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Invention of Tradition in Travancore: A Maharaja's Quest for Political Security*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2005

Dick Kooiman
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Abstract

Up until the British departure from India, in 1947, hundreds of Indian princely states succeeded in maintaining a semi-autonomous existence beneath the wide umbrella of British paramount power. These states, which were scattered over the whole subcontinent, ranged from large and imposing to tiny and insignificant, and were dominated by Hindu, Muslim and Sikh ruling elites.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , July 2005 , pp. 151 - 164
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2005

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Footnotes

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I gratefully acknowledge the useful suggestions and corrections received from John McLeod, Manu Bhagavan and Michael Fisher. Funds for travel and research were kindly granted by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW), The Hague.

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* I gratefully acknowledge the useful suggestions and corrections received from John McLeod, Manu Bhagavan and Michael Fisher. Funds for travel and research were kindly granted by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NOW), The Hague.