Talk:Maharaja

message: The english-UK dictionary suggests the word Maharajah. Which one is correct?--Anupamsr 16:13, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Maharaja" is more common in India. I've never seen "Maharajah" used anywhere here. Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs)  17:22, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Maharaja or Maharajah

message: There is a board game by this title right? Mathiastck 16:45, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Maharaja Board Game Mathiastck 16:20, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Board game 

message: In decomposing the compound mahārāja, the introduction was inconsistent in using the stem form rājan for the posterior member of the compound and the irregular non-stem form mahā for the prior member. I've changed the latter to mahānt, which is the strong stem, to keep things consistent. Gokulmadhavan 19:39, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Grammar edit 

message: *Disagree: The terms are homonyms but not synonyms.  This is exactly why they should be separate articles.Holkar 02:20, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge Maharaja with [[Maharaj]] ?

message: "Maharani" redirects to this page, and while it defines the term, there is no mention of any notable Maharanis in history. And please note that "a woman ruling in her own right" would be notable on that standing alone. 
I'd add the information if I knew it, but that's why I'm here. 24.86.88.24 (talk) 08:22, 18 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sexism 

message: The successful entry of several prominent princes and members of their families did not always endear them to the governments of democratic India. Eventually, the government of Mrs Gandhi tired of their increasing involvement in opposition politics and sought to curb their influence. The abolition of the privy purses, guaranteed by the Indian Constitution and the elimination of the princely order itself, became the policy of the Congress party. After a year-long battle, this was finally achieved by an amendment to the Constitution at the end of 1971. Although some parties have attempted to portray the constitutional changes as an abolition of the princely order, this does not appear to be the legal position. The changes merely removed official recognition of the position of "ruler", as defined by the 1950 Constitution, and enabled the ending of privy-purse payments. The amendments did not touch upon any aspects of the treaties and engagements made during the accession of the princely states, nor did they even address the matter of rights to styles and titles. Since then, there have been a number of decisions and cases of the Supreme Court of India, where the court itself has continued to use the styles and titles enjoyed by the princes, the nobility and members of their families. Some prominent examples are: "Colonel His Highness Sawai Tej Singhji, Maharaja of Alwar vs. The Union of India & Anr." (1978), "H.H. Sir Rama Varma vs. C.I.T." (1994), "The Commissioner of Income-Tax, Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal vs. H.H. Maharani Usha Devi" (1998), "Commissioner of Wealth Tax vs. Prince Muffakham Jah Bahadur Chamli Jan" (2000), "Her Highness Maharani Shantidevi P. Gaikwad vs. Savjibhai Haribhai Patel & Ors." (2001), "Union of India & Another vs. Raja Mohammed Amir Mohammad Khan" (2005). It is hard to imagine that the highest court in the land would have accepted the use of these titles had they been contrary to law.Karan112 (talk) 23:03, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Titles not abolished

message: Sulu The name Maharaja was given to only one of the lineages of the Royal Family, Brunei Nakhoda Perkasa Angging (Maharaja Anddin) who married Apuh Andun or Mahandun (niece of Brunei Sultan Nassar’uddin) of Karongdong- Luuk, Jolo-Sulu, and as a result, heir-apparent and Sulu Sultans under this continued assured line of descendancy append “Maharaja Adinda” as a title to the beginning of their name; Maharaja Adinda Taup (father of Sharif Imam Ul-Alam Arpa)the 1859 Maharaja of Jolo-Sulu and the son of Maharaja Anddin (Sayyid Nakhoda Perkasa Angging),the Brunei Maharaja in the Sulu in 1704. The latter who led Sulu warriors in 1613 to have suppressed the rebellion in North Borneo by the self-proclaimed Sultan Mobin. In gratitude, the Brunei Sultan gave North Borneo as a gift to Nakhoda Angging and ceded, as by the Nakhoda,to the Sulu Sultanate, Nakhoda Angging or Maharaja Anddin as the Brunei Maharaja in the Sulu to also prevent North Borneo from being further ceded by the already doubtful Sulu Sultan Sahaduddin, the latter who instead Sultan Qudarat of Maguindanao ceded Palawan to the Spanish government in 1705. VERIFIED SOURCE , AS BY THE BOOK, "MUSLIMS IN THE PHILIPPINES" by Dean Cesar Majul. SEE WWW.ROYALSULTANATE.WEEBLY.COM OR WWW.ROYALSULTANATE.WEBNODE.COM or WWW.ROYALSULTANTE.WEBS.COM  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.202.164.102 (talk) 10:01, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Philippines

message: As far as I can tell, the article has absolutely no indication whether there are still any maharajas in India, and if so what their status is.  This is unacceptable.  (As a matter of fact, the whole article is badly done; rather than starting with a long paragraph on etymology and related terms, it should start with a sentence laying out the basic facts of what a maharaja is -- and, as I say, whether they still exist.) Languagehat (talk) 20:00, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Current status

message: Since "Maharani" redirects to this page, more information about them would be nice to see in the article. There's an image at Maharani Sikkim 1900 that could be added. 173.206.69.199 (talk) 00:05, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: More information on Maharani

message: Hello Sikh History!
My aplogies for causing confusion! Sultan Arpa is back. Now, I understand...
Okay, lets get this. First, allow me a statement about the followers of this Arpa Sultan who rewrote several other Wikipedia articles in the past, until they were blocked. Look at the history page of the article about the Philippine First Republic to see a removed example.
The Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo ceded all its sovereignty and Royal rights over Sulu to the American colonial government by signing the so-called Carpenter agreement in 1915. By this act, the Sultan ratified and recognized the sovereignty of the United States over his territories in the modern Philippines. The Sultan was reduced to a “titular head of the Mohammedan Church in the Sulu Archipelago subject to the same limitations which apply to the supreme spiritual head of all religions existing on American territory.”
In 1962, Philippine President Macapagal accepted a power of attorney from the then Sultan Esmail Kiram I to pursue the sovereignty claim regarding the territories of North Borneo. Although disputed especially by Malaysian scholars, this official act by the Republic of the Philippines lawfully recognized that the Sultanate still owned de jure sovereign and Royal rights over the North Borneo territory in the modern state of Malaysian Sabah. At least up to 1962, as the power of attorney ceded the de jure sovereignty and the Royal rights to the Philippine government: “The territory of North Borneo and the full sovereignty, title and dominion are hereby ceded...”
See the World Fact Book of the American CIA http://www.faqs.org/docs/factbook/print/my.html Transnational Issues Malaysia, Disputes - international: “... Sultanate of Sulu granted the Philippine Government power of attorney to pursue his sovereignty claim over Malaysia's state of Sabah, over which the Philippines have not fully revoked their claim; ...”
http://royalsultanate.weebly.com/sulu-royalty-at-parallel-soveriegnty.html Here you see pictures and descriptions of Arpa`s ancestor with Gen. Jens A. Doe. Look at this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Sultanate_of_Sulu#A_little_more_cleaning It is said, that this General removed Sultan Jamalul Kiram II in favour of the ancestor of the Arpa Sultan. Well, Gen. Doe was born 20 June 1891, so the Arpa Sultan was accompanied by an 8 year old General... He and his unit saw the battlefield in World War II, when Jamalul Kiram II was already deceased... Gen. Doe has its own Wikipedia article and you find information about his unit at the history unit of the US military.
Correction:  A Maharaja Adinda is not an echelon but a title given as to be a successor. It means as, " Maharaja (Higher Prince) Adinda (Heir-apparent) and this was declared that siblings from one holding such Title will be the one successor as Sultan.  Now General Jens A. Doe WAS A 1945 U.S. Army hero and any American military was refered to as Joe or GI Joe. In 1898 when the Americans came confiding with Sultan Pulalun at the hinterlands because Usurper Jamalul Kiram-II  declined to entertain any threat to his reign, the Americans had no term for them and is presently termed retroactively as "GI JOE"  derived from the name "General Jens A. Doe".  So when any one cites that General Jens A. Doe first came to Sulu in 1898, it merely means that the American Military or its administration came to Sulu, in 1898.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.207.165.70 (talk) 12:24, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Raja Muda - Maharaja Adinda

message: I notice that Samraj redirects to the Emperor article but Samraja redirects here to Maharaja. It seems like a localization choice issue rather than a substantive one, and it makes little sense to me to have one directed to "Great King" and another directed to Emperor. Should both of these redirect to the same article, and if so, which one? Sima Yi (talk) 20:24, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Samraj and Samraja 

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message: Maharani redirects to this page. I feel "Maharani" should have a separate article. Lightbluerain❄ (Talk | contribs)  17:26, 7 June 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: MaxA-Matrix💬 talk 02:07, 4 March 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Maharaja and Maharani two separate articles 

message: In Brazil there's a curious informal meaning for "marajá": a civil servant, or employee of a government-owned company, whose wage is seen as unreasonably high. 2804:D4B:7924:6B00:D995:B75F:18F5:AB26 (talk) 01:52, 31 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  In Brazil