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The female variant of the title is <b>Thakurani</b> or <b>Thakurain</b>, and is also used to describe the wife of a Thakur. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh,_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh%2C_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg/220px-Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh%2C_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh%2C_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg/330px-Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh%2C_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh%2C_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg/440px-Portrait_of_Thakur_Raja_Bakhtawar_Singh%2C_standing_in_a_European-style_interior..jpg 2x" data-file-width="1875" data-file-height="2500" /></a><figcaption>Portrait of Thakur Raja Bakhtawar Singh made by Fateh Muhammad around 1880 in western Rajasthan, probably Bikaner.</figcaption></figure> <p>There are varying opinions among scholars about its origin. Some scholars suggest that it is not mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> texts preceding 500 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">BCE</a>, but speculates that it might have been a part of the vocabulary of the dialects spoken in <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">northern India</a> before the <a href="/wiki/Gupta_Empire" title="Gupta Empire">Gupta Empire</a>. It is viewed to have been derived from word <i>Thakkura</i> which, according to several scholars, was not an original word of the Sanskrit <a href="/wiki/Languages_of_India" title="Languages of India">language</a> but a borrowed word in the Indian lexis from the Tukharistan region of <a href="/wiki/Uzbekistan" title="Uzbekistan">Uzbekistan</a>. Another view-point is that <i>Thakkura</i> is a loan word from the <a href="/wiki/Prakrit" title="Prakrit">Prakrit</a> language. </p><p>Scholars have suggested differing meanings for the word, i.e. "god", "lord", and "master of the estate". Academics have suggested that it was only a title, and in itself, did not grant any authority to its users "to wield some power in the state". </p><p>In India, the social groups which use this title include the <a href="/wiki/Rajputs" class="mw-redirect" title="Rajputs">Rajputs</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Brahmins">Bengali Brahmins</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SKD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bhumihars" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhumihars">Bhumihars</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Charan" title="Charan">Charans</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Koli_people" title="Koli people">Koli</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bkb_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bkb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology_and_meaning">Etymology and meaning</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sisir_Kumar_Das" title="Sisir Kumar Das">Sisir Kumar Das</a> stated that the word <i>Thakur</i> is derived from the "late <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a>" word <i>Thakkura</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-SKD_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 28">: 28 </span></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Harka_Gurung" title="Harka Gurung">Harka Bahadur Gurung</a> noted that the <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepalese</a> version of the word <i>Thakur</i> is <i>Thakuri</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-HBG_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HBG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The meaning of the word <i>Thakur</i> was suggested to be "god" by S. K. Das;<sup id="cite_ref-SKD_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 31">: 31 </span></sup> "lord" by Blair B. Kling;<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "master of the estate" by H. B. Gurung.<sup id="cite_ref-HBG_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HBG-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origin">Origin</h2></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Nirmal_Chandra_Sinha" title="Nirmal Chandra Sinha">Nirmal Chandra Sinha</a> stated that the word <i>Thakura</i> is "unknown" to the Vedic and Classical Sanskrit and finds no mention in the Sanskrit literature preceding 500 BCE. He suggests, however, that "the word was possibly current in many north Indian dialects before the Imperial Guptas". Sinha notes that many scholars, such as Buddha Prakash, <a href="/wiki/Frederick_William_Thomas_(philologist)" title="Frederick William Thomas (philologist)">Frederick Thomas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harold_Bailey" class="mw-redirect" title="Harold Bailey">Harold Bailey</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prabodh_Chandra_Bagchi" title="Prabodh Chandra Bagchi">Prabodh Bagchi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Suniti_Kumar_Chatterji" title="Suniti Kumar Chatterji">Suniti Chatterji</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Sylvain_L%C3%A9vi" title="Sylvain Lévi">Sylvain Lévi</a>, have suggested that <i>Thakura</i> is a borrowed word in the Indian lexis from the Tukhara regions of Current Uzbekistan.<sup id="cite_ref-NCS_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sinha observed: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"It may be noted that in South India among orthodox Brahmins, Thakura or Thakur is not a popular term obviously because of its Tukhara or Turuska background."<sup id="cite_ref-NCS_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCS-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Byomkes_Chakrabarti" title="Byomkes Chakrabarti">Byomkes Chakrabarti</a> noted that the Sanskrit word <i>Thakkura</i> finds mention in "late Sanskrit". He doubted, however, that <i>Thakkura</i> is "an original Sanskrit word" and was of the opinion that <i>Thakkura</i> is probably a loan word from the Prakrit language.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Usage">Usage</h2></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Lakhajirajsinhji_II_Bavajirajsinhji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Lakhajirajsinhji_II_Bavajirajsinhji.jpg/150px-Lakhajirajsinhji_II_Bavajirajsinhji.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Lakhajirajsinhji_II_Bavajirajsinhji.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="340" /></a><figcaption><i>Thakur</i> <a href="/wiki/Lakhajirajsinhji_II_Bavajirajsinhji" title="Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji">Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji</a> of Rajkot</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Susan_Snow_Wadley" title="Susan Snow Wadley">Susan Snow Wadley</a> noted that the title <i>Thakur</i> was used to refer to "a man of indeterminate but mid-level caste, usually implying a landowning caste". Wadley further notes that <i>Thakur</i> was viewed as a "more modest" title in comparison to "<i><a href="/wiki/Raja" title="Raja">Rājā</a></i>" (King).<sup id="cite_ref-SSW_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SSW-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>S. K. Das noted that while the word <i>thakur</i> means "god", it is also used to refer to the father-in-law of a woman.<sup id="cite_ref-SKD_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also used for a <a href="/wiki/Brahmin" title="Brahmin">Brahmin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-SKD_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SKD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Rajput" title="Rajput">Rajput</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Rajput_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rajput-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Koli_people" title="Koli people">Koli</a><sup id="cite_ref-bkb_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bkb-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Charan" title="Charan">Charan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some academics have suggested that "<i>Thakur</i> was merely a title and not an office whereby a holder was entitled to wield some power in the state".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, some other academics have noted that this title had been used by "petty chiefs" in the western areas of <a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh" title="Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The title was used by rulers of several <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a>, including <a href="/wiki/Ambliara_State" title="Ambliara State">Ambliara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vala_State" title="Vala State">Vala</a>, <a href="/wiki/Morvi_State" title="Morvi State">Morbi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Varsoda_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Varsoda State">Barsoda</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rajkot_State" title="Rajkot State">Rajkot State</a>. Sons of thakurs were given the Sanskrit title of <i><a href="/wiki/Kumar_(title)" title="Kumar (title)">Kumara</a></i> ('prince'), popular usage being <i><a href="/wiki/Kunwar_(title)" title="Kunwar (title)">Kunwar</a></i> in the North and <i><a href="/wiki/Kumar_(title)" title="Kumar (title)">Kumar</a></i> in <a href="/wiki/Bengal" title="Bengal">Bengal</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">southern India</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The territory of land under the control of a <i>Thakur</i> was called <i>thikana</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sardar" title="Sardar">Sardar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaudhary" class="mw-redirect" title="Chaudhary">Chaudhary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mankari" title="Mankari">Mankari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakkar" title="Thakkar">Thakkar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakuri" title="Thakuri">Thakuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thakor" title="Thakor">Thakor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Purshotamdas_Thakurdas" class="mw-redirect" title="Purshotamdas Thakurdas">Thakurdas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajputs_in_Bihar" title="Rajputs in Bihar">Rajputs in Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharmathakur" title="Dharmathakur">Dharmathakur</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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S. A.; Madhugiri, Shamarao; Rao, Ananthapadmanabha (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7whuAAAAMAAJ"><i>Dominance and State Power in Modern India</i></a>. Oxford University Press. p. 137. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-562098-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-562098-6"><bdi>978-0-19-562098-6</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410214540/https://www.google.co.in/books/edition/Dominance_and_State_Power_in_Modern_Indi/7whuAAAAMAAJ?hl=en">Archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2023</span>. <q>Thakur and rajput have been used interchangeably to refer to castes of Kshatriya rank.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dominance+and+State+Power+in+Modern+India&rft.pages=137&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=978-0-19-562098-6&rft.aulast=Frankel&rft.aufirst=Francine+R.&rft.au=Rao%2C+M.+S.+A.&rft.au=Madhugiri%2C+Shamarao&rft.au=Rao%2C+Ananthapadmanabha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D7whuAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SKD-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-SKD_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SKD_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SKD_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SKD_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-SKD_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDas1968" class="citation journal cs1">Das, Sisir Kumar (April 1968). "Forms of Address and Terms of Reference in Bengali". <i><a href="/wiki/Anthropological_Linguistics_(journal)" title="Anthropological Linguistics (journal)">Anthropological Linguistics</a></i>. <b>10</b> (4). Trustees of Indiana University: 19–31. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/30029176">30029176</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Anthropological+Linguistics&rft.atitle=Forms+of+Address+and+Terms+of+Reference+in+Bengali&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=19-31&rft.date=1968-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F30029176%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Das&rft.aufirst=Sisir+Kumar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSyed_Ashraf_Ali2013" class="citation news cs1">Syed Ashraf Ali (4 May 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thedailystar.net/news/from-thakur-to-tagore">"From Thakur to Tagore"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Star_(Bangladesh)" title="The Daily Star (Bangladesh)">The Daily Star</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190706133756/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/from-thakur-to-tagore">Archived</a> from the original on 6 July 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 January</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Daily+Star&rft.atitle=From+Thakur+to+Tagore&rft.date=2013-05-04&rft.au=Syed+Ashraf+Ali&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedailystar.net%2Fnews%2Ffrom-thakur-to-tagore&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKS_Singh1998" class="citation book cs1">KS Singh (1998). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Jw9uAAAAMAAJ&q=bhumihars+use+thakur+title"><i>India's Communities vol 6</i></a>. OUP. p. 471. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-563354-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-563354-2"><bdi>978-0-19-563354-2</bdi></a>. <q>In Bihar , the Babhan are also known as Bhumihar Brahman . They have titles such as Rai , Singh , Pandey , Tiwari , Chaudhry and Thakur.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=India%27s+Communities+vol+6&rft.pages=471&rft.pub=OUP&rft.date=1998&rft.isbn=978-0-19-563354-2&rft.au=KS+Singh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJw9uAAAAMAAJ%26q%3Dbhumihars%2Buse%2Bthakur%2Btitle&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaksena1965" class="citation journal cs1">Saksena, B. S. (1965). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41854129">"The Phenomenon Of Feudal Loyalty : A Case Study In Sirohi State"</a>. <i>The Indian Journal of Political Science</i>. <b>26</b> (4): 121–128. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0019-5510">0019-5510</a>. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/41854129">41854129</a>. <q>Among jagirdars, all were not Rajputs. Jagirs were also granted to Charans and Brahmins. They were also known as thakurs.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Indian+Journal+of+Political+Science&rft.atitle=The+Phenomenon+Of+Feudal+Loyalty+%3A+A+Case+Study+In+Sirohi+State&rft.volume=26&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=121-128&rft.date=1965&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F41854129%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.issn=0019-5510&rft.aulast=Saksena&rft.aufirst=B.+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F41854129&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMishra2017" class="citation news cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Mishra, Kuldeep (18 December 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42386072">"गुजरात और उत्तर प्रदेश की राजनीति कैसे अलग है?"</a>. <i>BBC News हिंदी</i> (in Hindi). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211214151952/https://www.bbc.com/hindi/india-42386072">Archived</a> from the original on 14 December 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">19 December</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News+%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80&rft.atitle=%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%97+%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%3F&rft.date=2017-12-18&rft.aulast=Mishra&rft.aufirst=Kuldeep&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fhindi%2Findia-42386072&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bkb-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bkb_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bkb_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMisra1970" class="citation book cs1">Misra, Bankey Bihari (1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=BE8LAQAAIAAJ"><i>The Administrative History of India, 1834-1947: General Administration</i></a>. New Delhi, India, Asia: <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. pp. 468: Similar to these were certain estates held on payment of rentals settled in the lump with their heads called Koli thakurs. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-560134-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-560134-3"><bdi>978-0-19-560134-3</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230218044258/https://books.google.com/books?id=BE8LAQAAIAAJ">Archived</a> from the original on 18 February 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">24 January</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Administrative+History+of+India%2C+1834-1947%3A+General+Administration&rft.place=New+Delhi%2C+India%2C+Asia&rft.pages=468%3A+Similar+to+these+were+certain+estates+held+on+payment+of+rentals+settled+in+the+lump+with+their+heads+called+Koli+thakurs&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=1970&rft.isbn=978-0-19-560134-3&rft.aulast=Misra&rft.aufirst=Bankey+Bihari&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DBE8LAQAAIAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HBG-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-HBG_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-HBG_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGurung1996" class="citation book cs1">Gurung, Harka Bahadur (1996). <i>Faces of Nepal</i>. illustrated by <a href="/wiki/Jan_Salter" title="Jan Salter">Jan Salter</a>. Himal. p. 29. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-9993343509" title="Special:BookSources/978-9993343509"><bdi>978-9993343509</bdi></a>. <q>The term Thakuri is a Nepali variation of the Hindi word thakur, which means 'master of the estate'. Indeed, Thakuris of Nepal are associated with some territory inherited from the days of Baisi and Chaubisi principalities; the term thakurai actually refers to 'fiefdom'. It is said that among those Rajputs fleeing to the hills after the Muslim invasion in India, successful adventurers among them were given the name and status of Thakuri by their Brahman followers.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Faces+of+Nepal&rft.pages=29&rft.pub=Himal&rft.date=1996&rft.isbn=978-9993343509&rft.aulast=Gurung&rft.aufirst=Harka+Bahadur&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKling1976" class="citation book cs1">Kling, Blair B. (1976). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=KVBKeqaYeVwC&pg=PA10">"The Home and the World"</a>. <i>Partner in Empire: Dwarkanath Tagore and the Age of Enterprise in Eastern India</i>. <a href="/wiki/University_of_California_Press" title="University of California Press">University of California Press</a>. p. 10. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0520029279" title="Special:BookSources/978-0520029279"><bdi>978-0520029279</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410214529/https://books.google.com/books?id=KVBKeqaYeVwC&pg=PA10">Archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Home+and+the+World&rft.btitle=Partner+in+Empire%3A+Dwarkanath+Tagore+and+the+Age+of+Enterprise+in+Eastern+India&rft.pages=10&rft.pub=University+of+California+Press&rft.date=1976&rft.isbn=978-0520029279&rft.aulast=Kling&rft.aufirst=Blair+B.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DKVBKeqaYeVwC%26pg%3DPA10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NCS-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NCS_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCS_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSinha1987" class="citation journal cs1">Sinha, Nirmal Chandra (1987). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_1987_01_full.pdf">"Inner Asia and India Through the Ages"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Bulletin of Tibetology</i>. New. <b>23</b> (1). Gangtok, India: Sikkim Research Institute of Tibetology: 18. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20211117002441/http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/bot/pdf/bot_1987_01_full.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 17 November 2021<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2020</span> – via <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+of+Tibetology&rft.atitle=Inner+Asia+and+India+Through+the+Ages&rft.volume=23&rft.issue=1&rft.pages=18&rft.date=1987&rft.aulast=Sinha&rft.aufirst=Nirmal+Chandra&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhimalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk%2Fcollections%2Fjournals%2Fbot%2Fpdf%2Fbot_1987_01_full.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChakrabarti1992" class="citation book cs1">Chakrabarti, Byomkes (1992). <i>A Comparative Study of Santali and Bengali</i>. K. P. Bagchi & Company. p. 14. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8170741282" title="Special:BookSources/978-8170741282"><bdi>978-8170741282</bdi></a>. <q>Mr. Risley has also drawn attention to the fact that the supreme God "Thakur" of the Santali traditions bears a Hindi name derived from the Sanskrit origin "thakkura". But there is much doubt whether "thakkura" itself is an original Sanskrit word. The word occurs in late Sanskrit possibly being borrowed from Prakrit. But if we make a careful analysis of the different languages of the western regions of Asia from Turkish to Bengali we would surely find out traces of similarities of most of these languages with Santali and this will go to show that the tribes had their historical wanderings from the Western part of Asia to the Eastern part of India.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Comparative+Study+of+Santali+and+Bengali&rft.pages=14&rft.pub=K.+P.+Bagchi+%26+Company&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-8170741282&rft.aulast=Chakrabarti&rft.aufirst=Byomkes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SSW-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SSW_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWadley2004" class="citation book cs1">Wadley, Susan S. (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=UbsgVL4AGkoC&pg=PA60"><i>Raja Nal and the Goddess: The North Indian Epic Dhola in Performance</i></a> (illustrated ed.). Bloomington, Indiana: <a href="/wiki/Indiana_University_Press" title="Indiana University Press">Indiana University Press</a>. p. 60. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0253217240" title="Special:BookSources/978-0253217240"><bdi>978-0253217240</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2004009434">2004009434</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410214540/https://books.google.com/books?id=UbsgVL4AGkoC&pg=PA60">Archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2020</span>. <q>Eventually he was awarded the title of <i>rājā</i> (king), although he preferred the more modest "Thakur" (a man of indeterminate but mid-level caste, usually implying a landowning caste, often Rajput).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Raja+Nal+and+the+Goddess%3A+The+North+Indian+Epic+Dhola+in+Performance&rft.place=Bloomington%2C+Indiana&rft.pages=60&rft.edition=illustrated&rft.pub=Indiana+University+Press&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2004009434&rft.isbn=978-0253217240&rft.aulast=Wadley&rft.aufirst=Susan+S.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DUbsgVL4AGkoC%26pg%3DPA60&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Rajput-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Rajput_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEllinwood2002" class="citation web cs1">Ellinwood, DeWitt C. (January 2002). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/a-perspective-on-the-western-front-by-an-indian-army-office-on-the-western-front-by-dr-dewitt-c-ellinwood/">"A Perspective on the Western Front by an Indian Army Office on the Western Front"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Western_Front_Association" title="Western Front Association">Western Front Association</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201110034942/https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/world-war-i-articles/a-perspective-on-the-western-front-by-an-indian-army-office-on-the-western-front-by-dr-dewitt-c-ellinwood/">Archived</a> from the original on 10 November 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 November</span> 2020</span>. <q>...Thakur (title of respect for Rajput aristocrats whose father is deceased; usually a landowner)...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Western+Front+Association&rft.atitle=A+Perspective+on+the+Western+Front+by+an+Indian+Army+Office+on+the+Western+Front&rft.date=2002-01&rft.aulast=Ellinwood&rft.aufirst=DeWitt+C.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.westernfrontassociation.com%2Fworld-war-i-articles%2Fa-perspective-on-the-western-front-by-an-indian-army-office-on-the-western-front-by-dr-dewitt-c-ellinwood%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:1-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:1_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYadavArya1988" class="citation book cs1">Yadav, Kripal Chandra; Arya, Krishan Singh (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=6v5tAAAAMAAJ"><i>Arya Samaj and the Freedom Movement: 1875-1918</i></a>. Manohar Publications. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-85054-41-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-85054-41-4"><bdi>978-81-85054-41-4</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410214536/https://books.google.com/books?id=6v5tAAAAMAAJ">Archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 April</span> 2022</span>. <q>Thakur Kesari Singh was born on 21 November 1872 at Devpura, a small village near Shahpura in Udaipur state (Rajasthan) in a patriotic Charan family. His father, Thakur Kishan Singh a follower of Swami Dayananda was one of the chief counsellors of the ruler of Udaipur.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Arya+Samaj+and+the+Freedom+Movement%3A+1875-1918&rft.pub=Manohar+Publications&rft.date=1988&rft.isbn=978-81-85054-41-4&rft.aulast=Yadav&rft.aufirst=Kripal+Chandra&rft.au=Arya%2C+Krishan+Singh&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D6v5tAAAAMAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSharma1977" class="citation book cs1">Sharma, Ghanshyam Datt (1977). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5-YeAAAAMAAJ&q=%22thakur+was+merely+a+title+and+not+an+office%22"><i>Rajput Polity: A Study of Politics and Administration of the State of Marwar, 1638–1749</i></a>. Manohar. p. 18. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0883868874" title="Special:BookSources/978-0883868874"><bdi>978-0883868874</bdi></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410214531/https://books.google.com/books?id=5-YeAAAAMAAJ&q=%22thakur+was+merely+a+title+and+not+an+office%22">Archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 October</span> 2020</span>. <q>Bose agrees with Dr. Kane (History of the Dharmasastras, iii, 984) that thakur was merely a title and not an office whereby a holder was entitled to wield some power in the state.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Rajput+Polity%3A+A+Study+of+Politics+and+Administration+of+the+State+of+Marwar%2C+1638%E2%80%931749&rft.pages=18&rft.pub=Manohar&rft.date=1977&rft.isbn=978-0883868874&rft.aulast=Sharma&rft.aufirst=Ghanshyam+Datt&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5-YeAAAAMAAJ%26q%3D%2522thakur%2Bwas%2Bmerely%2Ba%2Btitle%2Band%2Bnot%2Ban%2Boffice%2522&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOhriKhanna1989" class="citation book cs1">Ohri, Vishwa Chander; Khanna, Amar Nath (1989). "Influence of Rajasthani on Pahari". <i>History and Culture of the Chamba State, a Western Himalayan Kingdom: Collected Papers of the Seminar Held at Chamba in 1983</i>. Books & Books. p. 131. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788185016252" title="Special:BookSources/9788185016252"><bdi>9788185016252</bdi></a>. <q>...in the hills refer to a time when petty chiefs bearing the title of Rana or Thakur exercised authority over their iminutive domains...</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Influence+of+Rajasthani+on+Pahari&rft.btitle=History+and+Culture+of+the+Chamba+State%2C+a+Western+Himalayan+Kingdom%3A+Collected+Papers+of+the+Seminar+Held+at+Chamba+in+1983&rft.pages=131&rft.pub=Books+%26+Books&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=9788185016252&rft.aulast=Ohri&rft.aufirst=Vishwa+Chander&rft.au=Khanna%2C+Amar+Nath&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVadivelu2016" class="citation book cs1">Vadivelu, A. (24 August 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=oFwDWt2N29cC"><i>The Aristocracy of Southern India, Volume 2</i></a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230410214453/https://books.google.com/books?id=oFwDWt2N29cC">Archived</a> from the original on 10 April 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 September</span> 2018</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Aristocracy+of+Southern+India%2C+Volume+2&rft.date=2016-08-24&rft.aulast=Vadivelu&rft.aufirst=A.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DoFwDWt2N29cC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDoornbosKaviraj1997" class="citation book cs1">Doornbos, Martin; Kaviraj, Sudipta (1997). <i>Dynamics of State Formation: India and Europe Compared</i>. <a href="/wiki/SAGE_Publications" class="mw-redirect" title="SAGE Publications">SAGE</a>. p. 81. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-8170365747" title="Special:BookSources/978-8170365747"><bdi>978-8170365747</bdi></a>. <q>Rights to land within any particular Thakur domain, the thikana, became complicated by the 1600s.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dynamics+of+State+Formation%3A+India+and+Europe+Compared&rft.pages=81&rft.pub=SAGE&rft.date=1997&rft.isbn=978-8170365747&rft.aulast=Doornbos&rft.aufirst=Martin&rft.au=Kaviraj%2C+Sudipta&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThakur+%28title%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thakur_(title)&oldid=1255542480">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thakur_(title)&oldid=1255542480</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Titles_in_India" title="Category:Titles in India">Titles in India</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Rajput_titles" title="Category:Rajput titles">Rajput titles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Surnames_of_Indian_origin" title="Category:Surnames of Indian origin">Surnames of Indian origin</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Indian_feudalism" title="Category:Indian feudalism">Indian feudalism</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Titles_in_Bangladesh" title="Category:Titles in Bangladesh">Titles in Bangladesh</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_Hindi-language_sources_(hi)" title="Category:CS1 Hindi-language sources (hi)">CS1 Hindi-language sources (hi)</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_matches_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description matches Wikidata">Short description matches Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_extended-confirmed-protected_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected pages">Wikipedia extended-confirmed-protected pages</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:EngvarB_from_October_2023" title="Category:EngvarB from October 2023">EngvarB from October 2023</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_dmy_dates_from_October_2023" title="Category:Use dmy dates from October 2023">Use dmy dates from October 2023</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 5 November 2024, at 13:22<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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