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A portrait of the princes of India from their pre-colonial origins to post-World War II. Barbara Ramusack's study reveals them to have been consummate political animals who were classified as stooges of the Raj but who in reality wielded considerable autonomy before independence in 1947.Ramusack, Barbara N. is the author of 'Indian Princes and Their States' with ISBN 9780521267274 and ISBN 0521267277.
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