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Holkar

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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the family name of the Mahratta ruler of Indore, which has been adopted as a dynastic title. The termination -kar implies that the founder of the family came from the village of Hol near Poona.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Holkar'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​h/holkar.html. 1910.
 
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