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	{{~~short~~ description\|~~Title of honor or respect used generally~~ in ~~the western~~ Indian ~~State of Gujarat~~}}		{{pp-semi-indef}}{{pp-move-indef\|small=yes}}
	'''Darbar'''~~, also spelled as~~ '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used ~~generally~~ in the ~~western~~ [[India]]~~n State~~ of [[Gujarat~~]] to refer to a [[Koli people\|Koli~~]] and ~~[[Rajput]]~~. ~~Darbar is equal to the~~ [[~~Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya~~]]~~. Chieftain~~ or Lord of small ~~Principality~~, which existed in the pre-independence era~~.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|~~title~~=Gujarat - Part 3\|year=2003\|page=1173\|isbn=9788179911068\|url=https://books~~.~~google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref>~~<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Basu\|first=Pratyusha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC~~&pg=PA235~~&dq=Term+Darbar+koli~~#v=onepage~~&q=~~Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false~~\|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambria Press\|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Raymond Brady\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ~~&pg=PT354~~&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli~~#v=onepage~~&q=~~Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false~~\|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity\|last2=Trivedi\|first2=Yogi\|date=2016-05-12\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lobo\|first=Lancy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ\|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region\|date=1995\|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.\|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2\|language=en}}</ref>		{{Short description\|Indian title in Gujarat and Rajasthan}}
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	As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India\|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma\|year=2005\|page=140\|isbn=9788183240529\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false\|last1=Roy Burman\|first1=J. J.}}</ref> although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states\|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].		{{Use Indian English\|date=May 2022}}
			'''Darbar''' or '''Durbar''' or '''Darbar Sahib''' ([[Gujarati language\|Gujarati]]: [[ISO 15919]]: ''Darbār'') is a title of honor or respect used mainly in the [[India\|Indian]] states of [[Gujarat]] and Rajasthan. [[Chieftain]] or Lord of small petty princely states, which existed in the pre-independence era, who used title as together with honorific [[Saheb]], to be referred as '''Darbar Saheb'''.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Basu \|first=Pratyusha \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&dq=Term+Darbar+koli&pg=PA235 \|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development \|date=2009 \|publisher=Cambria Press \|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Williams \|first1=Raymond Brady \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli&pg=PT354 \|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity \|last2=Trivedi \|first2=Yogi \|date=2016-05-12 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Lobo \|first=Lancy \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ \|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region \|date=1995 \|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp. \|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 \|language=en}}</ref>

	== ~~Darbar Shri~~ ==		Traditionally, it was used to refer to persons belonging to the [[Landed nobility\|landed-nobility]], who may also be from the communities of [[Charan\|Charans]], [[Kathi people\|Kathis]], and [[Rajput\|Rajputs]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book \|last=Tambs-Lyche \|first=Harald \|title=Power, Profit and Poetry Traditional Society in Kathiawar, Western India \|publisher=Manohar \|year=1997 \|isbn=81-7304-176-8 \|location=New Delhi \|pages=97}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book \|last=Lobo \|first=Lancy \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ \|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region \|date=1995 \|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp. \|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2 \|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book \|last1=Williams \|first1=Raymond Brady \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli&pg=PT354 \|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity \|last2=Trivedi \|first2=Yogi \|date=2016-05-12 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8 \|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book \|last=Tambs-Lyche \|first=Harald \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AOsrDwAAQBAJ \|title=Transaction and Hierarchy: Elements for a Theory of Caste \|date=2017-08-09 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-1-351-39396-6 \|language=en \|quote=Charans received lands in jagir for their services, and in parts of Marwar, certain Charan families were effectively Darbars.}}</ref>
	~~Darbar Shri was~~ the ~~formal~~ title of ~~the ruler~~ of a [[princely ~~state~~]] in :
	* [[~~Chotila~~]], in ~~Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty~~{{~~Citation needed~~\|date=~~April 2020~~}}		As such, many dominant caste or hereditary chieftain of an erstwhile [[Princely state\|princely states]] may be referred to as Darbar in the general use of the word. The title was mostly in use in areas now covered by [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Roy Burman \|first1=J. J. \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&dq=darbar+caste&pg=PA140 \|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma \|year=2005 \|isbn=9788183240529 \|page=140 \|publisher=Mittal Publications }}</ref> However, there is no separate notified caste called Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[Princely states\|princely]] India, which was used to refer to chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite book \|last1=Allen \|first1=Charles \|last2=Dwivedi \|first2=Sharada \|title=Lives of the Indian Princes \|date=June 1998 \|publisher=BPI Publishing \|isbn=978-81-86982-05-1 \|pages=170–171 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BSNtEAAAQBAJ&dq=Darbar+SahEB+PRINCELY+TITLE&pg=PA170 \|access-date=8 July 2022 \|language=en}}</ref>

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Desmukh]]
	* [[Diwan (title)\|Diwan]]
	* [[Jagirdar]]		* [[Jagirdar]]
	* [[Thakur (~~Indian~~ title)\|Thakur]]		* [[Thakur (title)\|Thakur]]
	* [[Mankari]]
	* [[Zamindar]]
	* [[Zaildar]]
	*
	* [[Mansabdar]]
	* [[Sardar]]
	* [[Thakur (title)\|Thakur, Thakore]]
	* [[Feudalism in India]]		* [[Feudalism in India]]
	* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	~~== External links and Sources ==~~
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]
	* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]

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	[[Category:Prefixes]]		[[Category:Prefixes]]
	~~[[Category:Koli titles]]~~

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	{{short description\|Title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat}}		{{short description\|Title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat}}
	'''Darbar''', also spelled as '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western [[India]]n State of [[Gujarat]] to refer to a [[Rajput]]. Darbar is equal to the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya]] . Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat - Part 3\|year=2003\|page=1173\|isbn=9788179911068\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Basu\|first=Pratyusha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&pg=PA235&dq=Term+Darbar+koli#v=onepage&q=Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false\|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambria Press\|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Raymond Brady\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli#v=onepage&q=Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false\|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity\|last2=Trivedi\|first2=Yogi\|date=2016-05-12\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lobo\|first=Lancy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ\|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region\|date=1995\|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.\|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Darbar''', also spelled as '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western [[India]]n State of [[Gujarat]] to refer to a [[Koli people\|Koli]] and [[Rajput]]. Darbar is equal to the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya]]. Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat - Part 3\|year=2003\|page=1173\|isbn=9788179911068\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Basu\|first=Pratyusha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&pg=PA235&dq=Term+Darbar+koli#v=onepage&q=Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false\|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambria Press\|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Raymond Brady\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli#v=onepage&q=Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false\|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity\|last2=Trivedi\|first2=Yogi\|date=2016-05-12\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lobo\|first=Lancy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ\|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region\|date=1995\|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.\|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2\|language=en}}</ref>

			As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India\|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma\|year=2005\|page=140\|isbn=9788183240529\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false\|last1=Roy Burman\|first1=J. J.}}</ref> although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states\|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].

	As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India\|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma\|year=2005\|page=140\|isbn=9788183240529\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false\|last1=Roy Burman\|first1=J. J.}}</ref> It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states\|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].
	== Darbar Shri ==		== Darbar Shri ==
	Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :		Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :
	* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}		* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Desmukh]]		* [[Desmukh]]
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	* [[Feudalism in India]]		* [[Feudalism in India]]
	* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]		* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	== External links and Sources ==		== External links and Sources ==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]
	* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]		* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]

	[[Category:Men's social titles]]		[[Category:Men's social titles]]
	[[Category:Titles in India]]		[[Category:Titles in India]]

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	{{short description\|Title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat}}		{{short description\|Title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat}}
	'''Darbar''', also spelled as '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western [[India]]n State of [[Gujarat]] to refer to a ~~[[Koli people\|Koli]] and~~ [[Rajput]]. Darbar is equal to the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya]]. Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat - Part 3\|year=2003\|page=1173\|isbn=9788179911068\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Basu\|first=Pratyusha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&pg=PA235&dq=Term+Darbar+koli#v=onepage&q=Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false\|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambria Press\|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Raymond Brady\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli#v=onepage&q=Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false\|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity\|last2=Trivedi\|first2=Yogi\|date=2016-05-12\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lobo\|first=Lancy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ\|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region\|date=1995\|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.\|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2\|language=en}}</ref>		'''Darbar''', also spelled as '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western [[India]]n State of [[Gujarat]] to refer to a [[Rajput]]. Darbar is equal to the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya]] . Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.<ref name=a>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat - Part 3\|year=2003\|page=1173\|isbn=9788179911068\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Basu\|first=Pratyusha\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&pg=PA235&dq=Term+Darbar+koli#v=onepage&q=Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false\|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development\|date=2009\|publisher=Cambria Press\|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Williams\|first1=Raymond Brady\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli#v=onepage&q=Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false\|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity\|last2=Trivedi\|first2=Yogi\|date=2016-05-12\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last=Lobo\|first=Lancy\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ\|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region\|date=1995\|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.\|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2\|language=en}}</ref>

	As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India\|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma\|year=2005\|page=140\|isbn=9788183240529\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false\|last1=Roy Burman\|first1=J. J.}}</ref> although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states\|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].

			As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India\|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book\|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma\|year=2005\|page=140\|isbn=9788183240529\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false\|last1=Roy Burman\|first1=J. J.}}</ref> It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states\|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].
	== Darbar Shri ==		== Darbar Shri ==
	Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :		Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :
	* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}		* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed\|date=April 2020}}

	== See also ==		== See also ==
	* [[Desmukh]]		* [[Desmukh]]
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	* [[Feudalism in India]]		* [[Feudalism in India]]
	* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]		* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]

	== References ==		== References ==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	== External links and Sources ==		== External links and Sources ==
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]
	* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]		* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]

	[[Category:Men's social titles]]		[[Category:Men's social titles]]
	[[Category:Titles in India]]		[[Category:Titles in India]]

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{{short description|Title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat}}
'''Darbar''', also spelled as '''Durbar''', is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western [[India]]n State of [[Gujarat]] to refer to a [[Koli people|Koli]] and [[Rajput]]. Darbar is equal to the [[Sanskrit]] word [[Kshatriya]]. Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.<ref name=a>{{cite book|title=Gujarat - Part 3|year=2003|page=1173|isbn=9788179911068|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IWrTs5yt1DkC&pg=PA1533&dq=darbar+bapu+gujarat#v=onepage&q=darbar%20&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Basu|first=Pratyusha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zJxY9IWzGewC&pg=PA235&dq=Term+Darbar+koli#v=onepage&q=Term%20Darbar%20koli&f=false|title=Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development|date=2009|publisher=Cambria Press|isbn=978-1-60497-625-0|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Williams|first1=Raymond Brady|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354&dq=Palavi+Darbars+Koli#v=onepage&q=Palavi%20Darbars%20Koli&f=false|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity|last2=Trivedi|first2=Yogi|date=2016-05-12|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-908959-8|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Lobo|first=Lancy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DBuAAAAMAAJ|title=The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region|date=1995|publisher=Hindustan Pub. Corp.|isbn=978-81-7075-035-2|language=en}}</ref>

As such any caste of Rajput people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile [[princely state]]s may be referred to as Darbar [[Caste#India|caste]] in general use of the word,<ref>{{cite book|title=Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma|year=2005|page=140|isbn=9788183240529|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VemsIky3QzEC&pg=PA140&dq=darbar+caste#v=onepage&q=darbar%20caste&f=false|last1=Roy Burman|first1=J. J.}}</ref> although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during [[princely states|princely]] India, which was used to refer to Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].

== Darbar Shri ==
Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :
* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

== See also ==
* [[Desmukh]]
* [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]]
* [[Jagirdar]]
* [[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]
* [[Mankari]]
* [[Zamindar]]
* [[Zaildar]]
*
* [[Mansabdar]]
* [[Sardar]]
* [[Thakur (title)|Thakur, Thakore]]
* [[Feudalism in India]]
* [[Feudalism in Pakistan]]

== References ==
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== External links and Sources ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080728193104/http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/ Indian princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archived on web.archive.org/web]
* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html WorldStatesmen - India - Princely states K-Z]

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