Native States
Britishplural noun
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There was, of course, no voting in the Native States ruled by India's bejeweled potentates.
From Time Magazine Archive
The following details relating to the Indian cotton industry are supplied officially:— Cotton Mills in India, including Mills in Native States and French India.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" by Various
We may hope indeed that Government, Native States and private landowners will generously assist us to overcome these difficulties by grants of land, and advances of money and other concessions.
From Darkest India A Supplement to General Booth's "In Darkest England, and the Way Out" by Commissioner Booth-Tucker
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 Sir James McCrone Douie
In the Native States the chuprassie flourishes rampantly.
From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by George Robert Aberigh-Mackay
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