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RESIDENT , a See also:political See also:agent or officer representing the See also:Indian See also:government in certain native states in See also:India . He resides in the See also:state and advises on all matters of government, legislative or executive . Residents are divided into three classes or ranks . In certain other dependencies or protectorates of the See also:British See also:Empire the representative of the government is termed a resident or political agent, notably in Nepaul, See also:Aden, See also:Sarawak, British See also:North See also:Borneo, &c . In See also:general, where the state to which a resident is attached is not an See also:independent one, he exercises consular and magisterial functions . For " Resident " as the See also:title of a See also:diplomatic agent see DnrLo-MACY . |
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