nawab

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  • The glasses are the property of the great-grandson of the last nawab of Junagadh, who in the 1930s was gifted the spectacles by Gandhiji. —  Top Stories - Google News
  • When the nawab, who after partition decamped to Pakistan, asked the Mahatma for inspiration, Bapu handed over his spectacles, saying "These gave me the vision to free India." —  Top Stories - Google News
  • And when you think of a Muslim story the images that come to mind are green scarf, beard, fur cap, nawab, haveli, pandan, salam, khuda hafiz, talaq and a distinct off-mainstream culture … things that one immediately associates with a Muslim social. —  Screen News
  • Bengal was absorbed into the Mughul Empire in the 16th century, and Dhaka, the seat of a nawab (the representative of the emperor), gained some importance as a provincial center.
  • They will thus support the next best candidate -- ex-MP Bano who inherits the local nawab lineage.
 

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  1. Hindustani nawāb, nawwāb: see nabob.
 

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/næˈwɔb/
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