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Word: talukdar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Each prince is allowed one palace for everyday living and a second palace at a seashore or hill resort. The fattest purse goes to the Nizam of Hyderabad, fabled richest man in the world, who gets 5,000,000 rupees a year. The leanest, 192 rupees, goes to the Talukdar of Kadodia, lord of a tiny village in the Kathiawar desert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Twilight of the Princes | 3/27/1950 | See Source »

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