Mankari

Mankari (Mānkari or Maankari) is a hereditary title used by Maratha nobles who held land grants, and cash allowances.^[1] They held an official position at the Darbar (court) and were entitled to certain ceremonial honours and presents rendered at courts, councils, weddings, festivals, village assemblies, etc. They were worthy of distinction and the honour bestowed upon them was the result of the military, bureaucratic or fiscal importance of them or their distinguished ancestors. ^[2][3]

The term was widely used by Maratha nobility, who held important positions in various princely states of the Maratha Empire.^[4][5]

See also

• Princely state
• Salute state
• List of Indian Princely States for a list of Indian princely states at the time of Indian Independence
• List of Maratha dynasties and states
• Maratha Empire
• Maratha titles
• Indian honorifics
• Indian feudalism

References

1. Central India; Luard, C.E. (1908). The Central India State Gazetteer Series. Thacker, Spink. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
2. Madan, T.N. (1988). Way of Life: King, Householder, Renouncer : Essays in Honour of Louis Dumont. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 129. ISBN 9788120805279. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
3. https://books.google.co.in/books?ei=OzGcVZGQA8XF0gTw8qSwDQ&id=xdIBAAAAMAAJ&dq=Mankar+being+primarily+a+title+applied+to+Maratha+noblemen%2C+who+held+an+official+position+at+court&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=Mankari+being+primarily+a+title+applied+to+Maratha+noblemen%2C+who+held+an+official+position+at+court
4. O'Hanlon, R. (2002). Caste, Conflict and Ideology: Mahatma Jotirao Phule and Low Caste Protest in Nineteenth-Century Western India. Cambridge University Press. p. 45. ISBN 9780521523080. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
5. https://books.google.co.in/books?ei=azicVaz7L8Gw0ATJ4raoDw&id=THR5AAAAIAAJ&dq=The+person+entitled+%28from+office%2C+merit%29+to+certain+honours+and+presents+rendered+at+courts%2C+weddings%2C+councils+and+village-assemblies&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=mankari