Sentence examples for ruler status from inspiring English sources

After independence, India nationalised the maharajas' wealth and their ruler status was revoked.

Then, in 1971, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi led a populist campaign that culminated with the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the Indian Constitution, which abolished the privy purse and stripped royals of their "ruler" status.

Then, in the late 1400s, Portugal and Spain established sea routes to sub-Saharan Africa, and ivory was back, just in time for the High Renaissance and especially the Baroque, when secular rulers needing status symbols were plentiful.

Additionally, in an age when monasteries were often built by rulers as status symbols of their wealth and power, the foundations and endowments of Ragnall may have been undertaken as a means to portray himself as an up-to-date ruler.

The ruler's exalted status is thus associated with both divine right and judicial authority, implying that the king governs in both spheres.

Mostly coming under Arab Muslim rule, Byzantine Greeks either fled their former lands or subdued to the new Muslim rulers, receiving the status of Dhimmi.

From this significant separation, it shows adopted the idea of 'Traiphum' suitable to emphasize capital city and simultaneously provide the semi-god status of ruler dynastic through sacred boundary (Jumsai 2008).

The vast entourages added to the status of rulers, whether heavenly or terrestrial, and were believed to surround them with an auspicious female presence.

A final weight to be placed on the balance of Grotius' liberalism is his view on the status of rulers or sovereigns.

The family had lost their status as rulers during the Qin's wars of unification, when they were demoted to local chieftains.

The sacral status of the ruler differs in form and origins.