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Word: begum (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another advantage about East Indian titles such as rajah and maharajah would be that for potent or puissant lady magnates you could say "begum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...Ruth McCormick, Illinois dairy begum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 2, 1929 | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

Further complicating the nuptials is Sir Tukoji's notorious reputation as the ruler who sent agents to maim and attempt to kill his chief dancing girl Mumtaz Begum. Because of this deed he was deposed as Maharaja of Indore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fortunate Damsels | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Englishmen rescued Mumtaz Begum from the ruffians of the Maharaja. With what were these Englishmen armed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Mar. 8, 1926 | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

...Lord Reading, H. H. Mahrajat Dhirraja Tukoji Rao Holkar, Bahadur, G. C. I. E. (the Maharaja of Indore), quietly abdicated in favor his son, the heir apparent, Prince Yeshwant. The Indian Government at once accepted his resignation, dismissed the scheduled investigation into his conduct with respect to Mumtaz Begum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Maharaja Disciplined | 3/8/1926 | See Source »

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