The honorific prefix Maha Raja Rajya Shri (abbreviated to M. R. Ry or formerly M. R.
For example, cases involving south Indian princes and chiefs in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom include this honorific before personal names and preceding their full title: The Zamorin of Calicut is styled as "M. R. Ry.
Manavikrama, Zamorin Raja Avl of Calicut" in a Judicial Committee of the Privy Council decision (Laws (PVC)-1925-4-92)[6] and other court cases.
[7][8] It is considered similar to the title "The Most Noble" or "The Most Honourable" used in the United Kingdom for certain higher classes of the peerage.
[11][12] The diarist Ananda Ranga Pillai, also known as the "Pepys of India", was styled "M. R. Ry.