Kunwar

Kunwar (also spelt Kanwar or Kaur or Kuar) is an Indian title denoting a prince.^[1]^[2] It is derived from the Sanskrit word Kumar.^[3] It was traditionally associated with the feudal Rajputs such as the son of a Rana, Babu and Thakur^[4]^[5]

The following are notable uses of the name Kunwar.

In India

Babu Kunwar Singh (1777-1858; also known as Babu Kunwar Singh and Kuer Singh), leader during the Indian Rebellion of 1857
Kunwar Amar, Indian dancer and actor
Kunwar Narayan (1927-2017), Indian poet
Kunwar Natwar Singh (born 1931), Indian politician
Kunwar Vikram Singh (born 1970), Indian royal
Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar (died 1816), Indian raja
Kunwar Manvendra Singh (born 1950), Indian politician
Kunwar Digvijay Singh (1922-1978), popularly known as "Babu", Indian field hockey player
Kunwar Sarvraj Singh (born 1952), Indian politician
Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh (born 1952), Indian businessman and politician
Lal Kunwar, Empress of Mughal Empire
Kunwar Pranav Singh (born 1966), Indian politician
Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh (born 1943), Indian politician
Kunwar Singh (cricketer) (1878-1959), first Indian Governor of Bombay, Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir (during Maharaja Hari Singh's rule) and also Dewan of Jodhpur
Kunwar Jitin Prasad (born 1973), Indian politician
Anita Kunwar, Indian actor
Kunwar Bhim Singh (born 1941), Indian politician, activist, lawyer and author
Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (1821-1840), ruler of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent

In Nepal

Kunwar family of Gorkha, a political Chhetri family of Nepal
Ram Krishna Kunwar (died 1771), Nepalese warlord during rule of King Prithvi Narayan Shah
Ranajit Kunwar (1753-c.1815), Nepalese military commander and governor
Chandrabir Kunwar (died 1814), Nepalese governor and military commander
Bal Narsingh Kunwar (1783-1841), Nepalese military officer and courtier
Balbhadra Kunwar (1789-1823), Nepalese military commander, One of the National heroes of Nepal^[6]
Jung Bahadur Kunwar Rana (1817-1877), Eighth Prime Minister of Nepal and Founder of Rana dynasty in Nepal
Bam Bahadur Kunwar (1818-1857), Ninth Prime Minister of Nepal
Ranodip Singh Kunwar (1825-1885), Tenth Prime Minister of Nepal and Fifth Brother of Jung Bahadur
Dhir Shamsher Kunwar Rana (1828-1884), Commander-in-chief of the Nepalese Army, youngest brother of Jung Bahadur
Kunwar Inderjit Singh (1906-1982), 20th Prime Minister of Nepal. Royalty of Doti Region. Born as Indradhwoj Shahi later adopted title of Kunwar
Uttam Kunwar (1938–1982), Nepalese journalist and writer
Ramjee Kunwar (born 1956), Trade Union Activist and politician
Baburam Kunwar (born 1960), first governor of Gandaki Province
Kabita Kunwar (born 2003), Nepalese cricketer

In Pakistan

Kunwar Khalid Yunus (born 1964), Pakistani politician
Kunwar Ali Roshan, Pakistani filmmaker

References

^ Ulian, Eva (2010-03-23). Rajput. ISBN 9781449700614.
^ "Meaning of कुवँर in English". HinKhoj Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
^ Hanks, Patrick (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. Oxford University Press. p. 1435. ISBN 9780199677764.
^ "Glossary". Indian Rajputs. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1893). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. Aakar Books. ISBN 9788187879541. The Thakur has two sons, Kunwar Takhtsinghji and Kunwar Jawansinghji
^ "National Heroes / Personalities / Luminaries of Nepal". 23 December 2011.

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