RAJAH. (See Encyclopaedia.) We learn from Sir Charles Rouse Boughton's Dissertation concerning the Landed Property of Bengal, that this title is conferred upon Hindoos by the emperor, and frequently given out of courtesy to the greater zemindars. It would appear therefore that the Rajahs can never be independent of the Mogul but by a successful rebellion.
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