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...first maharani is dead. Maharani No. 2 is living in retirement, back in Jaipur. The currently visible maharani is the sister of the fun-loving maharaja of Cooch-Behar, and a sportswoman in her own right: by her own reckoning, she has bagged some 25 tigers...
...Ceylon, lesser 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...
...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 him to stay at home much, he has adapted himself...
...bottles of champagne and discoursed on the fine points of pigsticking. When the turbaned waiters brought out a large pink and white birthday cake, the band struck up "Happy Birthday," and the guests sang spiritedly until they reached the last, difficult line: "Happy birthday, dear Your Highness, Maharaja of Jaipur, happy birthday...
...Unlike their neighbors in Jodhpur, the natives of Jaipur have never succeeded in popularizing their local trouser-style in the Occident. As a matter of fact, even in Jaipur, the only people who wear jaipurs are babies...