maharajah
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They fought against the British for Maharajah Ranjit Singh, the “Lion of Punjab.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2023
The Maharajah Duleep Singh was exiled to England after his kingdom was annexed by the British in India in the 1840s.
From BBC • Jan. 7, 2022
In another sequence, set in the twilight of the Raj in India, it’s not the husband — Maharajah Madho Singh II — who’s the oppressor.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2019
While India was part of the British Empire, Jammu and Kashmir was one of the many princely states that made up the colonial territory, this one presided over by Maharajah Hari Singh.
From Slate • Aug. 7, 2019
Anyhow, the Maharajah lived to pay a visit to England and came to see us there—though he did not attain old age.
From Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life by Child-Villiers, Margaret Elizabeth Leigh
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South Asia - Introductory
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