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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...suggestion of independence conveys a menace!" cried the Maharaja of Patiala, a gentleman and a sportsman renowned all over Europe for the profusion of pearls which he wears, and bestows on complacent ladies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDIA: Menace of Independence | 2/25/1929 | See Source »

...Alexander Powell, author, War correspondent, marched down the gangplank of the He de France, told of a tiger hunt with the Maharaja of Patiala. Mighty hunter, the Maharaja wore $250,000 black pearls in his ears, traveled in one of his 220 automobiles which include 42 Rolls-Royces...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comings & Goings: Jul. 9, 1928 | 7/9/1928 | See Source »

Before the new Viceroy many another potentate must bow: the Maharaja of Mysore, known as the most progressive of Indian rulers; the Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, better known as "Mr. A."; the Maharaja of Patiala, whose habit it is to attend European social functions literally swathed in pearls. . . . All these sovereigns, by a sublime irony, are now under the benevolent tutelage of a gentleman who was known until a month ago merely as the Rt. Hon. Edward Frederick Lindley Wood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: New Viceroy | 4/12/1926 | See Source »

...Hall in Yorkshire en route for Balmoral, the King's private residence in Scotland. Before leaving the metropolis, which was several days after the shooting began, Their Majesties received a gift of several brace "to comfort them for not being among the grouse-shooting sportsmen." The Maharaja of Patiala, who is stopping in London in royal state (TIME, Aug. 10), received a present of 100 brace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Aug. 24, 1925 | 8/24/1925 | See Source »

When a man is lavish in India, Anglo-Indians say he is as "generous as Patiala." This axiom has been coined about the Maharaja of Patiala, a ruling...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News Notes, Aug. 10, 1925 | 8/10/1925 | See Source »

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