maharanas

Professor Ramachandran gave only a tip of the very large iceberg in his presentation last week to a group of 200 gathered in Durbar Hall, where maharanas and maharajas once met for major pow-wows and which is now part of HRH's century-old Fateh Prakash Palace Hotel beside Lake Pichola in Udaipur.

Perry Garfinkel: The Raja's Rules: Timeless Continuity Tips from the World's Oldest Family Business 2010

The Mewars were one of 565 princely (or rajput) states headed by maharanas, maharajas, nawabs and others for a few thousand years up until India achieved independence in 1947.

Perry Garfinkel: The Raja's Rules: Timeless Continuity Tips from the World's Oldest Family Business 2010

A brief historic aside for my Western-centric friends: There is a significant distinction between maharanas and maharajas.

Perry Garfinkel: The Raj Who Branded Himself: A Savvy Indian Royal Reinvents Himself Without Changing His Iconic Message 2009

My father, Bhagwat Singh Mewar, was the 75th in an unbroken chain of maharanas dating back to 734 A.D. who served as custodians of our region.

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The new Indian democracy meant that families and clans like ours, princely states headed by maharanas, maharajas and nizams, were stripped of their property and governing rights.

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