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Many princes have already changed their way of living. Last November the Maharaja of Jodhpur (1,750,000 rupees a year) moved with his Scottish wife from London's Claridge's to a small hotel which charges him only $2 a day. In the past, on Hindu festivals wealthy princes used to stage huge processions with elephants and camels. Now the maharajas' high-born pachyderms are out in the fields working for a living...
...Farewell. Nehru's leave-taking from Bombay was such a scene as only an Eastern country in transition could stage. A harsh afternoon sun beat down on the airfield as the Prime Minister arrived, perspiring in his brown achkan (neck-high jacket) and white salwars (jodhpur-like pants). A small array of dignitaries, students and plain curious citizens waited near the runway...
...India, they ran into the Maharaja of Jodhpur's personal pilot. "Come on up to the palace," he said. "His Highness will be glad to have you." They went, in one of "H.H.'s" 125 automobiles, stayed two days. "You ought to see that place," said George. "Talk about Hollywood...
Died. Air Vice Marshal Sir Umaid Singh Bahadur, 43, Croesus-rich Maharaja of Jodhpur, absolute ruler of 2½ million people in the state that gave its name to a kind of riding breeches; after an appendectomy; in Mount Abu, Rajputana. Westernized at India's Mayo College (for princely sprouts), the Maharaja learned to fly, imported tile bathrooms, favored his subjects with land, judiciary and educational reforms; but he visited England as an Oriental despot with 70 polo ponies, four wives, 100 servants...
Aware that any display of extravagance would be unseemly in these times, the Maharaja of Jodhpur announced that only a quarter of the amount originally earmarked would be spent on the approaching wedding of the heir apparent. The affair will cost scarcely...