingdom
Bidhwan jagir of 90 villages given to Jaglan Jats in Loharu Princely State
Chaube Jagirs: British Raj protectorates
Hasht-Bhaiya jagir during British Raj that was originally under Princely State of Orchha

Kapshi was a Princely State Jagir in Bombay Presidency of British Raj Ranpur Sorath was a senior jagir of the Babi Dynasty of Junagadh state and the ruler of Ranpur soath used the title of Namdar Darbar saheb and his younger brother was given the Jagir of Devgam. Ranpur sorath and Devgam are the descendants of Namdar Darbar saheb Sher khanji Babi Bahadur, uncle of the first Nawab saheb of Junagadh state
 and etc.



INDIAN ROYALS

Zamindar ( Malguzar)




A zamindar was a king or monarch of  a small kingdom which normally came under a king of a larger kingdom , usually the kings of small kingdoms partnered with the kings of  larger kingdoms and accept him as a local king or the kings of a larger kingdoms  would defeat the kings of small kingdoms and take their kingdoms , making them his subordinate kings of the defeated  king's kingdoms only.

Zamindars  were considered royals or the highest form of nobility. They were equivalent to Dukes, Lords or Barons but in some cases had independent princes. It is a form of Indian royalty.


EXAMPLE OF ZAMINDAR ROYALTY 

● Maharajas of Pithapuram , zamindari 
● Rajas of Vuyyuru, zamindari 
● Maharani of Kapurthala Sita devi was the daughter of the Raja of Kashipur , zamindari.
● Nawabs of Dhaka , zamindari.
● Rajas of Panchkote , zamindari.
●Rajas of Bardhaman, zamindari
●Rajas of Deoli,Wardha ( Thakre dynasty)

●  (The Kapse-Tarankar dynasty )The Rajas of Sadar, Babhulkheda and Manewada, zamindari (Malguzari) who joined their kingdoms to the  Nagpur kingdom and hence partnered with the Rajas of Nagpur ( Gond Rajas and Bhonsle dynasty) ● and ETC.

ZAMINDARS - Wikipedia Definition

A zamindar in the Indian subcontinent was an aristocrat, typically hereditary, holding enormous tracts of land and held control over his peasants, from whom the zamindars reserved the right to collect tax often for military purposes. Over time, they took princely and royal titles such as Maharaja (Great King), Raja (King), Nawab (Lord), Mirza (Prince), Chowdhury (Lord)," Reddy"," Naidu","Gounder", and many others.

Often zamindars were Indian princes who lost their sovereignty due to British Rule for example Madras Zamindari.  The Sivaganga Zamindari and Ramnad Zamindari were the lesser and greater Kingdom of Marava ruled by the Royal family till 1803, ever since then they were the Zamindars of Marava.
During the Mughal Empire, zamindars belonged to the nobility and formed the ruling class. Emperor Akbar granted them mansabs and their ancestral domains were treated as jagirs.
The practice took structural footholds prior to the Mughal Era but was solidified by the indirect system of taxation in the Mughal Empire and British Raj. After the British withdrew, the system was legally abolished with the creation of India, Pakistan and (after independence in 1971) Bangladesh; however, it is still current in some areas of modern Pakistan. They built lavish palaces, lush gardens, schools, temples and other venues of philanthropy. Several families were of ancient lineage and had been independent rulers in earlier periods of history. In most cases, zamindar families were descendants of cadet branches of earlier royal families. Zamindars held considerable powers within their territories: magisterial, army recruitment (as lathials), revenue collection and taxation, among others.

Various other terms for zamindar were and are used in various provinces. For example, a zamindar is known as a Wadera in Sindh and as a Thakur in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya pradesh, Himachal pradesh, Haryana, Uttrakhand, Chhatisgarh and Bihar. In the Punjab and Haryana, there are multiple variations, such as Chaudhary (which often became lambardar or zaildaar during the British Empire's occupation of North India), Sardar and Malik (an Arabic term which literally means "King"). The word zamindar is derived ultimately from the Persian Zamīn, "earth/land", and the common suffix -dār, "-holder". The term means, in Persian, 'land owner.'