Round 12: Tossup 5

A 2010 paper by Iyer used an IV (“I-V”) model to find that these places had worse institutional outcomes when they underwent “random” incorporation. In a Pulitzer-nominated article, Ellen Barry exposed a fraudulent “royal family” of one of these places. A 1971 amendment ended tax-free “privy purses” for elites from these places. (10[3])During (10[1])the (-5[1])“paramountcy” era, pioneering documentaries showed dynasts from these places assembling at Coronation Park for two durbars. (10[1])9 to 21 (10[1])shots would be fired (10[1]-5[1])to honor (10[1])rulers (10[1])of these places with “salute” (10[1])status. (10[1])Lord Dalhousie annexed these places (10[3])when they lacked male heirs (-5[1])under the “doctrine (10[1]-5[2])of lapse.” (10[2])These places, which numbered 565 at independence, (10[1])implemented “indirect rule” under titles like Thakur, Rana, and Nawab. For 10 points, name these nominally sovereign polities of the British Raj. ■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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