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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 865 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAJA , the See also:

Hindu See also:title for a See also:chief, or See also:prince, derived from the same See also:root as the Latin rex. Other forms are See also:rao, tuna and rawal, while chiefs of high See also:rank are styled maharaja, maharao and maharana. The Hindustani See also:form is rai, and the title of the Hindu See also:emperor of See also:Vijayanagar in S. See also:India was raya. It is not confined to the rulers of native states, being conferred by the See also:British See also:government on Hindu subjects, sometimes as an hereditary distinction. In the form of rao it appears as a suffix to the names of most See also:Mahrattas, and to the names of See also:Kanarese Brahmans.

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