Dear Mr. Henry, Thank you for the information. Will you please kindly repeat your earlier reports on the subject? Is it possible to find out which Indian Princely States had their own coinage? Wish you also Merry Xmas and very Happy and prosperous New Year. Best Regards, K.N.Motta. ==================================================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 1:52 PM Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Additions > Greetings, > There have been some major additions to the website over the > past week or so, as follows, > Jubbal: Major addition, fairly complete. Links from there go to.... > Banswara: minor correction > Khairigarh: medium > Bharatpur: > Jhalawar: > Baghal: > Keonthal: > Nadaun: New addition > Kapurthala: fairly major > Kashipur: minor > Alwar: > Kutlehar: > Siba: > Jind: > All the new information above is courtesy of Kanwar Uday Singh of Jubbal. > Mahson: New addition > Mankarpur: link from Mahson > Information courtesy of Raja Kailash Nath Pal of Mahson. > Kurundwad Junior, where the passing of the Raja on 1st December 2004 has > been noted. > Information courtesy of the late Raja's grandson, Jai Singh. > > Wishing you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New year. > Cheers, > Henry > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx >

Greetings, There have been some major additions to the website over the past week or so, as follows, Jubbal: Major addition, fairly complete. Links from there go to.... Banswara: minor correction Khairigarh: medium Bharatpur: Jhalawar: Baghal: Keonthal: Nadaun: New addition Kapurthala: fairly major Kashipur: minor Alwar: Kutlehar: Siba: Jind: All the new information above is courtesy of Kanwar Uday Singh of Jubbal. Mahson: New addition Mankarpur: link from Mahson Information courtesy of Raja Kailash Nath Pal of Mahson. Kurundwad Junior, where the passing of the Raja on 1st December 2004 has been noted. Information courtesy of the late Raja's grandson, Jai Singh. Wishing you all a very Merry Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New year. Cheers, Henry

Hello! New to this list, and am just throwing out some information. If you know of any connections, or where I might find more info, please email me. Thanks! David Goodal b. 1841 Bengal India m. 1865 Minna Buller Edward Goodall b. 1866 m Rosa Cecilia MacGowan b. 1873 in 1888 at the Holy Trinity Church in Allahabad- O.P. Dept. Oliver St. Clair-Goodall b. 1889, baptised 15th July @ St. James Ghazipur m. 1917 Emmy Olda Mc Glothan? ( German) Jocelyn Kenneth Goodall b. 1915-1918? m.?Maudferd in 1948 Vivian Allen Goodall b. 1921 m. 1942 Terresa Olga Philips I know the in 1940's the Goodall family had 2 sons in Calcutta... The family slplit up and one son went with mom to England and the other went to Australia with father Goodall. The mother married a Scott. Thanks!

Greetings, I joined this mailing list recently, and I just wanted to give everyone an update on Princely States Report--Journal of Indian States History, Philately, and Numismatics, which is at http://www.princelystates.com. I was the owner and editor of the journal from 2000-2001. I got very busy with other things and had very little help, so I had to discontinue the publication. The past issues are still available online. Despite being several years out of publication, the website still gets about 1000 visitors per month. Princely States Report now has a new owner/editor. I recently gave the journal to Madhukar Jhingan, a philatelist in India. He plans to start publishing again in early 2005. Though he is a philatelist, he will continue my tradition of including anything related to the history of the princely states of India. If any of you are interested in writing articles for the journal, I encourage you to contact the new editor at [email protected] Cheers, Ron Rice __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

At 05:36  09/12/04 +0530, you wrote: >Dear Mr Rice, >I am intrested in Indian history & collect Stamps,stamp papers,Fiscal stamps >of the Indian states. >I am intrested in the Comprehensive Indian States Postal stationary Listing >or Postal Stationary of Princely states by E.Deschel...do you have any of >them? >Do you have the "Golden Book of India" by Lethbridge? >Any other titles that would be of intrest to me? >Best regards, >Umesh A number of book stores have Lethbridge, but I couldn't find Deschel listed anywhere. Have you considered searching on eBay, as I've seen a number of sellers in India with stamps and postal stationary listed amongst their products. For example... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=693&item=5541027715&r d=1 .... also check out http://princelystates.com/ for philately and numismatics related subjects. Good luck, Cheers, Henry

At 05:17 AM 08/12/04 -0800, Ron Rice wrote: >Can anyone suggest a book or article that contains the royal lineage of the princley state of Jhabua in central India? Also any book or article on the Bhil tribe in Jhabua? > >Thanks, >Ron Rice > For a partial lineage see <http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/j/jhabua.html>http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhs oszy/ips/j/jhabua.html And the following might be of some use...... "Anthropometric Measurements and Ethnic Affinities of the Bhil and Their Allied Groups of Malwa Area" by Ahmad S.H. & Haq F.; Foreword By Goswami B.B., 1992 seems to be interesting. The review states... The book is a comprehensive anthropometric study on the Bhils of 46 different villages in the districts of Jhabua. Ratlam and West Nimar of Madhya Pradesh. It suggests that the Bhils might have constituted a homogeneous social group in ancient times but during the course of time they have become ethnically heterogeneous due to admixture in varied degrees. Cheers, Henry

Please let me know, from where i can get the history & genealogy of the princly state Bansda (Vansda). __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

Dear Mr Rice, I am intrested in Indian history & collect Stamps,stamp papers,Fiscal stamps of the Indian states. I am intrested in the Comprehensive Indian States Postal stationary Listing or Postal Stationary of Princely states by E.Deschel...do you have any of them? Do you have the "Golden Book of India" by Lethbridge? Any other titles that would be of intrest to me? Best regards, >Umesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Rice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] useful books on ebay > Greetings, > > I currently have many books up for bid on Ebay that would be useful for > students, scholars and geneologists interested in Indian Royalty. A few > examples are listed below, with links to each Ebay auction page. To see > all my auctions, click here: > > http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=mr.rice > > Thanks for looking, > Ron Rice > > ----- > Chiefs and Leading Families in Rajputana > Col. G.H. Trevor, with C.S. Bayley > Gurgaon:Vintage,1992 (reprint of of 1894 edn.). xiii (Index), 114p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507702392 > ----- > A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur > Gayatri Devi, with Santha Rama Rau > New Delhi: Vikas Publishing, 1993. 335 p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701675 > ----- > The Last Maharaja: A Biography of Sawi Man Singh II Maharaja of Jaipur > Quentin Crewe > London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1985. xvi, 258 p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701683 > ----- > Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan : Or, the Central and Western Rajpoot > States of India (2 vols) > James Tod > London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1972. Vol 1: xxx, 631p.; Vol 2: > xxxii, 637p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701753 > ----- > Illustrated Encyclopaedia and Who's Who of Princely States in Indian > Sub-Continent > J.C. Dua (ed) > New Delhi: Kaveri Books, 2000. 539p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701261 > ----- > A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947 > Naveen Patnaik > Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., 1985. 192p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4174&item=4507700571 > ----- > India of the Princes > Rosita Forbes > London: John Gifford Limited, 1939. x, 319p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701286 > ----- > Princely States and the Paramount Power 1858-1876: A study on the nature > of political Relationship between the British Government and the Indian > State > Mihir Kumar Roy > New Delhi: Rajesh Publications, 1981. xiv, 275p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701292 > ----- > What are the Indian States? Containing lists of the states arranged > according to their population, revenus, and area, and other information > Published by Shanti Dhavan, Director, Research Bureau, All-India Peoples' > Conference, Allahabad, 1939. 113p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701300 > ----- > Imperial Gazetteer Atlas of India: The Indian Empire Vol. IV > Administrative > R. Nathan, Sir William Lee-Warner, et. al. > University of Oxford & Secretary of State for India, 1907. Map, xxx, 552p. > incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507700677 > ----- > The Indian Year Book and Who's Who, 1944-45 > Sir Francis Low (ed.) > Calcutta: Times of India Press and Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1945. xxxiv, > 1450p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507700841 > ----- > Rajputana States (1817-1950) > F. K. Kapil > Jodhpur: Book Treasure, 1999. iii, Glossary, Contents, 200p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701707 > ----- > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >

It seems one of your links runs into an infinate loop. -----Original Message----- From: Umesh Bahri <[email protected]> Sent: Dec 9, 2004 7:06 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] useful books on ebay Dear Mr Rice, I am intrested in Indian history & collect Stamps,stamp papers,Fiscal stamps of the Indian states. I am intrested in the Comprehensive Indian States Postal stationary Listing or Postal Stationary of Princely states by E.Deschel...do you have any of them? Do you have the "Golden Book of India" by Lethbridge? Any other titles that would be of intrest to me? Best regards, >Umesh ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Rice" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] useful books on ebay > Greetings, > > I currently have many books up for bid on Ebay that would be useful for > students, scholars and geneologists interested in Indian Royalty. A few > examples are listed below, with links to each Ebay auction page. To see > all my auctions, click here: > > http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=mr.rice > > Thanks for looking, > Ron Rice > > ----- > Chiefs and Leading Families in Rajputana > Col. G.H. Trevor, with C.S. Bayley > Gurgaon:Vintage,1992 (reprint of of 1894 edn.). xiii (Index), 114p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507702392 > ----- > A Princess Remembers: The Memoirs of the Maharani of Jaipur > Gayatri Devi, with Santha Rama Rau > New Delhi: Vikas Publishing, 1993. 335 p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701675 > ----- > The Last Maharaja: A Biography of Sawi Man Singh II Maharaja of Jaipur > Quentin Crewe > London: Michael Joseph Ltd, 1985. xvi, 258 p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701683 > ----- > Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan : Or, the Central and Western Rajpoot > States of India (2 vols) > James Tod > London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Ltd, 1972. Vol 1: xxx, 631p.; Vol 2: > xxxii, 637p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701753 > ----- > Illustrated Encyclopaedia and Who's Who of Princely States in Indian > Sub-Continent > J.C. Dua (ed) > New Delhi: Kaveri Books, 2000. 539p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701261 > ----- > A Second Paradise: Indian Courtly Life, 1590-1947 > Naveen Patnaik > Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Co., 1985. 192p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4174&item=4507700571 > ----- > India of the Princes > Rosita Forbes > London: John Gifford Limited, 1939. x, 319p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701286 > ----- > Princely States and the Paramount Power 1858-1876: A study on the nature > of political Relationship between the British Government and the Indian > State > Mihir Kumar Roy > New Delhi: Rajesh Publications, 1981. xiv, 275p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701292 > ----- > What are the Indian States? Containing lists of the states arranged > according to their population, revenus, and area, and other information > Published by Shanti Dhavan, Director, Research Bureau, All-India Peoples' > Conference, Allahabad, 1939. 113p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701300 > ----- > Imperial Gazetteer Atlas of India: The Indian Empire Vol. IV > Administrative > R. Nathan, Sir William Lee-Warner, et. al. > University of Oxford & Secretary of State for India, 1907. Map, xxx, 552p. > incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507700677 > ----- > The Indian Year Book and Who's Who, 1944-45 > Sir Francis Low (ed.) > Calcutta: Times of India Press and Bennett, Coleman & Co., 1945. xxxiv, > 1450p. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507700841 > ----- > Rajputana States (1817-1950) > F. K. Kapil > Jodhpur: Book Treasure, 1999. iii, Glossary, Contents, 200p. incl. Index. > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=378&item=4507701707 > ----- > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

Obviously she has been exploited and duped by her servants. Mandeep ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:15 PM Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] "The Princess and the Pea" nut sellers > At 08:40 28/11/04 -0800, akshay chavan wrote: > >This is a very strange story. > >_____________________________________________________ > >Princess leaves Rs 25 million to servants > >Friday November 26 2004 00:00 IST > >IANS > > > > > > > According to another report, Rani Sudarshana Devi (widow of the late Raja), > who > lives in the UK, has come out in support of the peanut-sellers. All doesn't > appear to be well in the Bilaspur Royal Family. Hopefully the truth will come > out. > Cheers, > Henry > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

peanut sellers or Raja.. it's like life cycle.. sometimes even beggar is king 'coz he has beggars vote bank and today's democratic situation, specially in India, every politician, from lok sabha to Rajya sabha.. cabinet or parliament minister, everyone is definitely RICH but BEG for so called votes. Any questions? please feel free to write me. Regard with truth and word of hearts, Yogi Rele --- Mandeep Singh Bajwa <[email protected]> wrote: > Obviously she has been exploited and duped by her > servants. > > Mandeep > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:15 PM > Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] "The Princess and the > Pea" nut sellers > > > > At 08:40 28/11/04 -0800, akshay chavan wrote: > > >This is a very strange story. > > > >_____________________________________________________ > > >Princess leaves Rs 25 million to servants > > >Friday November 26 2004 00:00 IST > > >IANS > > > > > > > > > > > According to another report, Rani Sudarshana Devi > (widow of the late > Raja), > > who > > lives in the UK, has come out in support of the > peanut-sellers. All > doesn't > > appear to be well in the Bilaspur Royal Family. > Hopefully the truth will > come > > out. > > Cheers, > > Henry > > > > > > ============================== > > Search Family and Local Histories for stories > about your family and the > > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in > the last 12 months. > > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > > > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search > not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Suresh Kalmadi is a great showman.Are the Mirajs Patwardhans ? For that was how the media referred to the bride. Thanks Henry. Mandeep Singh Bajwa Chandigarh, India ----- Original Message ----- From: Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Miraj wedding > Rajkumari Nandita Raje (26), Chartered Accountant and member of the Miraj > Senior Royal Family married 28th November 2004, Sumeer Kalmadi (30), son of > Suresh Kalmadi, apparently a well known politician. It must have been quite > a wedding as there were 2,500 guests present. > Cheers, > Henry > > > ============================== > New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx >

Rajkumari Nandita Raje (26), Chartered Accountant and member of the Miraj Senior Royal Family married 28th November 2004, Sumeer Kalmadi (30), son of Suresh Kalmadi, apparently a well known politician. It must have been quite a wedding as there were 2,500 guests present. Cheers, Henry

At 08:40  28/11/04 -0800, akshay chavan wrote: >This is a very strange story. >_____________________________________________________ >Princess leaves Rs 25 million to servants >Friday November 26 2004 00:00 IST >IANS > > > According to another report, Rani Sudarshana Devi (widow of the late Raja), who lives in the UK, has come out in support of the peanut-sellers. All doesn't appear to be well in the Bilaspur Royal Family. Hopefully the truth will come out. Cheers, Henry

This is a very strange story. _____________________________________________________ Princess leaves Rs 25 million to servants Friday November 26 2004 00:00 IST IANS SHIMLA: An erstwhile princess changes her will, bequeathing her assets to her domestic helps, has a heart attack the same night and dies two days later leaving her brother, the former prince of the kingdom, screaming murder. It could well be the plot of an Agatha Christie whodunit set in the English countryside, but it is not. It is just real life being played out in the Himachal Pradesh town of Bilaspur in northern India where Raj Rajeshwari, 66, passed away on Nov 11, leaving all her moveable assets of Rs. 25 million ($550,000) to her man servant and his father. And the erstwhile prince of Bilaspur, Kunwar Kriti Chand, and his wife Kunwarani Karuna are furious and are planning legal action to make sure that no 'commoner' gets hold of their ancestral wealth. "The grieving ceremony has ended on Wednesday and now we will contest the will in court and claim our ancestral property," said Kunwarani Karuna. "They attempted to kill her by an overdose of alprex (sleeping pills) three years ago and have indulged in foul play again. Even the autopsy report and chemical report can be manipulated," Karuna told IANS. The couple alleges that the father-son duo of Babloo and Ram Bilas, who have been catapulted from being domestic helps and peanut sellers to the palace, "drugged" the sick princess into transferring her assets to them. But Babloo and Ram Bilas, who have incurred the wrath of the royalty and moved overnight from rags to riches, say they are being targeted unfairly. "Why would we do anything foul like put pressure on her especially when she was so good to us," the two have been reported as saying. In this drama with all the elements of a classic thriller, the district administration is also playing a minor part attempting to deal with all the necessary details to put things in their proper perspective. "According to her preliminary autopsy report, Raj Rajeshwari died of a heart attack. Her viscera report should be ready in a couple of days," said Bilaspur district magistrate Subashish Panda. "Raj Rajeshwari left cash, gems and jewellery, a car, Persian carpets and rare artefacts to Babloo Gupta and Ram Bilas," Panda told IANS over the phone. He added that the other half of the property, the immoveable assets estimated at another Rs. 25 million, had been handed over to a trust headed by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh for an old age home. The princess reportedly changed her will two days before her death and signed it in the presence of magistrate Dhanvir Thakur. That same night she complained of chest pain and was admitted to a hospital at the nearby town of Sundernagar, 150 km from here, where she died two days later. Sanjay Dhiman, the doctor at the private clinic in Sundernagar where she was taken, said Rajeshwari had been brought to his hospital a day earlier as well. She declined to be admitted but had to be hospitalised the next day. She later suffered a heart attack and died, according to Dhiman _________________________________________________ Servants bequeathed more than peanuts By Baldev Chauhan BBC correspondent in Simla A family's shock at the death of a north Indian princess was more than matched by consternation that she had left half her fortune to a pair of peanut sellers. Raj Rajeshwari, 66, princess of Bilaspur in India's Himachal Pradesh state, reportedly changed her will shortly before she died. She left about 25m rupees ($556,000) to a peanut-selling father and son who also worked as her domestic helpers. The princess' brother is furious, accusing the beneficiaries of drugging her to change the will. He has vowed to retrieve the property through the courts. Old people's home Subashish Panda, a district magistrate in Bilaspur, told the BBC: "According to Raj Rajeshwari's will, cash, gems and jewellery, a car, Persian carpets and rare artefacts have been left to Babloo Gupta and Ram Bilas. The grieving ceremony has just ended... and now we will contest in court and claim our ancestral property Karuna, princess' sister-in-law "The remaining half of the property has been handed over to a trust of the Himachal Pradesh government to open an old people's home." Mr Panda said the new will had been signed on her birthday in the presence of a magistrate, Dhanvir Thakur. On the same night, 9 November, she complained of chest pains and was admitted to hospital in the nearby town of Sundernagar, about 150km (95 miles) from state capital, Simla. She died two days later. The princess' brother, Kriti Chand and his wife, Karuna, claim the servants "drugged" the princess into transferring assets into their name. "The grieving ceremony has just ended today (Wednesday) and now we will contest in court and claim our ancestral property," Ms Karuna said. She told the BBC the servants had been guilty of another previous act of "foul play". But the domestic helpers say they are being accused simply because the princess bequeathed them property. "Why would we do anything foul and put pressure on her, especially when she was so good to us?" they asked. Mr Panda said that though the preliminary autopsy showed the princess had died of a heart attack, a forensic report would be completed in a few days _________________________________________________ Princess leaves assets to domestic help November 24, 2004 14:53 IST The unwed princess of the erstwhile princely state of Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh, Raj Rajeshwari, has bequeathed her movable assets worth Rs 2.5 crore to her domestic help -- a father and son duo -- and her immovable property to a trust headed by the chief minister. The movable assets of the 66-year-old princess, who died on November 11, include cash, gems and jewellery, car, Persian carpets and rare artefacts -- all of which have been left to Babloo Gupta and his father Ram Bilas. On November 9, the princess celebrated her birthday along with a friend from Kullu. Later she signed the will in the presence of tehsildar Dhanvir Thakur. She complained of chest pain the same night and was admitted to a clinic in Sundernagar, where she died two days later. The family of the princess' brother, who has been left out of the will, alleges that she was "drugged" and made to sign the will in the name of her helper. Kanwar Chandra, the brother, has petitioned the authorities and the property under dispute has been sealed. ____________________________________________________ Mystery surrounds princess's death BILASPUR, (Himachal Pradesh): The sudden death of a princess in Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh is making headlines after her family accused her driver, the beneficiary of her will, of poisoning her. Princess Rajeshwari of Bilaspur died just four days after her 67th birthday on November 7. The princess fell ill suddenly on November 9, writing her will just hours before her death. In her will, she has left all her movable assets worth crores to her old servant Ramvilas Sharma and immovable assets to the Himachal Pradesh government. Her family is crying foul. They say that she did not die a natural death, but her servants who are the named beneficiaries in her will say they are being falsely accused. "I met her 25 days back and she was fine. She said she was fine and later we heard she had died. We don't know how she died. It is possible that whoever got her to write that will murdered her," said Kanwar Kirti Chand, princess Rajeshwari's brother. "They are lying and trying to falsely implicate us. In fact, the princess told us that her sister-in-law had been poisoning her slowly for the last six months," said Sukhwant Gupta, the princess's driver and will beneficiary. The Princess' family says that her driver Sukhwant's mother had been mixing Alprex tablets in the juice they gave to her resulting in her death. But the police says she died of a heart attack. "We have the postmortem report but this is an interim report not the final one. The reason for her death is a heart attack and till now there is no foul play," said M Chandrashekhar, SP, Bilaspur. Despite the clean chit given by the police, her family says the circumstances surrounding her death are suspicious and need to be investigated thoroughly ___________________________________________________ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page � Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com

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At 04:00 AM 21/11/04 -0800, Yogi Rele wrote: >on which website, have you added the info, could >please send me the url, Henry. >Thank You, >Yogi Greetings, The main entry page is at..... <http://www.uq.net.au/zzhsoszy/ips/index.htm>http://www.uq.net.au/zzhsoszy/ ips/index.htm abd just follow the links from there. Hindol is at <http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzhsoszy/ips/h/hindol.html>http://www.uq.net.au/%7E zzhsoszy/ips/h/hindol.html Cheers, Henry

>From: Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Additions >Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:12:21 +1000 > >At 04:00 AM 21/11/04 -0800, Yogi Rele wrote: > >on which website, have you added the info, could > >please send me the url, Henry. > >Thank You, > >Yogi >Greetings, > The main entry page is at..... ><http://www.uq.net.au/zzhsoszy/ips/index.htm>http://www.uq.net.au/zzhsoszy/ >ips/index.htm >abd just follow the links from there. >Hindol is at ><http://www.uq.net.au/%7Ezzhsoszy/ips/h/hindol.html>http://www.uq.net.au/%7E >zzhsoszy/ips/h/hindol.html >Cheers, >Henry > > >============================== >New! OneWorldTree. Building Trees. Connecting Families. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13970/rd.ashx > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger: converse com os seus amigos online. http://messenger.msn.com.br

Greetings, I have added some info to the Hindol page and added a link from there to the Kathiwara page. Also some updates to Kakina, and I can't remember if I've mentioned that I've enabled a link to the Mughal dynasty of Delhi. As always any additions or corrections are welcome. Cheers, Henry