maharajah
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The 41-year-old singer, who is the only Punjabi musician to perform at Coachella, walked the red carpet dressed like an early 20th Century maharajah.
From BBC • May 31, 2025
Air India, with its maharajah mascot, was once renowned for its lavishly decorated planes and stellar service championed by the airline’s founder, JRD Tata, India’s first commercial pilot.
From Reuters • Oct. 19, 2021
There is no city plaque on the house designating it a landmark, nor any street named after Peterson, a dazzling, finger-flying pianist and 20th-century musical giant whom Duke Ellington called “the maharajah of the keyboard.”
From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2020
Jammu and Kashmir, a Muslim-majority province ruled by a Hindu maharajah named Hari Singh, initially opted not to join either country.
From New York Times • Mar. 19, 2020
The maharajah of Kapurthala, visiting that week from India, sat in a makeshift throne on the ballroom stage fanned by three servants.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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South Asia - Introductory
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