The Tiger King part -3
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from that day onwards it was celebration time for all the tigers inhabiting pratibandha Puram.
the state band tiger hunting by anyone except the maharaja approach lamination was issued to the effect that if anyone there to fling so much as a stone at a tiger all his wealth and property would be confiscated.
the maharaja award he would attend to all other matters only after killing the hundred tigers. initially the king seemed well said to realise his ambition.
not that he faced no dangers their were times when the bullet missed its mark the tiger lift upon him and he fought the beast with his wear hands. each time it was the maharaja who won.
at another time he was endangered of losing his thrown. a high ranking British officer visited pratibandha forum. he was very fond of hunting tigers. and founder of being photographed with the tigers he had shot as usual he washed to hun tigers in pratibandha Puram but the maharaja was form in his resolved he refused permission. I can organised any other hunt you may go on a bore hunt you make conduct a mouse hunt we are ready for a mosquito hunt but Tiger hunt that's impossible.
the British officer secretary Saint word to the maharaja throw the deewan that the durai himself did not have to kill the tiger the maharaja could do the actual killing. what was important to the durai was a photograph of himself holding the g*n and standing over the tigers car cases. maharaja would not agree even to this proposal. if he relented now what would he do if other British officers turned up for Tiger hunts.
because he prevented a British officer from full feeling his desire the maharaja store in danger of losing his Kingdom itself.
the maharaja and the Diwan held delaborations over this issue as a result a telegram was dispatched 4th with to a famous British company of jewellers in Calcutta sand samples of expensive diamond rings of different designs.
some 50 rings arrived the maharaja sent the whole lot to the British officers good lady. the king and the minister expected the durai Sunny to choose one or two rings and sand the rest back within no time at all the durai Sunny sent her reply thank you very much for your gift.
in 2 days a bill for 3 lakh of rupees came from the British jewellers the maharaja was happy that Thor he had lost 3 lakh of rupees he had manage to retain his Kingdom.
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