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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]]. 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 alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  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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