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Native States

plural noun

  1. 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 Also calledIndian States and Agencies
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The district is much cut up, and portions of it are insulated by the surrounding native states.

There are a number of branch lines in the plains, some owned by native States.

As a result there is no political life at all in the Native States.

It referred to non-interference by the Congress in the internal affairs of the Native States.

Several native states have placed themselves under a French protectorate.

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