Maharana is a variation on the Indian royal title
Rana
Rana may refer to:
Astronomy
* Rana (crater), a crater on Mars
* Delta Eridani or Rana, a star
People, groups and titles
* Rana (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name)
* Rana (title), a histori ...
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Maharana denotes '
king of kings', similar to the word "
Maharaja
Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great king" or " high king".
A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Empire, a ...
".
Ruler title in British India
Salute states (all in present India)
The gun salutes enjoyed by the states that acceded to the Dominion of India on 14 August 1947, included the following Maharanas:
*Hereditary salute of 19-guns (21-guns local): the Maharana of
Udaipur State
Kingdom of Mewar, sometimes known as Udaipur State, was ruled by the Sisodia dynasty. It was an independent kingdom in Rajputana region of India. It was established around the 7th century as minor rulers of the Nagada-Ahar region of Udaipur an ...
(Mewar)
*Hereditary salute of 13-guns the Maharana of
Rajpipla
Rajpipla is a town and a municipality in the Narmada district in the Indian state of Gujarat.
It was the capital of the former Kingdom of Rajpipla.
Geography
Rajpipla is located at . It has an average elevation of 148 metres (485 ...
*Hereditary salute of 11-guns: the Maharana of
Barwani
Barwani or Badwani ( hi, Baḍwāni) is a municipal town in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh, India, that is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River. It is the administrative headquarters of Barwani district and has also served a ...
Hereditary salutes of 9-guns:
*The Maharana of
Danta
*The Maharana of
Wadhwan
Wadhwan, also spelled Vadhwan, is a city and a municipality in Surendranagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Located on the banks of the Bhogavo River, around 3 km from Surendranagar and 111 km from Ahmedabad, Wadhwan is a ...
*The Maharana of
Sant
Some of the rulers were granted increased gun salutes after the independence, e.g. the above-listed Maharana of Mewar (Hindu; at Udaipur,
Maharajpramukh in Rajasthan) was raised to first place in the Order of Precedence, displacing the
Nizam
The Nizams were the rulers of Hyderabad from the 18th through the 20th century. Nizam of Hyderabad (Niẓām ul-Mulk, also known as Asaf Jah) was the title of the monarch of the Hyderabad State ( divided between the state of Telangana, Mar ...
of Hyderabad and Berar (Muslim), and all 9-gun states were permitted the use of the style of
Highness.
Non-salute states ruled by a Maharana
Compound ruler titles
*The Maharana
Raj Sahib of
Wankaner
Wankaner is a city and a municipality in Morbi district in the State of Gujarat. Until 2013, Wankaner was part of the Rajkot district.
Etymology
The city was named after its location on the Machhu River, "Wankaner" translating to "riverbend" ( ...
- Hereditary salute of 11-guns
*The Maharana Sahib of
Dharampur
Other use
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Indian princely states
Heads of state
Royal titles
Noble titles
Titles of national or ethnic leadership
Medieval India
Udaipur
Indian feudalism
Titles in India