dear sir can you give some information about rajas and jamines who lived around madras at 1945 2008/5/19 pabitra saha <pksaha000@yahoo.co.uk>: > > In Mumbai, there is a very large commercial building near Gateway of India, called "Dhanraj Mahal". Does it have any connection? > PKS > > > --- On Sun, 18/5/08, Ajit Damle <damle@cableone.net> wrote: > >> From: Ajit Damle <damle@cableone.net> >> Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] (no subject) >> To: shashank_kothi@yahoo.com, india-royalty@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sunday, 18 May, 2008, 4:52 PM >> In Pune, India, in the 50s and 60s, there was a school >> called Raja Dhanraj >> Girji High School. I wonder if it is the same family. I do >> not know if it is >> still there. >> >> A Damle >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: india-royalty-bounces@rootsweb.com >> [mailto:india-royalty-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of >> Shashank Kothi >> Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2008 11:50 PM >> To: india-royalty@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] (no subject) >> >> >> >> >> The Dhanrajgir family seems to have a very interesting and >> diverse set of >> personalities across corporate and the glamour world over a >> long period of >> time. The current patriarch Humayun Dhanrajgir is a >> leading corporate >> figure and serves on boards of some companies. >> >> Here are some interesting links. >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_Pillai >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatima_Begum >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zubeida >> >> Does Gyan Mahal mentioned by Henry allude to Dhanraj Mahal >> in Colaba, Near >> Gateway of India - across the Petrol Bunk behind Regal >> cinema. If so then I >> must confess that its maintenance and indeed even ownership >> is quite patchy. >> Most of the sections are now held by Retail Shops and >> Corporates (I used to >> work there!). I am also given to understand that the Indian >> Navy also has >> significant interests in Dhanraj Mahal. >> >> Best >> Shashank >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- On Sat, 5/17/08, akshay chavan >> <akshaychavan@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> > From: akshay chavan <akshaychavan@yahoo.com> >> > Subject: Re: [INDIA-ROYALTY] (no subject) >> > To: india-royalty@rootsweb.com >> > Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008, 3:36 PM >> > It refers to the famous Dhanrajgir family of >> > hyderabad. They were bankers to hyderabad state and >> > were granted title of "Raja" . They were >> > extremely >> > wealthy and philantrophic family. The family was also >> > known to be very good looking. Sabita Dhanrajgir was >> > ex-miss india and a supermodel while her brother Tarun >> > was famous TV star in 1980s. Indira Dhanrajgir is a >> > famous telgu poetess while Renuka Dhanrajgir is a >> > painter. The current head of the family is Humayun >> > Dhanrajgir. >> > >> > >> > >> > --- Katherine Brobeck <sivadasi@erols.com> >> wrote: >> > >> > > Dear Sir, >> > > Where is Dhanrajgiri? I thought I knew my PSs but >> > > that's new to me. An estate ? a zamindari ? >> > > Kathie B. >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >> email >> > > to INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the >> word >> > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> > subject and >> > > the body of the message >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the >> subject and >> > the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > __________________________________________________________ > Sent from Yahoo! Mail. > A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to INDIA-ROYALTY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >