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Shogun

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns known to foreigners as Tycoons became finally the virtual rulers of Japan The title was abolished in 1867

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