Kunwar (also spelt Kanwar) for Rajput is an Indian Royal title denoting a prince. It is derived from the Sanskrit word Rajkumar. It was traditionally associated with the feudal Rajputs such as the son of a Rana, Babu and Thakur. The title is used in royal Muslim Rajput families also.
Kunwar was historically a Chhetri and a Khadka clan. The Kunwar family genealogy also states the title of 'Kunwar Khadka' taken by the ancestors of the Kunwar family. After his premiership, Kunwars through a royal order took up the title of Rana and claimed themselves as Rajput family of Chittor in India.
Kunwar (Nepali: कुँवर) is a surname of Nepalese and Indian people. The name Kunwar is coined to denote a young prince in South Asia region. It is also spelt as Rajkonwar for Ahom Royal Princes in Assam) Kunwar family was a dynasty of Nepalese Khas-Chhetri nobility of Gorkha Kingdom bearing the surname.
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What is the origin of the name Kunwar?
Kunwar (also spelt Kanwar) for Rajput is an Indian Royal title denoting a prince. It is derived from the Sanskrit word Rajkumar. It was traditionally associated with the feudal Rajputs such as the son of a Rana, Babu and Thakur. The title is used in royal Muslim Rajput families also.
Kunwar Singh (1777 – 26 April 1858) was a notable leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He belonged to a royal Ujjainiya (Panwar) Rajput house of Jagdispur, currently a part of Bhojpur district, Bihar, India.
Subba is a title given by the Shah Kings only to Limbu village chiefs. Subba was not an indigenous Limbu terminology, but now the two terms are almost interchangeable. It was how the village chiefs were distinguished from other villagers in Limbu tribe.
No stratification is based on hierarchy or geography, but most of the Kshatriyas came from the Khas Kingdoms and Gorkha. Thakuris are the supreme sub-caste of the Kshatriyas, while Rana, Thapa, Basnet, Kunwar, and others come along the downline accordingly.
Prithvi Narayan Shah (Nepali: श्री ५ बडामहाराजाधिराज पृथ्वीनारायण शाह देव, romanized: Shri Panch Badamaharajadhiraj Prithvi Narayan Shah Dev; 7 January 1723 – 11 January 1775) was the last king of the Gorkha Kingdom and the first monarch of the unified Kingdom of Nepal, also referred to as the Kingdom of Gorkha.
Holkar dynasty, Maratha rulers of Indore in India. The family, of peasant origin and of shepherd caste, was said to have migrated from the Mathura region to the Deccan village of Hol, or Hal, the name of which, coupled with kar (“inhabitant of”), became the family surname.
Meaning:Immortal; Morning glory. Aahana is a girl's name of Sanskrit origin. Meaning "immortal" and "morning glory", this name is meant for the spirit who is bound to live on.
The Polygamy is an old culture in Nepali society as the Nepal was ruled by the monarchy and the kings of Nepal or the rich people of Nepal used to get marriage with 2 or more women and those used to be respected who used to have 2 or more wife as it was the culture of the Nepal however it is illegal to get marriage ...
Kanwar believe that the term Kanwar is derived from Kaurava, the ruling clan in the Mahabharata and state that they are descendants of a Kaurava. According to Trivedi (1971), the term Kanwar appears to be a corruption of the word Kaurava and refers to trusted soldiers of the Haihaiyavanshi chiefs of Ratanpur.
History. Kashyap is originally one of the eight primary gotras (clans) of the Brahmins, being derived from Kashyapa, the name of a rishi (hermit) from whom the eponymous gotra Brahmins believe to have descended. The Brahmanical clan system was later emulated by people as an early example of the sanskritisation process.
The Kawar, a little known community migrated from their original habitat of Chainpur of Ranchi District. They are endogamous and are divided into seven subgroups i.e. Dudh, Rathia, Cherwa, Kolhia, Tanwar, Chanti / Chati and are further subdivided into totemic exogamous clans such as Siar (Fox) and Bagh (Tiger) etc.
