Word: maharaja
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Irwin & Princes. In splendorous New Delhi met last week the Chamber of Princes. Nearly all of the Rajas and Maharajas maintain sumptuous residences in New Delhi which they inhabit only when the Chamber meets. Nearly all ride Rolls-Royces (the Maharaja of Patiala has 36 Rolls-Royces). Last week from the flagstaffs of these pampered potentates fluttered the crimson & gold of Bikaner, the blue, white & yellow of Bahawalpur, the scarlet of Patiala...
...India's princes who surprised the Indian Round Table Conference in London by their offer to federate, their states with the rest of India (TIME, Dec. i). For this they were thanked last week by Viceroy Baron Irwin. Then up rose the sturdy, fighting Maharaja of Bikaner. He thanked Lord Irwin for arranging the truce with Mr. Gandhi. He concluded amid a burst of cheers: "If, alas, we cannot have Lord Irwin with us forever, we hope an Irwin-hearted Viceroy will follow after...
Born, To Sir Hari Singh ("Mr. A"), Maharaja of Kashmir, opulent millionaire; and his third wife, whom he married four years ago; a son; in Cannes, France. Some months ago Sir Hari made "a large bet" that his expected offspring would be a male. Terms of the bet did not forbid Sir Hari & Wife to employ the yoga method (mental concentration) for producing offspring of the sex desired...
...wealth in jewels is uncounted. Second on the list comes John Davison Rockefeller Jr. He is followed by Henry and Edsel Bryant Ford; next is John Pierpont Morgan. Below this quintet come Sir Basil Zaharoff and His Highness Sir Sayaji Rao III, the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda...
...Maharaja of Navangar (famed as "Ranji" the onetime cricket champion...