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  • n  a prince or king in India

  • WHEN India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there were 554 princely states, each ruled by a maharajah (Hindi for great ruler) or a lower-ranking rajah.
  • What she produced was a loose-fitting line of at-home gowns (retail: $70 to $100) and rajah pajama sets in gold and hot pink ($110), as well as simply cut dresses ($70 to $90 .
  • He is America's rajah of comic raunch, ready to beguile fans who dress like him and talk like him and who have memorized his earlier routines from hit records and HBO specials.
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  • Herschelle Gibbs in CricInfo.com
    Gibbs told News24: "I am withdrawing from the World XI side. I have just told the manager Goolam Rajah (who is also the South African manager) that I won't be able to play. I have worked with the Western Province physio since my return from my...
  • Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark in International Herald Tribune
    Le Rajah de Bourbon,a historical novel by Prince Michael of Greece, says Balthazar Bourbon may be a descendent of Henry IV, the first Bourbon king of France, and traces his ancestry through a nephew of the king, Jean Bourbon, who arrived in...
  • Jose Rizal in Inquirer.net
    Rizal wrote: "I visited also a large school for Chinese, Malays, Indians and Englishmen. It is a magnificent building and there are many students. The palace of the Rajah of Siam is also notable and has a small iron elephant and whatnot on the...

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