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Kunwar (also spelt Kanwar or Kaur or Kuar) is an Indian title denoting a prince. It is derived from the Sanskrit term

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. It was traditionally associated with the feudal Rajputs such as the son of a

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The following are notable uses of the name Kunwar.

In India

Babu Kunwar Singh Kunwar Singh (born: 13 November 1777 – died: 26 April 1858), also known as Babu Kunwar Singh, was a leader and military commander during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He led a selected band of armed soldiers against the troops under the comm ...

(1777-1858; also known as Babu Kunwar Singh and Kuer Singh), leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857 *

Kunwar Amar Kunwar Amarjeet Singh is an Indian contemporary dancer and television actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Reyansh Singhania in the popular dance-based youth show ''Dil Dosti Dance''. Career Kunwar Amar began his career as a contestan ...

, Indian dancer and actor *

Kunwar Narayan Kunwar Narayan (19 September 1927 – 15 November 2017) was a poet in Indian literature in Hindi.

(1927-2017), Indian poet *

Kunwar Natwar Singh Kunwar Natwar Singh, IFS (born 16 May 1931) is an Indian diplomat and politician who served as the Minister of External Affairs from May 2004 to December 2005. Singh was selected into the Indian Foreign Service, one of the most competitive a ...

(born 1931), Indian politician *

Kunwar Vikram Singh Kunwar Vikram Singh alias Nati Raja belongs to Chhatarpur royal family. He is a member of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, elected from the newly formed constituency of Rajnagar, in Madhya Pradesh, India in 2008. He fought election fro ...

(born 1970), Indian royal *

Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar also knowns as Kunwar Sone Shah, died in 1816, ruled on Chhatarpur dynasty as Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in ...

(died 1816), Indian raja *

Kunwar Manvendra Singh Kunwar Manvendra Singh is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician with three-term Member of Legislative Council and one term Member of Legislative Assembly from Uttar Pradesh. Former designated Chairman of Laghu Jal Vidyut Nigam government of Ut ...

(born 1950), Indian politician *

Kunwar Digvijay Singh Kunwar Digvijay Singh (2 February 1922 – 27 March 1978), popularly known as "Babu", was an Indian field hockey player. He was born in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh. He is widely known for his mesmerising passing ability and is considered by ...

(1922-1978), popularly known as "Babu", Indian field hockey player *

Kunwar Sarvraj Singh Kunwar Sarvraj Singh (born 14 August 1952) is an Indian politician for the Aonla (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, i ...

(born 1952), Indian politician *

Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh also known as Rakesh Singh, is a businessman who served as the Member of Parliament from Moradabad, India from Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a veteran politician from Western Uttar Pradesh who belongs to Thakur (India ...

(born 1952), Indian businessman and politician * Lal Kunwar, Empress of Mughal Empire *

Kunwar Pranav Singh Pranav Singh (born 6 April 1966). He is a Member of the Legislative assembly of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in India. He is elected for the fourth consecutive time and is one of the senior Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assemb ...

(born 1966), Indian politician *

Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 5 October 1943) is an Indian politician from the Allahabad Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh. He played a major role in the establishment of the Samajwadi Party with SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav, Beni P ...

(born 1943), Indian politician *

Kunwar Singh (cricketer) Raja Sir Maharaj Singh (17 May 1878, Kapurthala, Punjab (British India), Punjab – 6 June 1959, Lucknow) was the first Indian List of Governors of Bombay, Governor of Bombay. He was also the Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir during Maharaja ...

(1878-1959), first Indian Governor of Bombay, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (during Maharaja Hari Singh’s rule) and also Dewan of Jodhpur *

Kunwar Jitin Prasad Jitin Prasada (born 29 November 1973) is an Indian politician from Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed Cabinet Minister by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 26 September 2021. Earlier, he has been the former Minister of State for Human Resource De ...

(born 1973), Indian politician *

Anita Kunwar Anita Kanwar is an Indian film and television actor who is best known for her role as ''Lajjo ji'' in the 1980s Doordarshan mega soap opera ''Buniyaad''. An alumnus of the National School of Drama (1978 batch), Kanwar has also worked in films ...

, Indian actor *

Khan Shein Kunwar Shawkat Ali Khan pen-name Khan Shein Kunwar, is a short story writer from Kolkata, India, who has written hundreds of short stories on different current topics regularly published in various newspapers and magazines throughout the country. His f ...

(born 1955), Indian writer * Kunwar Bhim Singh (born 1941), Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author * Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (1821-1840), ruler of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent

In Nepal

Kunwar family of Gorkha The Kunwar family ( ne, कुँवर परिवार) was a noble Khas-Chhetri family in the Gorkha Kingdom and the Kingdom of Nepal. Kunwars were linked to the Thapa dynasty and family of Amar Singh Thapa by marital lineages and, thus, t ...

, a political Chhetri family of Nepal *

Ram Krishna Kunwar Ram Krishna Kunwar or Ramakrishna Kunwar ( ne, रामकृष्ण कुँवर; IAST: ''Rāmakr̥ṣṇa kum̐vara'') was military commander (Sardar) of Gorkha Kingdom during the Unification of Nepal at the reign of King Prithvi Narayan ...

(died 1771), Nepalese warlord during rule of King Prithvi Narayan Shah * Ranajit Kunwar (1753-c.1815), Nepalese military commander and governor * Chandrabir Kunwar (died 1814), Nepalese governor and military commander * Bal Narsingh Kunwar (1783-1841), Nepalese military officer and courtier * Balbhadra Kunwar (1789-1823), Nepalese military commander, One of the National heroes of Nepal * Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana (1817-1877), Eighth Prime Minister of Nepal and Founder of Rana dynasty in Nepal *

Bam Bahadur Kunwar Bam Bahadur Kunwar Rana (1818–1857; ne, बम बहादुर कुँवर राणा) was the 9th Prime Minister of the government of Nepal. He was brother of Jung Bahadur Rana Maharaja Jung Bahadur Kunwar Ranaji, (born Bir Narsin ...

(1818-1857), Ninth Prime Minister of Nepal * Ranodip Singh Kunwar (1825-1885), Tenth Prime Minister of Nepal and Fifth Brother of Jung Bahadur *

Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana Dhir Shumsher Kunwar (1828 – 1884 Kathmandu) after 1848 known as Dhir Shumsher Kunwar Ranaji ( ne, धीर शम्शेर कुँवर राणाजी) or Dhir Shumsher Jang Kunwar Ranaji or shortly Dhir Shumsher Rana posthumously ...

(1828-1884),

Commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Army The Chief of the Nepalese Army (or Gorkhali Army) ( ne, नेपाली सेनाको प्रधानसेनापति) is the military position of army head of the Nepalese Army, initially known as ''Gorkhali Army''. The Chief of the ...

, youngest brother of Jung Bahadur *

Kunwar Inderjit Singh Kunwar Indrajit Singh ( ne, कुँवर इन्द्रजीत सिंह; 1906 – 4 October 1982), popularly known as Dr. K.I. Singh or just K.I. Singh was a Nepali politician and revolutionary who served as the 20th Prime Minis ...

(1906-1982), 20th Prime Minister of Nepal. Royalty of

Doti Doti ( ne, डोटी), also known as Doti region, Dotigarh (डोटीगढ़) as used in the Jagar (folk tales; जागर), in the Farwestern region of Nepal (Sudurpashchim Province), is a region situated between River Kali bordering ...

Region. Born as Indradhwoj Shahi later adopted title of Kunwar *

Uttam Kunwar Uttam Kunwar (; 1938–1982) was a Nepalese literary journalist, critic, and writer. He served as an editor for '' Ruprekha'', one of the most popular literary magazine in Nepal, alongside Bal Mukunda Pandey. He won the Madan Puraskar in 1966 (20 ...

(1938–1982), Nepalese journalist and writer *

Ramjee Kunwar Ramjee Kunwar ( ne, रामजी कुँवर) (born 19 September 1956; Kaski District, Nepal) is a Nepal Trade Union Congress-Independent (NTUCI) leader, Senior Vice President of NTUCI and executive member of Nepali Congress Party. He was ...

(born 1956), Trade Union Activist and politician *

Baburam Kunwar Baburam Kunwar ( ne, बाबुराम कुँवर) is the first governor of Gandaki Province. He was recommended as Governor of Gandaki Province on 13 January 2018. Early life Baburam Kunwar was born in Sandhikharka Municipality, Ward ...

(born 1960), first governor of Gandaki Province *

Kabita Kunwar Kabita Kunwar () is a Nepali cricketer and right arm-medium bowler for the Nepal women's national cricket team. International career Kajal was in the playing 11 of the Nepal women first twenty 20 International debut match against China women's ...

(born 2003), Nepalese cricketer

In Pakistan

Kunwar Khalid Yunus Kunwar Khalid Younus is a Pakistani politician, and member of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement political party. Yunus was born in the town of Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, India on 30 September 1944 (his brother being the actor Tariq Yunus). Kunwar Khalid ...

(born 1964), Pakistani politician *

Kunwar Ali Roshan ''Zibahkhana'' (English: ''Slaughterhouse'' (literal meaning), ''Hell's Ground'' (English title)) is a 2007 Pakistani Urdu-English slasher film directed by Omar Khan. It premiered at the NatFilm Festival in Denmark and has been screened at festi ...

, Pakistani filmmaker

References

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In India

In Nepal

In Pakistan

See also

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