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  2. Honorific titles of Indian figures - Wikipedia

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    A term of respect for one's father Jagjivan Ram: Bahadur Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw: Meaning 'the Brave'. Bahadur is an honorific title bestowed upon princes and victorious military commanders by Mughal emperors, and later by their British successors. Sam Manekshaw: Bihar Kesari Shri Krishna Sinha (Singh) [5] [6] "Lion of Bihar ...

  3. Indian honorifics - Wikipedia

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    With the expansion of Indosphere cultural influence of Greater India, [3] through transmission of Hinduism in Southeast Asia [4] [5] [6] and the Silk Road transmission of Buddhism [7] [8] leading to Indianization of Southeast Asia with non-Indian southeast Asian native Indianized kingdoms [9] adopting Sanskritization [10] of their languages and titles as well as ongoing historic expansion of ...

  4. Honorary titles of Indian leaders - Wikipedia

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    Honorary title Meaning Statesman Photos Azad "Free" () Figuratively = "The Freed Soul" Chandra Shekhar Tiwari [1] [2] • Babasaheb • Mooknayak "The Respected Father" ().

  5. -ji - Wikipedia

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    -ji (IAST: -jī, Hindustani pronunciation:) is a gender-neutral honorific used as a suffix in many languages of the Indian subcontinent, [1] [2] such as Hindi, Nepali and Punjabi languages and their dialects prevalent in northern India, north-west and central India.

  6. Shri - Wikipedia

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    The Sanskrit letter śrī in the Devanagari script. Shri (/ ʃ r iː /; [1] Sanskrit: श्री, romanized: Śrī, pronounced) is a Sanskrit term denoting resplendence, wealth and prosperity, primarily used as an honorific.

  7. Babu (title) - Wikipedia

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    In British India, baboo often referred to a native Indian clerk. The word was originally used as a term of respect attached to a proper name, the equivalent of "mister", and "babuji" was used in many parts to mean "sir" as an address of a gentleman; their life-style was also called "baboo culture" often also humorously appealed as "babuism".

  8. Kaisar-i-Hind Medal - Wikipedia

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    Based upon this, the title Kaisar-i-Hind was coined in 1876 by the orientalist G.W. Leitner as the official imperial title for the British monarch in India. [4] The last ruler to bear it was George VI. Kaisar-i-Hind was also inscribed on the obverse side of the India General Service Medal (1909), as well as on the Indian Meritorious Service ...

  9. Baba (honorific) - Wikipedia

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    Baba ("father, grandfather, wise old man, sir") [1] is an Indo-Iranian honorific term, [2] used in several West Asian, South Asian and African cultures.. It is used as a mark of respect to refer to Hindu ascetics and Sikh gurus, as a suffix or prefix to their names, e.g. Sai Baba of Shirdi, Baba Ramdev, etc. [1] [3]