Rajah
or more correctly RÁJÁ, originally, a title which belonged to princes of Hindu race who, either as independent sovereigns or as feudatories, governed a territory. Now, however, the title is used of independent sovereigns, of subject or "protected" princes, of petty chiefs, of great landowners, and of some persons of eminence who are neither rulers nor landowners.
RAKE RAJAMAHENDRI (formerly often spelt Rajahmundry), a town of India, in the presidency of Madras; on the left bank of the Godavari, 30 miles from its mouth. It has a museum, a provincial school, two jails, and some Christian churches. From 1753 to 1758 it was held by the French.