Raje

Raje is a fedual honorary title of the elite Kshatriya Rajputs of Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India which was historically also used as a title for the Rajput kings or noblemans.^[1] In Rajasthan, the Rajput kings and chiefs were known by the titles that include Maharao, Maharawal, Rana, Darbar, Hukum and Maharana which are same as the term Raje.^[2]

It was later adopted by some Maratha warriors too. Some clans of the Maratha community put the name Raje before their original clan name. Examples of these include RajeBhosale and RajeShirke.

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↑ Bhatnagar, Rashmi Dube. Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History (in en) (2012-02-01)State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8385-5.
↑ Judge, Paramjit S.. Mapping Social Exclusion in India: Caste, Religion and Borderlands (in en) (2014-03-13)Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-05609-1.

[1] Bhatnagar, Rashmi Dube. Female Infanticide in India: A Feminist Cultural History (in en) (2012-02-01)State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0-7914-8385-5.

[2] Judge, Paramjit S.. Mapping Social Exclusion in India: Caste, Religion and Borderlands (in en) (2014-03-13)Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-05609-1.

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