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Nawab   Listen
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Nawab  n.  
1.
A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
2.
A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.





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... of Representatives (Majlis Nawab): two-thirds elected by direct, universal suffrage and one-third by an electoral college of government, professional, and labor representatives; direct, popular elections last held 15 June 1993 (next to be held NA 1999); results - percent ...
— The 1995 CIA World Factbook • United States Central Intelligence Agency
... Oudh, and assigned as a residence to Shah Alam, the titular emperor of Delhi. Upon that prince throwing himself into the hands of the Mahrattas, the place was resumed by the British in 1771 and again transferred to the nawab of Oudh, by whom it was finally ceded together with the district to the British in 1801, in commutation of the subsidy which the wazir had agreed to pay for British protection. During the Mutiny of 1857, Allahabad became the scene of one of the most serious outbreaks ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Nawab" :   Republic of India, Bharat, nabob, governor


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