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Native States

British

plural noun

Also called: Indian States and Agencies. the former 562 semi-independent states of India, ruled by Indians but subject to varying degrees of British authority: merged with provinces by 1948; largest states were Hyderabad, Gwalior, Baroda, Mysore, Cochin, Jammu and Kashmir, Travancore, Sikkim, and Indore

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There was, of course, no voting in the Native States ruled by India's bejeweled potentates.

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The conception is in itself by no means novel and appeals to many upon whom the picturesqueness and conservative stability of the Native States exercise a strong attraction.

From India, Old and New by Chirol, Valentine, Sir

The term Punjábi much more nearly, but still imperfectly, covers the people of the Panjáb, the North-West Frontier Province, Kashmír and the associated smaller Native States.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

For the same forces that have obtained the surrender of the autocratic principle in British India, may demand with equal insistency its surrender throughout the Native States.

From India, Old and New by Chirol, Valentine, Sir

Ludhi�na district and adjoining Native States 243 97.

From The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir by Douie, James McCrone, Sir

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