Darbar (title)

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 and Rajput. 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 Rajput 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 Rajput chieftains and is prevalent in use even today mainly in rural Gujarat.

Darbar Shri[edit]

Darbar Shri was the formal title of the ruler of a princely state in :

Chotila, in Eastern Kathiawara, Hindu Rajput Khachar dynasty^{[citation needed]}

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↑ Gujarat - Part 3. 2003. p. 1173. ISBN 9788179911068.
↑ 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.
↑ Williams, Raymond Brady; Trivedi, Yogi (2016-05-12). Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-908959-8.
↑ 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.
↑ 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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[a-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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