Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Gaikwar .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The title of the ruling Prince of Baroda, in Gujarat, in Bombay, India.
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Examples
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Franz Müller in 1864, his skilful defence of the Tichborne claimant in 1871 and his defence of the gaekwar of Baroda in 1875, his fee in this last case being one of the largest ever known.
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In 1873 an English committee of inquiry was appointed to investigate various complaints of oppression against the gaekwar, Malhar Rao, who had recently succeeded to the throne after being for a long time kept in prison by his brother, the former gaekwar.
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The gaekwar showed himself a model prince, and his territories [v. 03 p. 0418] became as well governed and prosperous as a British district.
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British resident led to the gaekwar being formally accused of the crime and tried by a mixed commission.
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About 1721 one Pilaji gaekwar carved a fertile slice of territory out of Gujarat, and afterwards received the title of "Leader of the Royal
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