Thakur (also Thakkar, Thakhor, Thakir, Thakrar or Tukhar) is an Indian feudal title in several Indian languages, literally meaning "lord". A Thikana is the state or (more often) estate of a Thakur. A Thakurani is the wife of a Thakur. The big Jamindars of old times used Thakur as their title or surname.
Thakore Sahib was the feudal title used by Rulers of many Princely States in India. Simliary, Thakurani title was used by their wives or spouse. This title was used by Rulers of Princely States of Ambliara, LimbdiMalia, Sayala, Bhavnagar, Lakhtar, Manadar, Dhrol, Rajkot, Virpur, Sathamba, Morbi, Varsoda, Vala, Gad Boriad, Gadhka, Gabat, Rajpur, Gondal, Pal, Kotda Sangani, Shahpur, Kotharia, Lodhika Senior, Lodhika Junior, Gavridad, Rajpara, Jaola, Dundlod, Ghanerao, Tana, Kotharia, etc.[1][2]
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The title Thakur is usually adopted by Kshatriya Rajputs and Jats of Bharatpur,Dholpur etc.
However, the Bhumihar Brahmins in Bihar occasionally also style themselves as Thakur. Many Bhumihar Brahmins belong to the Saryupareen Brahmin division of Kanyakubja Brahmins. In Maharashtra and Goa, there are Thakur families belonging to the Kudaldeshkar Gaud Saraswat Brahmin caste.[3]
In Bihar some OBC castes have the surname Thakur.
Thakur ji is also a name of Hindu Gods in Bihari language.
In Pakistan, the Thakur title is used by Muslim Rajput tribes in Sindh province, especially in Tharparkar District.
There is a separate article on Thakur Bengali Surname here
In Bengali Thakur can be a surname known as Tagore, a title of respect for any Brahmin or for someone of high spiritual esteem.
Thakur is also the word for God in Bengali.
Ramakrishna, a 19th century mystic of Bengal is also addressed as Thakur by his followers.
A prominent Ahmadi Muslim Thakur family resides in Kotli, Kashmir.[4]
Since feudal times Thakur, meaning "Lord," was the Hindi title (below Raja) for the hereditary ruler of a princely state usually born of Rajput clan bloodlines, particularly in western India.
Thakur is the usual rendition of "Thakore" 'Thakar' in northern and central parts of India. The Bengali form Tāgore is a derived surname.
The following non-salute states (and probably several others) were ruled by a Thakur, in some cases, later promoted to a higher rank (confusing, but sources don't always specify whether this is done on a personal basis or actually a permanent upgrading of the state's status):
Thakar Sahibs ('Sir Lord') was loftier, and indeed used till their accession to independent India by the rulers of four salute states (the official elite amongst the British Crown's Indian 'vassals'; no 'simple' Thakore included), be it only of the lowest class in British India, 'merely' 9-guns, the only one that didn't qualify them for the predicate 'His Highness' (all four in the western state of Gujarat):
Curiously, both elements were maintained in the full style of the Maharaja of Morvi (11 guns, so HH; originally held as primogeniture by the Heir of the Maharaja of Cutch, independent after a coup there in 1697-98), Maharaja Thakar Shri (personal name) Sahib Bahadur, while neither term was used for other members of his dynasty; last incumbent since 1926 Thakur Sahib Maharaja
In the following salute states, a higher title was assumed before India's independence:
The following Non-salute states have been ruled by a Thakar sahib or Thakur sahib till India's independence (list probably incomplete):
Other Thakore sahibs (junior branches and/or later promoted to higher ruler styles) were those in Amod, Gogha, in Gondar, in Kharia (in Jaisalmer), in Kerwada and Khadal, in Khirasra, in Kotda-Sangani, in Lakhtar, in Mahlog, in Malia, in Mansa, in Mengni (in Rajkot), in Muliby, in Ranapur, in Ranpur, in Sejakpur, in Vala, in Vanod (now in Gujarat), in Virpur.
Thakur Shri (with the politically meaningless suffix S(h) ri) was used in the following Non-salute states:
Thakur is a derived surname out of respect for any Brahmin family earlier who used to hold a different title (surname) like Kushari, Bhattacharya etc. in its anglicized version is often written as Tāgore
In Kerala, the term "Thakore" was not used. Rather, Madampi, Eshmanan and Thirumukom were used. These titles were often affixed to people of the highest ranking Nair subcastes like Pillai, Nayanar, Nambiar and Unnithan who were feudal landlords or jenmis.
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