Word: begum
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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...
...Ruth McCormick, Illinois dairy begum...
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...
...Englishmen rescued Mumtaz Begum from the ruffians of the Maharaja. With what were these Englishmen armed...
...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...