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555:1933–1943
536:1931–1933
517:1926–1931
498:1921–1926
437:under the
371:was given
149:Bagelkhand
1575:Venezuela
1505:Nicaragua
1094:Indonesia
851:Australia
846:Argentina
551:Nawanagar
532:Nawanagar
443:fair play
431:Dominions
359:in 1947.
245:Rajputana
108:Hyderabad
1530:Rhodesia
1520:Portugal
1485:Maldives
1435:Ethiopia
1269:Zimbabwe
1239:Thailand
1219:Slovenia
1189:Paraguay
1069:Eswatini
1034:Colombia
1019:Cameroon
1014:Cambodia
984:Barbados
916:Pakistan
896:Malaysia
881:Ethiopia
695:, p. 170
600:See also
566:Maharaja
547:Maharaja
528:Maharaja
509:Maharaja
490:Maharaja
363:Overview
345:George V
235:Palanpur
169:Bhopawar
141:Agencies
1589:Related
1540:Senegal
1525:Prussia
1450:Hungary
1420:Ecuador
1405:Denmark
1390:Croatia
1350:Austria
1337:Defunct
1294:Bermuda
1254:Uruguay
1204:Romania
1164:Namibia
1159:Myanmar
1154:Morocco
1144:Liberia
1139:Lesotho
1114:Jamaica
1099:Ireland
1084:Grenada
1009:Burundi
1004:Bolivia
989:Belarus
979:Bahrain
974:Bahamas
964:Algeria
956:Unitary
926:Somalia
911:Nigeria
886:Germany
861:Belgium
856:Austria
838:Federal
691:Verma,
570:Patiala
513:Patiala
494:Bikaner
433:of the
381:Maratha
342:Emperor
1570:Turkey
1565:Sweden
1545:Serbia
1445:Greece
1375:Ceylon
1209:Rwanda
1199:Poland
1124:Jordan
1074:France
999:Bhutan
994:Belize
921:Russia
901:Mexico
876:Canada
871:Brazil
746:
721:
589:Bhopal
479:Years
194:Gilgit
133:Sikkim
128:Quilon
1490:Malta
1480:Libya
1425:Egypt
1380:China
1370:Burma
1264:Yemen
1229:Spain
1184:Palau
1169:Nepal
1134:Kenya
1104:Italy
1089:Haiti
1079:Gabon
1059:Egypt
1029:Chile
936:Sudan
906:Nepal
891:India
585:Nawab
476:Title
263:Lists
219:Malwa
57:Jagir
1515:Peru
1460:Iraq
1455:Iran
1440:Fiji
1395:Cuba
1179:Oman
1024:Chad
744:ISBN
719:ISBN
473:Name
391:and
338:King
324:The
732:at
713:at
587:of
568:of
549:of
530:of
511:of
492:of
451:Act
336:of
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717:.
678:,
655:^
387:,
818:e
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