Maharao is a variation on the Indian (mainly Hindu) royal title

Maharaja Mahārāja (; also spelled Maharajah, Maharaj) is a Sanskrit title for a "great ruler", "great Monarch, king" or "high king". A few ruled states informally called empires, including ruler raja Sri Gupta, founder of the ancient Indian Gupta Em ...

, also meaning 'great king' in Hindi. It is composed of ''Maha-'' 'great' and the royal title ''Rao'', a variation on

Raja ''Raja'' (; from , IAST ') is a royal title used for South Asian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in South Asia and Southeast Asia. The title has a long history in history of South Asia, South Asia and History of ...

Ruler title in British India

Salute states (all in present India)

The gun salutes enjoyed by

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

s that acceded to the Dominion of India on 14 August 1947, included the following Maharaos: *Hereditary salute of 17-guns (19-guns local): the Maharao of Cutch (=Kachchh =Kutch) *Hereditary salute of 17-guns: the Maharao of

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h *Hereditary salute of 17-guns: the Maharao of

Bundi Bundi is a city in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India and capital of the former princely state of Rajputana agency. District of Bundi is named after the former princely state. Demographics According to the 2011 Indian ce ...

Non-salute states

''(probably quite incomplete)'' *

Sirohi Sirohi is a city, located in Sirohi district in southern Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by ar ...

(Rao till 1889)

Compound ruler titles

*Maharao Raja of

*Maharao of

Alwar Alwar (Pronunciation: �lʋəɾ is a city located in India's National Capital Region and the administrative headquarters of Alwar District in the state of Rajasthan. It is located 150 km south of Delhi and 150 km north of Jaipur. At ...

till April 1889, since

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