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  • Gaikwar, whose state processions were gorgeous to a wonder, occasionally inaugurated spectacles like those of the old Roman arena, and we hear of fights between various wild animals.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton 2003

  • At Baroda I received into my compartment the brother of the late Gaikwar (uncle of the present?).

    Ranching, Sport and Travel Thomas Carson

  • The Gaikwar, whose state processions were gorgeous to a wonder, occasionally inaugurated spectacles like those of the old Roman arena, and we hear of fights between various wild animals.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Wright, Thomas, 1859-1936 1906

  • The Gaikwar, whose state processions were gorgeous to a wonder, occasionally inaugurated spectacles like those of the old Roman arena, and we hear of fights between various wild animals.

    The Life of Sir Richard Burton Thomas Wright 1897

  • The Gaikwar of Baroda in his luxurious chariot did not sleep any better than the innocent and humble mortals that occupied our beds.

    Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

  • Gaikwar, as the ruling prince is called, expressed a desire for us to be present.

    Modern India William Eleroy Curtis 1880

  • It may be that supremely grand folk, like the Nyzam of Hyderabad and the Gaikwar of Baroda, have more than eleven guns, but I don't know.

    Following the Equator, Part 5 Mark Twain 1872

  • Lately there was another hunt for an heir to another princely house, and one was found who was circumstanced about as the Gaikwar had been.

    Following the Equator, Part 5 Mark Twain 1872

  • An ancestor of the present Gaikwar had the silver one made, and a subsequent ancestor had the gold one made, in order to outdo him.

    Following the Equator, Part 5 Mark Twain 1872

  • Maharajah of Travancore; the Nabob of Jubbelpore; the Begum of Bhopal; the Nawab of Mysore; the Rance of Gulnare; the Ahkoond of Swat's; the Rao of Rohilkund; the Gaikwar of Baroda.

    Following the Equator, Part 5 Mark Twain 1872

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