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Died. His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shri Yeshwant Rao ("Junior") Holkar Bahadur, Maharaja of Indore, 53, progressive-minded, Oxford-educated ruler of 1,500,000 worshipful subjects from 1926 until his pensioning-off by the Indian government in 1948; of cancer; in New Delhi. Of low caste despite his princely rank (he was descended from a land-grabbing shepherd), the Maharaja devoted large chunks of an estimated prewar income of $70 million a year to the delights of shikar (hunting), zenana (the harem), and the support of the two American wives whom he divorced in Reno, but sponsored enough...
...were also the ambassadors of India, Burma and Ceylon, lesser diplomats of every degree, an eye-filling contingent of Eastern ladies, and a solid phalanx of Washington officials, socialites and curious local farmers. The star attraction was Lieut. General His Highness Saramad-i-Rajahai Hindustan Raj Rajendra Shri Maharajadhiraj Sir Sawai Man Singh Badahur, Maharaja of Jaipur, Rajpramukh of Rajasthan, descendant of the sun gods and a most puissant poloist...
...Reno for the stated purpose of divorcing the former Marguerite Lawler Branyen of Minneapolis is a "Mr. Holkar," who married her four years ago with a high-flown flourish: "Without mental peace I cannot properly discharge my duties as a ruler." Slim, sleek "Mr. Holkar" is His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shree Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur ("His Highness the Lord Paramount, King of Kings, one-quarter-better-than-anyone-else, beautiful King Shepherd, Brave Warrior"), fabulously wealthy Maharaja of Indore, 34, ruler of some 1,325,000 souls, possessor of the first air-conditioned palace in India, honorary deputy...
Died. The Maharajah of Bikaner, General His Highness Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani; Maharajah Sri Ganga Singhji Bahadur, 62, soldier-statesman: of cancer of the throat; in Bombay. He succeeded to the title when he was seven, began to rule Bikaner (pop. about 1,000,000) when he was 18. He multiplied the province's income tenfold. For the British he commanded the Bikaner Camel Corps in the Boxer Rebellion, served in the Imperial War Cabinet in World War I, was the only Indian to sign the Versailles Treaty. For 40 years he dazzled English coronations, a walking tower...
...finger. Richly garbed palace servants chattered in the courtyards. In Bombay's Willingdon Club the smart set gushed about it over chotapeg. The talk even slid through the lacelike alabaster screens in the harems. In the midst of internal revolution, with a Japanese invasion threatened, His Highness the Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Sawai Shree Yeshwant Rao Holkar Bahadur ("Junior" to American friends) had abdicated...