Word: maharaja
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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...
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...
Some 30 years ago young Novelist E. M. Forster sat with his friend, Philosopher Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson, in the palace of the Maharaja of Chhatarpur and heard the nabob cry: "Tell me, Mr. Dickinson, where is God? Can Herbert Spencer lead me to him, or should I prefer George Henry Lewes? Oh when will Krishna come and be my friend? Oh Mr. Dickinson...
...Junior" Hollcar, 34, the fabulously wealthy, highly glossy Maharaja of Indore, had to surrender the C card for his light sedan; the OPA suspended it till a year from next December. Gas had been issued to him for use in Los Angeles, but he had driven to Reno with it-for a divorce and a new wife (TIME, July 19). The Maharaja will not be walking, however. He and his new wife have other cars...