'''Kumar''' is a title mainly found in India, Bangladesh and Nepal denoting prince, referring to sons of a Raja, Rana, Babu or Thakur. It is synonymous to the Rajput title Kunwar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dict.hinkhoj.com/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%81%E0%A4%B0-meaning-in-english.words|title=Meaning of कुवँर in English|last=|first=|date=|website=HinKhoj Dictionary|publisher=|access-date=2016-11-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Glossary|url=http://www.indianrajputs.com/glossary.php|website=Indian Rajputs|accessdate=23 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&dq=a+thakur%27s+son+is+known+as+a+kunwar&pg=PA484|title=The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire|last=Lethbridge|first=Sir Roper|publisher=Aakar Books|year=1893|isbn=9788187879541|location=|pages=|language=en|quote="The Thakur has two sons, Kunwar Takhtsinghji and Kunwar Jawansinghji"}}</ref> The south Indian version of the title is Kumara.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Sri Rajah Ravu Sri Krishnayya Rao alias Sri Rajah Ravu Venkata Kumara Mahipathi Krishna Surya Rao Bahadur Garu and Another v Rajah Saheb Meherban-I-Dostan Sri Rajah Ravu Venkata Kumara Mahipathi Surya Rao Bahadur Garu, Rajah Pittapur (Madras) {{!}} [1935] UKPC 39 {{!}} Privy Council {{!}} Judgment {{!}} Law {{!}} CaseMine | url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5b4dc24e2c94e07cccd23c59 | access-date=2025-11-26 | website=www.casemine.com}}</ref> The female version is Kumari. When there are more than one, the heirs are referred by their order in precedence i.e. First Kumar of Blank, Second Kumar of Blank & c.<ref>[http://www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKPC/1946/1946_32.pdfPer Lord Lord Thankerton, Lord Parcq and Sir Madhavan Nair in the Privy Council Decision: Srimati Bibhabati Devi v Kumar Ramenda Narayan Roy and others (1936– 42)]</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Richardson |first1=Ivor |title=The Privy Council as the Final Court for the British Empire |journal=VUWLR |date=2012 |volume=43 |pages=103-126 |url=https://www.nzlii.org/nz/journals/VUWLawRw/2012/10.pdf |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>
==Notable people== <!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order by LAST NAME ♦♦♦---> * Kunwar Nau Nihal Singh (1821-1840), ruler of the Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent * Kumar Aiyappan Pillai of Nagercoil<ref>{{Cite web | title=Freedom fighter K Ayyappan Pillai dies at 107 | url=https://www.uniindia.com/news/south/freedom-fighter-k-ayyappan-pillai-dies-at-107/2612171.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105044148/http://www.uniindia.com/news/south/freedom-fighter-k-ayyappan-pillai-dies-at-107/2612171.html | access-date=2025-11-26 | archive-date=2022-01-05}}</ref> * Kunwar Natwar Singh
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