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nawab

[nuh-wob, -wawb] / nəˈwɒb, -ˈwɔb /


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The story goes that the mutton galouti kebabs that have defined the city amongst visitors were created to feed an ageing nawab who had lost his teeth.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

In the popular lexicon, the term black hole once suggested only the legendary hellish cell in Calcutta in which British prisoners were held by an 18th century Indian nawab.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dupleix succeeded in gaining over the nawab, and again attempted the capture of Fort St David, but unsuccessfully.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various

Following the nawab he traversed many corridors and chambers and ultimately reached an apartment in which Chumru was seated.

From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Tracy, Louis

He took his seat as governor of Fort St David on the day on which the nawab of Bengal captured Calcutta, and thither the Madras government at once sent him, with admiral Watson.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various




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