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Bharatpur State was an independent Hindu kingdom from 1722 to 1826 and a princely state under British suzerainty from 1826 to 1947. It was ruled by the Sinsinwar clan of the Hindu Jats. The state was founded by Maharaja Badan Singh in 1722.
Suzerainty differs from sovereignty in that the dominant power allows tributary states to be technically independent but enjoy only limited self-rule. Although the situation has existed in a number of historical empires, it is considered difficult to reconcile with 20th- or 21st-century concepts of international law , in which sovereignty is a ...
Exactly two months later, Lake Lawn Resort was closed, putting 276 employees out of work. Six months after, a group of investors headed by local philanthropist Gregg Kunes formed Delavan Lake Lawn LLC and purchased the property for $9.5 million, with plans to reopen the facility as a resort. The golf course and marina reopened on May 27, 2011 ...
Hot Lake Hotel (also known as Hot Lake Resort) is a historic Colonial Revival hotel originally built in 1864 in Hot Lake, Union County, Oregon, United States. [3] [4] The hotel received its namesake from the thermal spring on the property, and operated as a luxury resort and sanitorium during the turn of the century, advertising the medicinal attributes of the mineral water and drawing ...
The Lake Norconian Club [5] opened on February 2, 1929. [6] It was renamed The Norconian on January 20, 1931, so travelers would not be confused and think the resort was a private club. The resort was initially a great success, with film and sports stars as regular visitors. [7] It was not unusual to see Buster Keaton or Babe Ruth on the golf ...
The kidney-shaped Eagles Mere Lake ("Lake" here is redundant but common vernacular) covers 230 acres and is about 3/4 mile long. It is a natural spring-fed lake with exceptionally clear water in the Allegheny Mountains at an elevation of 2100 feet. Early resort promoters prohibited construction and tree cutting within 100 feet of the lake to ...
Cal Neva Resort & Casino, previously known as the Calneva Resort and Cal-Neva Lodge, [1] [2] is a resort and casino straddling the border between Nevada and California on the shores of Lake Tahoe. The original building was constructed in 1926 and became famous when the national media picked up a story about actress Clara Bow canceling checks ...
The Sagamore is a Victorian-era resort hotel located on Lake George in Bolton Landing, New York.It occupies the private Green Island on Lake George. Since 1983, it has been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.