maharaja:
(also ‘maharajah‘; plural: ‘maharajas‘; female: ‘maharani’)
the title given to a ruler above the rank of ‘raja’ of a state (an area/region) in ancient and medieval India (before and during the British rule in India),
a maharaja on his golden throne
A maharaja of the yesteryears had some rajas ruling allotted regions of his kingdom and paying him tributes.
The awesome stories and startling facts of the lives of maharajas that ruled the land of India fascinated the foreigners so much that some of them visited India just to have a glance at their majesties and their grandeur lifestyle.
India had several kingdoms and princely states that had been ruled for centuries by maharajas, rajas and princes until that system was completely and permanently abolished in the 1970s by the government of Republic of India.
