Word: maharaja
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the high priest of tiny Manipur heard that the Japs were drawing near (see p. 29), he advised the youthful Maharaja to take a third wife; in time of crisis, he said, three could better rule the ruler's heart than two. The Maharaja complied, then issued a ringing challenge: Manipur would resist the Jap to the last man. The young men of Manipur, busy dancing and throwing crimson and purple powder on one another, paused. Wedged between India and Burma, 400 miles northeast of Calcutta, 200 northwest of Mandalay and just south of the realm of Bong...
Until last month, Baroda was a model among Indian states. The old Maharaja, the late great Sayaji Rao, Gaekwar of Baroda, put through more social legislation than any other native prince could boast. He made his grandson and heir, 35-year-old Maharaja Pratap Singh Gaekwar, study statecraft from childhood, taught him to admire progress and respect...
Soon after he ascended the throne in 1939 the young Maharaja approved a bill outlawing polygamy. With his Maharani, Shantadevi, and their eight children, he lived quietly in Baroda. Then the Gaekwar met a lissome young beauty named Sitadevi at a race track in Madras. Between them stood 1) Baroda's hard-won reputation; 2) the fact that Sitadevi, a Hindu, was already married, could not be divorced under Hindu...
When Lord Louis returned to crowded New Delhi, he established his headquarters in the palace formerly occupied by a Sikh maharaja. To insure greater harmony and constant exchange of ideas, Lord Louis insisted on having the highest ranking U.S. and British officers live and dine with...
...Kepler, onetime professional guide in Pennsylvania. Assisting him are Ensigns Frank and John Craighead, authors of the manual for the course, Living off Land & Sea. At 27, the Craighead twins are already authorities on wild life. (One book they wrote on falconry brought them an invitation from a maharaja to be his guests. They spent nine months in India...