<Entry xmlns="urn:NEID" xmlns:d="urn:NEID" level="10"><DEnt><HwdGp><HWD>maharaja</HWD><VarCnt><VAR>maharajah</VAR></VarCnt><LabelGp><STYLE label="For"/></LabelGp></HwdGp><FwkSenCnt><POS code="n"/><LabelGp><DOMAIN label="pol"/><DOMAIN label="hist"/></LabelGp><MEANING>an Indian prince, ranking above a raja</MEANING><ExCnt><EX>India has only recently tightened local conservation laws in a bid to give a facelift to the thousands of neglected ancient structures built by the Moguls , British or the Hindu <b>maharajahs</b> who once ruled the sprawling country .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>When India won its independence in 1947 , the <b>maharajas</b> were allowed to retain their titles and land , and be paid a modest civil-list income , but Mrs Gandhi put an end to all that in the 1970s .
</EX></ExCnt><ExCnt><EX>Brajendra Singh , the last <b>maharajah</b> of Bharatpur , who was a sportsman and conservationist , died on July 8 in the former princely state of Bharatpur , now part of Rajasthan state in northwestern India .
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