Word: patiala
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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...
...Maharaja of Patiala, Maj. General His Highness Bhupindra Singh. Hon. Aide de Camp since 1922 to George V. (Deep-chested, tremendous, with close-braided beard and heavy-lidded, magnetic eyes, expression and reputation sensual and sinister; from beneath his turban peep a pair of earrings each consisting of two pearls, diamond-set and large as cherries...
Owner of 72 motor cars of which 36 are Rolls-Royces, His Highness the Maharaja of Patiala, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes (see p. 21) brought his two wives with him to London last week, was not accused of bigamy...