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Holkar
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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.