maharani

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Photos of the Manik Bagh interiors are juxtaposed to pictures of the maharani holding court in their traditionally decorated official palace, the women all dressed in saris.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019

The maharajah stopped buying after the maharani suddenly died in 1937 at age 22.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2019

The maharani, his darkly glamorous wife, looked cool and composed in a diaphanous sari of watermelon pink, but she didn't feel that way.

From Time Magazine Archive

Between chukkers, the 35-year-old third maharani* dutifully mopped her sweltering husband with a dry towel, fetched him beer, and shaded him with her bright parasol.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then in the morning we had new cloths from Ammu as a back-present Rahel was a maharani and I was Little Nehru.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy