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'''Kunwar''' (also spelt '''Kanwar''' or ''' Kuar ''' or ''' Kaur ''' ) is a title denoting the prince.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Ulian|first1=Eva|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DP_gUfMYBSIC&pg=PA200|title=Rajput|date=2010-03-23|isbn=9781449700614}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Meaning of कुवँर in English|url=http://dict.hinkhoj.com/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B0-meaning-in-english.words|access-date=2016-11-19|website=HinKhoj Dictionary}}</ref><br />
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It is feudal title originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]] meaning "Son of [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]" where Thakur means "lord", “god” or “master of the estate.”<br />
[[File:Nau Nihal Singh -The history of the Sikhs Volume 1 - William Lewis M'Gregor pg 317.jpg|thumb|Kunwar (Prince) [[Nau Nihal Singh]] ruler of the Sikh empire.]]<br />
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It is a title that belongs to a [[Rajput]], a caste in western, central, northern India and Pakistan. The title is also adopted by [[Thakuri]] royals of Western Nepal. .<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Rajput/DP_gUfMYBSIC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Kunwar%20 |title=Rajput (pages 49, 50, 74, 77, 103, 136, 137, 153, 158) |website=Google Books website|date=4 March 2010|author=Eva Ulian|publisher=WestBow Press |isbn=9781449700614 |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref><br />
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People with title Kunwar includes:<br />
* [[Kunwar Khalid Yunus]] (Member of [[National Assembly of Pakistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=1741 |date=2 November 2009|title=Profile of Kunwar Khalid Yunus|website=Pakistan Elections website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215022306/http://elections.com.pk/candidatedetails.php?id=1741 |archive-date=15 December 2010|access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref><br />
* [[Kunwar Amar]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Narayan]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Natwar Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Vikram Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Sone Singh Ponwar]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Manvendra Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Digvijay Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Natwar Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Sarvraj Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh]]<br />
* [[Pranav Singh|Kunwar Pranav Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Rewati Raman Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Singh (cricketer)]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Jitin Prasad]]<br />
* [[Bhim Singh (politician)|Kunwar Bhim Singh]]<br />
* [[Nau Nihal Singh|Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh]]<br />
* [[Kunwar Inderjit Singh]]; 20th [[Prime Minister of Nepal]]. Royalty of [[Doti]] Region. Born as Indradhwoj Shahi later adopted title of Kunwar<br />
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