Sentence examples similar to claim was ceded from inspiring English sources
But religion is crucial to Kashmir, because Pakistan claims that the mainly Muslim state was ceded to India unlawfully by its Hindu maharajah.
France formally relinquished its claim to Texas in 1762, when French Louisiana was ceded to Spain.
The area that is New Mexico was claimed by Spain in the 16th century, became part of Mexico in 1821, and was ceded to the United States in 1848 (through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo).
The Falkland Islands, off the south coast of Argentina, were simultaneously claimed for Louis XV of France, in 1764, and George III of the United Kingdom, in 1765, though the French colony was ceded to Charles III of Spain in 1767.
The island was ceded to the British in 1812 by the sultan of Palembang, Sumatra, but Britain recognized the Dutch claim in 1824.
Bukovina was ceded to Austria in 1775.
It was ceded by China to Japan in 1895.
In 1795 it was ceded to the British.
The colony was ceded to Spain in 1767.
The space once dominated by accountants was ceded to regulatory economists.
The remaining battleship, Erzherzog Ferdinand Max was ceded to the United Kingdom.
