Word: raj
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
With these words the British Raj* turned over the State of Savantvadi- small State south of Bombay on the west coast of India-to Bapusaheb Bhosie, Indian Prince educated in England, who henceforth becomes the Sardesai (Ruler) of Savantvadi...
...British rule or sovereignty, from the Hindu verb raj, to reign; cf. rajah, a prince...
Upon this European trip, Sir Hari took with him his aide-de-camp, one Captain C. W. Arthur, whose duty was to safeguard him from danger in all its forms. This position, virtually an appointment by the British Raj, calls for a man of incorruptible honor with the highest sense of duty...
...even went so far as to state that Indians were flogged for failure to salaam British officers. But he endeavored to explain this away by asserting: "At that time there were rumors circulating about that the British raj in India was going and there was rebellion about. This order [requiring the salaam] was one of the means by which it was sought to bring home to the Indian people that this...
Gandhi was arrested in 1922, after his failure to prevent his noncooperating followers from committing acts of violence against the British Raj. He declared that his views on politics and religion had undergone no change in prison. He objected to the tendency to make a saint...