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Maharao is a variation on the Indian (mainly Hindu) royal title Maharaja

Maharaja

Mahārāja is a Sanskrit title for a "great king" or "high king". The female equivalent title Maharani denotes either the wife of a Maharaja or, in states where that was customary, a woman ruling in her own right. The widow of a Maharaja is known as a Rajamata...

, also meaning 'Great king' in Hindi. It is composed of Maha- 'great' and the royal title Rao, a variation on Raja

Raja

Raja is an Indian term for a monarch, or princely ruler of the Kshatriya varna...

Salute states (all in present India)

The gun salutes enjoyed by princely state

Princely state

A Princely State was a nominally sovereign entitity of British rule in India that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule such as suzerainty or paramountcy.-British relationship with the Princely States:India under the British Raj ...

s that acceded to the Dominion of India on 14 August 1947, included the following Maharao's:

Hereditary salute of 17-guns (19-guns local): H.H. the Maharao of Cutch (=Kachchh =Kutch)
Hereditary salute of 17-guns: H.H. the Maharao of Kotah
Hereditary salute of 17-guns: H.H. the Maharao of Bundi
Bundi
Bundi is a city and a municipality of approximately 88,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris...

Compound ruler titles

Maharao Raja of Bundi
Bundi
Bundi is a city and a municipality of approximately 88,000 inhabitants in the Hadoti region of Rajasthan state in northwest India. It is of particular architectural note for its ornate forts, palaces, and stepwell reservoirs known as baoris...
Maharao Rana of Alwar till April 1889, since Maharaja

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