Word: patiala
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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...
...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...
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...
...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...
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...