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WHEN India achieved independence from the British in 1947, there were 554 princely states, each ruled by a maharajah (Hindi for great ruler) or a lower-ranking rajah. While the peasants lived in abject poverty, the princes had grown rich on land taxes and the sale of mineral rights. They indulged in lavish whims-concubines, opulent palaces, bejeweled elephants, retinues of servants, strings of polo ponies, sumptuous celebrations. The Nizam of Hyderabad, who was the richest of all with wealth estimated at $2 billion, collected mountains of pearls. To celebrate his 39th birthday, the Gaekwar of Baroda was saluted...
...stridently patriotic, anti-Communist movies that were being brought out at that time. He was just as opposed to censorship movements, and has done his bit to bring the taboos tumbling down. As something of a sequel to two earlier books (The Lion's Share and Hollywood Rajah: The Life and Times of Louis B. Mayer), he has just published The Great Films: Fifty Golden Years of Motion Pictures...
Brock has run at will on the Red Sox pitchers and catchers. He steals bases, provokes throwing errors and rattles teams. He led away and Santiago gave up a single to Curt Flood. Then the Rajah stepped to the plate. Roger Maris--the guy who broke the Babe's record...
...designs on Thai silk, imported tailors and pattern makers from Hong Kong, and put 60 local girls to work sewing. Says she: "I designed on the run-in planes, taxis and airports." What she produced was a loose-fitting line of at-home gowns (retail: $70 to $100) and rajah pajama sets in gold and hot pink ($110), as well as simply cut dresses ($70 to $90) based on an Indian village design...
Founded in 1930 by the wealthy merchant and Tamil culturist, Rajah Sir Annamalai Chettiar, the University has 3500 students (including 350 girls), and is entirely supported by the all-India University Grants Commission and the Madras State Government. One of five or six "residential universities" in India, it is organized along American lines...