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Very Rare Silver Title Badge of Tikari Raj.

Currency:INR Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:20,000.00 INR Estimated At:20,000.00 - 22,000.00 INR
Very Rare Silver Title Badge of Tikari Raj.
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Badge, Tikari alias Tekari Raj State, Silver Title Badge, Obv: the cipher within "GYA RAJ TIKARI" in English & "GAYA" in Nagari on the ribbons, and English legend "RUN BAHADOOR" and corn ears on the rim, Rev: badge with pin to wear, 19.95g, 53.64mm, choice very fine, Very Rare.   

Note: A zamindari estate owned by a Bhumihar Brahmin family in South Bihar was known as Tekari Raj, sometimes spelled Tikari Raj. Their estate consisted of 2,046 villages located near the city of Gaya. The Rajas of Tikari are believed to have provided assistance to revolutionaries during the first war of independence in 1857