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In colonial India, princely authority operated under the constraints of British paramountcy. While rulers could retain internal autonomy, their sovereignty was limited in formal political terms. In this context, cultural domains — especially sport — emerged as crucial sites for the performance and…
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The political geography of the British Indian Empire was never as stable as imperial cartography implied. Alongside the provinces under direct British rule existed a constellation of princely states, whose rulers governed internally while tethered to the Crown through treaties, protocol, and the…
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