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'''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 [[Koli people|Koli]]. 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 Koli 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 Koli chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural [[Gujarat]].


== Darbar Shri ==
==See also==  
Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a [[princely state]] in :
*[[Desmukh]]
* [[Chotila]], in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}
*[[Diwan (title)|Diwan]]
*[[Jagirdar]]
*[[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]
*[[Mankari]]
*[[Zamindar]]
*[[Zaildar]]
*
*[[Mansabdar]]
*[[Sardar]]
*[[Thakur (title)|Thakur, Thakore]]
*[[Feudalism in India]]
*[[Feudalism in Pakistan]]


== See also ==
==References==
* [[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 ==
{{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]]

Latest revision as of 23:34, 15 November 2024

Darbar, also spelled as Durbar, is a title of honor or respect used generally in the western Indian State of Gujarat to refer to a Koli. Darbar is equal to the Sanskrit word Kshatriya. Chieftain or Lord of small Principality, which existed in the pre-independence era.[1][2][3][4]

As such any caste of Koli people or hereditary chieftain of erstwhile princely states may be referred to as Darbar caste in general use of the word,[5] although there is no separate notified caste as Darbar. It was a title of honor more in use during princely India, which was used to refer to Koli chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural Gujarat.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Gujarat - Part 3. 2003. p. 1173. ISBN 9788179911068.
  2. ↑ Basu, Pratyusha (2009). Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development. Cambria Press. ISBN 978-1-60497-625-0.
  3. ↑ Williams, Raymond Brady; Trivedi, Yogi (2016-05-12). Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908959-8.
  4. ↑ Lobo, Lancy (1995). The Thakors of north Gujarat: a caste in the village and the region. Hindustan Pub. Corp. ISBN 978-81-7075-035-2.
  5. ↑ Roy Burman, J. J. (2005). Gujarat Unknown: Hindu-Muslim Syncretism and Humanistic Forays By J. J. Roy Burma. p. 140. ISBN 9788183240529.

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