Sentence examples for erstwhile state of from inspiring English sources

A highly militarised zone divides the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir between Indian and Pakistani-administered territories.

It begins with a discussion, in the first chapter, of the historical background of culture in the erstwhile state of Baroda, leading up to the establishment of the Faculty of Fine Artsan institution that pioneered art education at the university level.

The man who would have been maharaja was exceedingly popular among his family's former subjects in the erstwhile princely state of Gwalior.

A 200-page affidavit filed last week by the Federal Bureau of Investigation says they were out-of-work spies for the erstwhile Stalinist state of East Germany.

Tiger hunting took place on a large scale in the early nineteenth and twentieth centuries, being a recognised and admired sport by the British in colonial India as well as the maharajas and aristocratic class of the erstwhile princely states of pre-independence India.

Mr. Herzog and his 18 friends will spend some of their time together recalling the arduous, improbable journeys they made seven decades ago from their war-torn homes in Poland to the erstwhile Indian princely state of Nawanagar, which provided an oasis for approximately 1,000 Polish children for four years until the hostilities ceased.

2.56pm: This from my erstwhile colleague Paul Kelso about the state of the pitch in Port Elizabeth: It's just like Wembley - groundstaff with forks and buckets out in force #eng #svn #worldcup 3pm: We're off!

The reckless call evoked the words of erstwhile Ohio State coach Woody Hayes, who once said: "There are three things that can happen on a forward pass, and two of them are bad".

Other Indian novelists on the list include Shreekumar Varma, the grandson of Regent Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, the last ruling Maharani of the erstwhile Travancore state with Maria's Room, the Keralan author NS Madhavan with Lianies of Dutch Battery; and Laxmi Narayan Mishra with his sixth novel, The Little God.

Nixon quickly sent Susan Mary a letter in which he praised his erstwhile secretary of state as "the greatest diplomat of our times," and asked her to deliver the message to Mr. Kissinger herself.

While interviewing Condoleezza Rice on "The View" last week, Joy Behar told the erstwhile secretary of state that Trump, "Made me love George [W.] Bush, I'll tell you that".