Rao (in Kutch)

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Rao (in Kutch) is a hereditary royal title borne by the Jadeja Rajput rulers of the Kutch region in present-day Gujarat, India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary royal title
monarchical title
associatedWithCapital Bhuj
associatedWithClan Jadeja
associatedWithEthnicity Jadeja Rajputs
surface form: Rajput
associatedWithFort Bhujia Fort
associatedWithLanguageCommunity Kutchi speakers
associatedWithModernState Gujarat
associatedWithPalace Bhuj
surface form: Aina Mahal, Bhuj

Prag Mahal, Bhuj
associatedWithPeople Kutchi people
associatedWithRegion Kutch
surface form: Kutch district
country India
culturalContext Rajput royal tradition
culturalRegion Saurashtra–Kutch
dynasticHouse House of Jadeja
femaleCounterpart Rani (queen consort of Kutch)
governmentForm princely state
hereditary true
historicalPolity Princely State of Cutch
languageOfTitle Gujarati
Kutchi
locatedIn Gujarat
present-day Gujarat, India
monarchStyle His Highness (during British period)
nobleRank monarch
ruler
partOf Kathiawar
surface form: Kathiawar–Kutch region
preIndependenceStatus title in a princely state under British India
recognizedBy British Crown
surface form: British Crown (as ruler of a princely state)
region Kutch
regionType peninsular region
religiousAssociation Hindu rulers
scriptUsed Gujarati script
sovereigntyType semi-autonomous ruler under British suzerainty
successionLaw agnatic primogeniture (typical Rajput practice)
successorTitleContext merged into Republic of India after 1947
titleCategory South Asian royal title
titleFor prince of Kutch
ruler of Kutch
titleGender male
titleHierarchy equivalent to regional king
usedBy Jadeja dynasty
surface form: Jadeja Rajput dynasty

Jadeja Rajputs
surface form: Jadeja Rajput rulers of Kutch
usedFromCentury 16th century (approximate)
usedIn Kutch
surface form: Kutch region
usedInPolity Cutch State

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Jadeja Rajputs associatedTitle Rao (in Kutch)