Native States

British  

plural noun

1. 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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Example Sentences

The researchers also found that on removal of stress, refolding of the partially unfolded intermediates was observed, suggesting regaining of their native states.

From Science Daily

Unlike Robert E. Lee, these officers remained true to the oath they swore to the Constitution of the United States and drew their swords against their native states.

From Washington Post

This movie, which Balagov, a Nalchik native, states in an onscreen text is based on a true story, has a whole lot of “slow” and one very nasty burn.

From New York Times

Some of the new candidates are District women such as Moser, who, steeped in the politics of the Barack Obama era, are returning to their native states to run.

From Washington Post

Native states whose formation from chiefdoms happened to be witnessed by Europeans in the 18th and 19th centuries include the Polynesian Hawaiian state, the Polynesian Tahitian state, the Merina state of Madagascar, Lesotho and Swazi and other southern African states besides that of the Zulus, the Ashanti state of West Africa, and the Ankole and Buganda states of Uganda.

From Literature