Definition of MAHARAJA

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Recent Examples on the Web Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 6 Aug. 2019 Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 6 Aug. 2019 The Quit Kashmir movement against the maharaja is launched. — Manavi Kapur, Quartz India, "A timeline of key events that shaped the unique identity of Kashmir within India," 5 Aug. 2019 Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 6 Aug. 2019 Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 6 Aug. 2019 Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 6 Aug. 2019 The maharaja ultimately agreed, reluctantly, to join India, but on the very, very clear condition that Kashmir remain autonomous. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "A Kashmiri Novelist on a State Under Siege," 16 Aug. 2019 Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said the decision in 1947 by the Hindu maharaja ruling what was then a kingdom to join the union of India had backfired. — Washington Post, "India’s changes in Kashmir create long-term uncertainty," 9 Aug. 2019

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“Maharaja.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maharaja. Accessed 29 January 2020.