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Word: narasimharaja (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...twice as big as Switzerland, with rich revenues from silk, gold, sandalwood and agriculture-of which the Maharaja himself gets $13,000,000 annually. Its high altitude gives Mysore the healthiest climate in India. A sober, hard-working ruler, the childless Maharaja early designated his brother Sir Sri Kanthirava Narasimharaja Wadiyar Bahadur to be Yuvaraja-heir apparent. Last fortnight the Yuvaraja, one of the most glamorous, eccentric figures in the East, was dead before the Maharaja...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Primrose Prince Passes | 3/25/1940 | See Source »

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