Word: tukoji
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Born. To Sir Tukoji Rao Holkar, deposed Maharaja of Indore, and his Maharani, the erstwhile Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, in St. Germain, France; a swarthy daughter...
Swoakabai Pandarinath Rajpurkar (female) sued Sir Tukoji Rao Holkar, onetime Maharajah of Indore, for $60,000 at Bombay for having imprisoned herself and her daughter for eleven years because the daughter would not become his mistress. The Maharajah's wife, onetime Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, is now ill in a French Chateau...
...said, last week, famed Miss Nancy Ann Miller of Seattle, as she proceeded to embrace Hinduism, in order to become the third wife of the abdicated Maharaja of Indore, Sir Tukoji Rao Holkar (TIME, March...
...less than 17 separate rituals were required to transform the Maiden into a Maharani (courtesy title). The first ceremonies admitted her to Sir Tukoji's caste, and made her the adopted daughter of his potent kinswoman, the Princess Tara-bai. With her social status thus assured, she became by a second adoption the daughter of a Court functionary, Colonel Lam Bhate, whose duty it became to give her in marriage...
Further complicating the nuptials is Sir Tukoji's notorious reputation as the ruler who sent agents to maim and attempt to kill his chief dancing girl Mumtaz Begum. Because of this deed he was deposed as Maharaja of Indore...