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'''Raje''' ({{lang-mr|राजे}}) is the [[honor]]ary [[Styles and titles|title]] for a [[king]] or [[nobleman]] (i.e. "your Majesty") in [[India]]. In India, south Indian [[States of India|states]] were ruled by the royal Indian [[Dynasties of India|dynasties]]. The rulers were addressed by the people as ''Raje''.
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Some [[clan]]s of the [[Maratha]] community put the name Raje before their original clan name. Examples of these include RajeBhosale, RajeShirke, RajeMahadik, RajeNimbalkar and RajeMane.
*In [[Maharashtra]], [[Shivaji|Chatrapati Shivaji Raje]] was addressed as ''King'' or ''Raje''. Also, other clans of the [[Maratha]] community put Raje before their original clan name; Raje Shirke, Raje Mahadik, Raje Kadam, Raje Chalukya, Raje Jadhavrao etc or used it as a suffix to their names like Santaji Raje, Maloji Raje, Raghoji Raje etc.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shrivastavya|first=Vidayanand Swami|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Vg9AAAAMAAJ&q=Raje|title=Elements Amongst the Marathas|date=1952|publisher=D.K. Shrivastavya for Aitihasik gaurava grantha mala|pages=23–24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=C V Vaidya|url=http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.76514|title=Shivaji The Founder Of Maratha Swaraj|date=1931|pages=12, 205 and 206}}</ref>


In states like [[Rajasthan]], [[Rajput]] community chiefs are known by the titles that include Maharawal, Rana and Maharana. These mean the same thing as Raje or Maharaja.
==See also==
* [[Maratha]]
* [[Maratha Empire]]
* [[List of Maratha dynasties and states]]
* [[Maratha titles]]
* [[Sardar]]
* [[Mankari]]
* [[Deshmukh]]
* [[Zamindar]]
* [[Jagirdar]]


== Related pages ==
==References==
* [[Raja]]
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[[Category:History of India]]
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  • In Maharashtra, Chatrapati Shivaji Raje was addressed as King or Raje. Also, other clans of the Maratha community put Raje before their original clan name; Raje Shirke, Raje Mahadik, Raje Kadam, Raje Chalukya, Raje Jadhavrao etc or used it as a suffix to their names like Santaji Raje, Maloji Raje, Raghoji Raje etc.[1][2]

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  1. Shrivastavya, Vidayanand Swami (1952). Elements Amongst the Marathas. D.K. Shrivastavya for Aitihasik gaurava grantha mala. pp. 23–24.
  2. C V Vaidya (1931). Shivaji The Founder Of Maratha Swaraj. pp. 12, 205 and 206.