Gaikwar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Lately there was another hunt for an heir to another princely house, and one was found who was circumstanced about as the Gaikwar had been.
From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark
The Bhao's progress was joined by Mahratta forces under Holkar, Sindhia, the Gaikwar, Gobind Pant, and others.
From Fall of the Moghul Empire of Hindustan by Keene, H. G. (Henry George)
An ancestor of the present Gaikwar had the silver one made, and a subsequent ancestor had the gold one made, in order to outdo him.
From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark
The Gaikwar, whose state processions were gorgeous to a wonder, occasionally inaugurated spectacles like those of the old Roman arena, and we hear of fights between various wild animals.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Wright, Thomas
It may be that supremely grand folk, like the Nyzam of Hyderabad and the Gaikwar of Baroda, have more than eleven guns, but I don't know.
From Following the Equator, Part 5 by Twain, Mark
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