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Does anyone have any pictures of Indian princes with their magnificent jewels? Or can someone post a link regarding this description?

thanks,

Trey ;)
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...09/ixworld.html

Princess voted to power in India's machismo state
By Rahul Bedi in Jaipur
(Filed: 09/12/2003)


A socialite princess has become the first female chief minister in one of India's most machismo states, where warriors traditionally burnt their women alive to stop them falling into enemy hands.

"I will work to empower women and to improve the lot of the poor," said Vasundhara Raje, 50, scion of the royal family in the western desert state of Rajasthan yesterday when tens of thousands of supporters and former Rajput kings attended the swearing-in ceremony in the state capital, Jaipur.
 

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Brava to her!
 
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Originally posted by trey033@Dec 1st, 2003 - 1:23 pm
Does anyone have any pictures of Indian princes with their magnificent jewels? Or can someone post a link regarding this description?

thanks,

Trey ;)
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There is a thread under titled Indian royalty in the royal chit chat forum.

Sean.~
 
Vasundhara Raje is the Maharani of Dholpur and was born a Princess of Gwalior, which was one the five most eminent Princely states (and one of the richest). Her birth family is extremely wealthy (billionares), and her mother was the famous politician Vijayrage Scindia, who died a few years ago.

She's also the maternal aunt of Devyani Rana, over whom Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal shot his family back in 2001.


zhontella said:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...09/ixworld.html

Princess voted to power in India's machismo state
By Rahul Bedi in Jaipur
(Filed: 09/12/2003)


A socialite princess has become the first female chief minister in one of India's most machismo states, where warriors traditionally burnt their women alive to stop them falling into enemy hands.

"I will work to empower women and to improve the lot of the poor," said Vasundhara Raje, 50, scion of the royal family in the western desert state of Rajasthan yesterday when tens of thousands of supporters and former Rajput kings attended the swearing-in ceremony in the state capital, Jaipur.
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1. Pendant
Probably Deccan, India, first half 17th century
2.7 x 5.5cm (1 x 2¼in)
Gold, emeralds and rubies
The al-Sabah Collection, inv.no. LNS 1176 J

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2. Cup
Deccan or Mughal, India, late 16th-early 17th century
8.5 x 4.8cm (3¼ x 2in)
Carved rock crystal, gold, rubies, emeralds, dark blue glass and kingfisher feathers
The al-Sabah Collection, inv.no. LNS 208 HS

http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles3q01/exh_samina_mughal_0701.html
 
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3. Dagger Hilt, Locket and Chape
Mughal, India, late 16th-first decade 17th century
Carved rock crystal, gold, rubies, emeralds and banded agate
The al-Sabah Collection, inv.no. LNS 256 HSa-c

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4. Dagger and Scabbard
Mughal, India,
ca 1615-20
11.7 x 35.2cm
(4½ x 14in)
Iron overlaid with gold set with precious stones; blade of jawhar steel; wood scabbard covered with hammered sheet gold
The al-Sabah Collection, inv.no.
LNS 25 J

http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles3q01/exh_samina_mughal_0701.html
 
Mughal gem sells for record $2.2 million



Sanjay Suri in London

A rare Mughal emerald has sold for a record $2.2 million at an auction in London.

The sale of The Mughal, as the emerald is known, and other gems from India by Christie's yielded more than $7 million, the highest ever in an Indian auction.

The Mughal sold for more than twice the price it had been expected to fetch following dramatic bidding. The gem was finally bought for $2,272,400 by an anonymous bidder.

The sale price, the highest ever in an auction for an emerald, stunned the world of collectors.

The 217.80-carat gem dates back to the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. Furious bidding raised its price a million dollars above the base price.

The vivid green emerald is believed to have been bought by a Mughal noble from Spanish traders who in turn got it from Colombia.

A magnificent diamond, enamel and emerald sarpech was also bought for close to $2 million in the auction. This too was bought anonymously.

The sarpech, set with 300 carats of diamonds and 300 carats of fine emerald beads, sold for $1,948,560, also a world record.

"A powerful momentum was maintained throughout the sale culminating in a magnificent climax," William Robinson, in charge of the sale at Christie's, said later. "Widespread interest was shown both before and during the sale in a broad range of countries."

Indian jewellery and gemstones were in great demand, he said. "Enamel jewellery from the 17th and the 18th centuries remained a strong and highly collectible area of the market." Among other items auctioned were Mughal jewellery, furniture and paintings.
http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/sep/28uk.htm
 
Then there's the Crown Jewels of England, all of Indian origin, all "taken" from that country.
 
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[size=+1]Small bottle, probably Northern India, circa first third 17th Century A.D., 46 millimeters high[/size]http://www.thecityreview.com/mughal.html
 
Royal Legal battle in Pann

COURT-PRINCE
NEW DELHI, AUG 20 (PTI)

Raghavendra Singh, the scion of the royal family of Pann in Madhya Pradesh, suffered a setback in the legal battle with his father as a Delhi court rejected his fifth bail application in a case of fraud and cheating lodged by his father.

Full article
 
Indian Maharajahs - Jadeja

For those interested, I've jotted down a link which shows the genealogy of the Jadeja Rajput clans which ruled a large part of Western India (Kutch, Jamnagar (formerly Nawanagar), Rajkot etc...).

http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/misc/jadeja_tree.html


This is my first such posting - so please be gentle with me...

Regards...
 
Zara- the sweet

I belive there is to be a Royal Wedding in India at the end of this year. I imagine it will be quite magnificent. Does any one have any more information on this or know where I can research some more>> :)
 
Indian Prince disowned by the Royal Family.

Gay Indian prince disowned
Hassan Mirza
Monday 26 June, 2006 12:22

An openly gay prince in India, who works for an HIV/AIDS organisation in Gujarat, has been publicly disowned by his family.

Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil of Rajpipla, who comes from one of the richest families in India, has been stripped of his title and inheritance rights by his family.

They have accused him of disobedience and bringing dishonour on the royal family.

http://uk.gay.com/headlines/10069
 
CrownPrinceLorenzo said:
Gay Indian prince disowned
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Absolutely REDICULOUS !!!!!!! I hope this poor family behavior is not the norm in India!:mad:
 
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Freedom said:
Absolutely REDICULOUS !!!!!!! I hope this poor family behavior is not the norm in India!:mad:
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Homosexuality isn't accepted by society, at least not openly. It is widespread and a blind eye is turned providing that it isn't out in the open. I don't think AIDS work would earn him the derision of his family, though.
 
I didn't even know Jaffna had a royal family.

srivishnu said:
Please feel free to browse the web site of the Jaffna Royal Family > http://www.jaffnaroyalfamily.org/
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Srivishnu,I didn't even know that Jaffna had a royal family.The only Sinhalese royal family that I had heard of is the Royal Family of Kandy,which ruled until being deposed by the British in the Anglo-Kandyan War in 1815.I am not certain if there are any descendants of the Kandyan Royal Family or whether or not they live in Sri Lanka.

Aidan.
 
Royalist0007 said:
Srivishnu,I didn't even know that Jaffna had a royal family.The only Sinhalese royal family that I had heard of is the Royal Family of Kandy,which ruled until being deposed by the British in the Anglo-Kandyan War in 1815.I am not certain if there are any descendants of the Kandyan Royal Family or whether or not they live in Sri Lanka.

Aidan.
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I am very glad to know that you have learnt more about Jaffna Royal family.As a Jaffna Tamil,I am very happy that now you know that Jaffna Royal did exist long time ago.I am honoured that my effort to disseminate information & knowledge about the Jaffna Royal Family & Jaffna people is appreciated.I have heard about the Kandyan Royal Family but go no information about them.If you have any information about them do please share with me.
 
Thanks for the website. They said that an Indian Princess was married to a Korean King during ancient times and many famous Koreans claim descent from her. Or something like that. ^_^
 
Bangladeshi royalty.

Does anyone have any information about the various royal families of Bangladesh,which once ruled over some Indian princely states that are now located within Bangladesh?
 
tha prince who had been disowned by his family as he said he was gay has now been acceped back into his family.
 
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princess niloufer of hyderabad

princess niloufer is the daugther of the nizam and manolya onur . she was born in 1991. have someone more informations about her .
 
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manolya onur the old wife of the nizam of hyderabad

Manolya Onur (born 1955) is a turkish model, who was crowned miss turkey in 1976. She was the third wife of hyderabad nizamhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizam mukarram jah.
Manolya represented turkey in 1976 miss universe beauty pageant and enjoyed a successful career as a model from 1976 to 1978. She spent six years in france studying English, French, German as well as the History of Art at thehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbonne_University Sorbonne University, France. She is former wife of süha özgermi.
Manolya married Mukarram Jah in August 1990 at ciran palace, Hyderabad and became a princess styled as H.H. Manolya-i-Nur Begum Sahiba. She lived in india and australia during her marriage. Their daughter Niloufer (named after princess niloufer ) was born in 1991. Nizam divorced Manolya in 1993 at geneva, swizerlandhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switzerland. After her divorce, Manolya moved back to Turkey and since then she has been living in istanbul and working for charitable institutions such as Osteoporosis Patient Society of Turkey.
 
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