单词 | princely states |
释义 | > as lemmasprincely states princely states n. now chiefly historical the states of India that were ruled by indigenous Indian princes before the Indian Independence Act of 1947; also occasionally in singular. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > state ruled by native prince in India native state1784 princely states1932 1932 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 23 May 18/4 All of India, British India and the princely States alike, should be federated. 1935 Times 12 Feb. 7/5 Surely, the right hon. gentleman did not mean that he was going to invite the representatives of the princely states to form a Ministry. 1952 Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of World 835/2 By Jan. 26, 1950, when India became a sovereign republic, all acceding princely states had been brought within the constitutional framework. 1959 Listener 19 Mar. 497/2 The Princely States..have disappeared. 1975 Times 29 Aug. 12/1 The map of India..was redrawn to incorporate the former princely states. 1980 H. R. F. Keating Murder of Maharajah xviii. 225 Here is a simple District Superintendent of Police..invited to a princely state because a murder has been committed. 1992 Hindu 13 Sept. 1/4 The Chief Minister..demanding that the erstwhile princely states of Saraikela and Kharsuan..should be returned to Orissa. < as lemmas |
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