maharaja
noun
ma·ha·ra·ja
| \ ˌmä-hə-ˈrä-jə
, -ˈrä-zhə\
, -ˈrä-zhə\
variants:
or maharajah
Definition of maharaja
: a Hindu prince ranking above a raja
Examples of maharaja in a Sentence
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Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 6 Aug. 2019 The maharaja ultimately agreed, reluctantly, to join India, but on the very, very clear condition that Kashmir remain autonomous. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, "A Kashmiri Novelist on a State Under Siege," 16 Aug. 2019 Mehbooba Mufti, a former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, said the decision in 1947 by the Hindu maharaja ruling what was then a kingdom to join the union of India had backfired. — Washington Post, "India’s changes in Kashmir create long-term uncertainty," 9 Aug. 2019 Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja’s privileges for residents intact. — Washington Post, "Q&A: India’s proposed change to disputed Kashmir’s status," 5 Aug. 2019 Further talks culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja's privileges for residents intact. — Anchorage Daily News, "Unrest feared after India revokes Kashmir’s special status," 5 Aug. 2019 Further discussions culminated in the 1952 Delhi Agreement, a presidential order that extended Indian citizenship to the residents of the state but left the maharaja's privileges for residents intact. — NBC News, "India's government revokes disputed Kashmir's special status," 5 Aug. 2019 The maharaja's fateful decision to align Kashmir with India ushered in decades of conflict in the contested region, including two wars and a longstanding insurgency. — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "The Kashmir conflict: How did it start?," 2 Mar. 2019 To avert pressure to join either new nation, the maharaja signed a standstill agreement with Pakistan that allowed citizens of Kashmir to continue trade and travel with the new country. — Erin Blakemore, National Geographic, "The Kashmir conflict: How did it start?," 2 Mar. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'maharaja.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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maharaja
noun
English Language Learners Definition of maharaja
: a Hindu prince
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