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‖ raj|rɑːdʒ|
Also 8 raje.
[Hindī rāj: cf. rajah.]
a. Sovereignty, rule; kingdom.
1800Asiatic Ann. Reg., Misc. Tr. 261/2 An account of the revenues of this raje, and a chart of the country. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 58 A very faint sample of what must have universally happened had any new ‘Raj’ been established.
b. spec. the British dominion or rule in the Indian sub-continent (before 1947). In full, British raj. Also transf.
1859M. Thomson Story of Cawnpore xvi. 229 But Delhi had fallen when these gentlemen threw their strength into the tide of revolt, and they were too late for a decisive superiority over the British râj. 1876Hansard Commons 16 Mar. 141 Without upsetting the British Raj. 1890Athenæum 13 Sept. 348/1 That standing miracle, the maintenance of the British raj [in India]. 1908Daily Chron. 21 June 4/4 The Indian agitators who represent the British raj as the author of the plague. 1955Times 25 Aug. 9/7 It was effective against the British raj in India, and the conclusion drawn here is that the British knew that they were wrong. 1969R. Millar Kut xv. 288 Sir Stanley Maude had taken command in Mesopotamia, displacing the raj of antique Indian Army commanders. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 18 Apr. 4/2 Though it appears paradoxical, in the last days of the Raj, the British were the only people who wished to keep India united. 1975H. R. Isaacs in H. M. Patel et al. Say not the Struggle Nought Availeth 251 The post-independence régime in all its incarnations since the passing of the British Raj. |