Word: rajasthan
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...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...
...studded gold hawk. The maharaja still pilots his own C-47, still rates two wives, a 17-gun salute abroad, 19 guns at home. Because of his high status among Indian princes, and the fact that he approved independence of India despite personal losses, he was named Rajpramukh of Rajasthan, a new state made up of Jaipur, Jodhpur* and 16 other principalities. In his new lifetime job, the maharaja holds the rank, but few of the responsibilities of governor, draws an adequate salary of 18 million rupees ($3,780,000) a year. And, since his job does not require...
...last week a 28-year-old Shakta named Odia Patel, clad only in a loincloth, walked into a magistrate's office in Bali, a district of Rajasthan in Northwest-Central India. In his hand he held a severed human nose and a bloodstained knife. Said he: "This is my wife's nose. I cut it off because she was unfaithful to me. And this is the knife I used...
...fever spread to neighboring Rajasthan state, where anxious parents began marrying off every tot in sight. In Jodhpur district there were 10,000 marriages in which the brides and bridegrooms were between three and twelve years of age, while in Nagor district, mothers carried babies in arms seven times around the sacred fire to solemnize marital vows...
...journeyed to the Rajasthan village of Bourai. 60 miles from Udaipur. and made arrangements for a mela-an all-night feast with dancing and speechmaking. When the drummers had spread the news abroad, 7,000 Bhils turned up-men, women and children. At the height of the party, tall, spectacled Rameshwar Tantia stood up. He had some presents, he said, for his sisters, the Bhil women, and he flung open the suitcases he had brought with...