A titular ruler, or titular head, is a person in an official position of leadership who possesses few, if any, actual powers.[1] Sometimes a person may inhabit a position of titular leadership and yet exercise more power than would normally be expected, as a result of their personality or experience. A titular ruler is not confined to political leadership but can also reference any organization, such as a corporation.
A titularruler, or titular head, is a person in an official position of leadership who possesses few, if any, actual powers. Sometimes a person may inhabit...
nominal ruler to his death in 1960. Last of the sovereign Nawabs of Bhopal. Sajida Sultan, Begum of Bhopal (1915 - 1995); ruled from (1960-1971), titular Begum...
office is sometimes referred to by this name. The Asantehene is also the titularruler of Kumasi, which served as the capital of the Ashanti Empire and today...
name Liu Ying (劉嬰), was a ruler of the Han dynasty of China and the last of the Western Han dynasty. He was the titularruler of the Han Empire from 6...
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi (r. 1917–1947), titularruler (1947–1952) Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi titularruler (1952–1971; title abolished in 1971) The Hindu...
but even today the Kashi Naresh (the titularruler) is highly respected by the people of Varanasi. The Ruler of Benaras was the state's religious head...
titularruler of the estate of Ramnad. She is the only daughter of Ramanatha Sethupathi. Rajeswari Nachiyar assumed the hereditary title of the ruler...
longer functions Titular nation, the single dominant ethnic group in the state, typically after which the state was named Titularruler, a person in an...
capital in Bhawanipatna. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 1 January 1948. The present titular head of the state is Anant Pratap...
– d. 1970) He was the last ruler of Kachawa dynasty, he annexed Jaipur State with Union of India in 1949 CE. Titularrulers 7 Apr 1949 – 24 Jun 1970: Sawai...
became Nawab on his father's death in 1917 and was formally installed as ruler in December 1931. His state became part of the newly independent India in...
transferred to Rajasthan in 1950. Rao Alhana, the Chauhan ruler of Nadol ancestors of rulers of Jalor, Chandrawati and Sirohi. Raos of Jalore Rao Alhana...
Bhagwat Singh Mewar (20 June 1921 - 3 November 1984) was the titularruler of the Indian princely state of Udaipur or Mewar from 1955 until the Indian...
Prince of Antioch was the title given during the Middle Ages to Norman rulers of the Principality of Antioch, a region surrounding the city of Antioch...
Bhonsle. Raghunath Singh, the diwan of the Deogarh ruler, conspired along with Nilkanth Shah, the Gond ruler of Chandrapur to overthrow Raghuji Bhonsla's rule...
acceded to independent India in 1947. Even today, the Kashi Naresh, the titularruler of the dynasty, is deeply revered by the people of Benares. He was Benares's...
(21 February 1934 – 29 January 2022) was an Indian politician and a titularruler as Maharao of Kotah from 1991 until his death. He was the member of...
Order of Saint George King of Rome (1811–14) Emperor of the French (titularruler) Duke of Reichstadt (1818–32) Cradle of the King of Rome Palace of the...
Maharao Pragmulji III of Kutch (3 May 1936 – 28 May 2021) was the titularruler of Kutch from Jadeja dynasty. He did his primary education from Mayo College...
allowed to retain his titular title, and effective power in the state fell into the hands of Bhupal as his son and heir. He became ruler of the state in name...
Signoria of Florence. The signoria was chosen by the gonfaloniere (titularruler of the city), who was elected every two months by Florentine guild members...
succeeded his father as the 9th titular Nawab of Pataudi. In 1960, upon the death of her father, she became the titularruler of Bhopal. Her older sister...
therefore, his grandson from eldest daughter Shaliniraje succeeded him as the titular Maharaja of Kolhapur in 1983 with regnal name Shahu II of Kolhapur.[citation...
last official ruler of dynasty. From 1948 titularrulers were appointed but with no real power. Ramchandra Deva IV (1947–1956), titular Birakisore Deva...
protection and sphere of influence. Known as the Maharawal, the native ruler of the princely state was entitled to a 15-gun salute. The royal dynasty...
holders of the jagir of Maler. The rulers were titled 'Nawab'. They had the right to an 11 gun salute. The rulers were titled 'Maharaja'. They had the...
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