Raja of Manchuru
| Raja of Manchuru | |
|---|---|
| Creation date | c.1400 |
| Peerage | Peerage of British India |
| Last holder | Venkataswamy Kalikiri-Reddy |
| Present holder | Bharathi Rajendran (Titular) |
| Heir apparent | Rohan Rajendran-Morris (Titular) |
| Extinction date | 1950 |
| Former seat(s) | Rajendran House |
| Motto | Victoria per voluntatem dei (Victory by the will of god) |
The Raja of Manchuru is a feudal Indian title. Created around 1400, it originally designated the ruler of the Manchuru region. During the British Raj, it was a colonial native title in the Peerage of British India, conferred on the hereditary Zamindar of that estate by the British Colonial Government.[1][2][3][4]
Heir-apparent custom[edit]
The Raja of Manchuru also owned and ruled over Amudala Kalva, which was a small hamlet situated in the rural outskirts of Madanapalle, Amudala Kalva was held as a subsidiary Zamindari Estate and produced substantial amounts of wealth for the ruling family, mainly through farming.
The title of the Raja’s heir apparent was Yuvaraja (of Manchuru).
Ruling families[edit]
Post-abolition status[edit]
The title (and its subsidiary title) were legally extinguished in 1950 by the enactment of Article 18 of the Indian Constitution.[5] However, it is still used as a courtesy title, especially in ceremonial contexts.[6]
Notes[edit]
While most holders of the title were male, and thus styled as Raja, in the event that a female became ruler/head of the ruling family; she was to be styled as a Rani of Manchuru, as was the wife of a/the Raja.
The title for a female heir-apparent in her own right, or wife of a Yuvaraja is Yuvarani.
References[edit]
- ^ https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/lehs301.pdf
- ^ "Raja Tagore: Renaissance Man of Indian Music". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 8, page 233 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu.
- ^ Modern Asian Studies Vol. 17, No. 4 (1983)
- ^ https://www.constitutionofindia.net/articles/article-18-abolition-of-titles/
- ^ https://www.jstor.org/stable/4381686
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