### Clue: Government, Republican, mirrored German affirmation (3)
### Answer: RAJ 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Government
 R(abbrev. for Republican) + **reversal of**(mirrored) JA(German for yes,affirmation).
Answer: From Sanskrit for rule,Government.  As used with "The" and a capitalised initial, it stood for the British government in India before partition in 1947.