NAKARAJAN

JAIPUR KING MAHARAJA SAWAI JAI SINGH ,  1688 NOVEMBER 3 - 1743 SEPTEMBER 21 மகாராஜா சவாய் ஜெய் சிங் (நவம்பர் 3, 1688 முதல் செப்டம்பர் 21, 1743 வரை) ஆம்பர் (ஜெய்பூர் இராச்சியம்) அரசை ஆண்ட மன்னன் ஆவான். இவன் கச்வாகர்களின் தலைநகரான ஆம்பரில் பிறந்தான். இவனது தந்தையான மகாராஜா பிஷான் சிங்கின் மரணத்திற்குப் பின் (31 டிசம்பர் 1699), தனது 11வது அகவையில் இவன் ஆம்பரின் அரசனானான். முகலாய பேரரசன் முகம்மது ஷா ஏபிரல் 21, 1721 அன்று இவனுக்கு சராமத்-இ-ராஜாஹா-இ-ஹிந்த் என்ற பட்டத்தையும் மேலும் ஜூன் 2, 1723 அன்று ராஜ் ராஜேஸ்வர், ஸ்ரீ ராஜாதிராஜ் மற்றும் மகாராஜா சவாய் என்ற பட்டங்களையும் சூட்டினார். “சவாய்” என்றால் ஒன்றேகால் என்று பொருள், அதாவது பிற அரசர்களைவிடவும் இவன் (அதிகாரத்தில்) உயர்ந்தவன் என்ற பொருள்பட இப்பட்டம் வழங்கப்பட்டது. இன்றுவரையும் இவனது வழித்தோன்றல்களுக்கும் இப்பட்டங்கள் சேர்க்கப்படுகின்றன. இவ்வரசன் கணிதத்திலும் கட்டிடக்கலையிலும் வானியலிலும் மிகுந்த ஆர்வம் கொண்டவன். பதவியேற்கையில் நிலவிய சூழல் தனது முன்னோர் ஆண்ட ஆம்பர் அரியணையில் சவாய் ஜெய் சிங் அமர்ந்தபொழுது அவ்வரச...

PRINCESS GOBIND KAUR - SAD ENDING OF POVERTY AT END Bollywood movies are commonly known for their unrealistic love stories that could hardly happen in real life. But let me tell you a real life story that sounds no more realistic than any Hindi movie or a fairy tale. The story happened in the second half of the 19th century in Kapurthala that was a Princely State of Punjab at the time. Princess Gobind Kaur was a daughter of Maharajha of Kapurthala and since childhood had lived in great luxury and splendour of the court of her father. She was married at the age of 12 to a nobleman of great wealth and position. Thanks to her royal status she didn't have to move to her husband's house as tradition required but stayed at her own six-storeyed palace. Nevertheless the life there was pretty boring. As the marriage was arranged the couple was not interested in each others and Gobind's husband lived separately in his own house and visited his wife only occasionally. Bei...

MAHARAJA BHUPINDERSINGH OF PATIALA 12 October, 1891 marks the birthday of Maharaja Bhupinder Singh, named as one of the most indulgent and kinky princes of India. After the death of his father Rajinder Singh, Bhupinder was crowned the Maharaja at the tender age of nine. Maharaja Bhupinder Singh has left a deep impression on the sands of time and was not only symbolised as the epitome of luxury but was also popular for his, ahem, kinky ways of life. And when we say kinky, we mean really kinky. Source: Wikipedia Maharaja Bhupinder Singh ruled the princely state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. Among his many accomplishments, from being an Indian representative at the Imperial War Council in World War I to donating a considerable amount for the Ranji Trophy and representing Sikhs during the Round Table Conference — was his major affinity for opulence. He was the first man in India to own an aircraft, which he bought from the United Kingdom. In 1926, he sent a trunk full...

THE STORY OF KOHI-NOOR ,  HOW IT WAS BOUGHT OR CEASED Lahore’s exiled prince A young Maharajah Daleep Singh The fascinating tale of Maharaja Daleep Singh who relinquished the Koh-i-Noor to become the most prominent fixture in Queen Victoria’s court. But his Indian past came back to haunt him, writes Ammar Ali Qureshi Maharaja Ranjit Singh is arguably the most remarkable figure in Punjab’s history. His son and last ruler of the Sikh Empire, Daleep Singh, is perhaps the most tragic. Ranjit succeeded his father as head of a small confederacy at the age of ten and, owing to his military genius, became the ruler of Punjab when he was twenty-one. He turned the tide of history by taking the battle to the land of the invaders on the western front, and conquered them; His empire, which lasted for fifty years from 1799 to 1849, stretched from the southern districts of Punjab to Afghanistan in the west Kashmir (which also included Ladakh and Gilgit and Baltistan) in...