Mr.Chavan you see a man like Maharaja Bhawani Singh must have taken that decision because of some reason.. one of the Sirmur Maharani's told me that most of the Jaipur's cannot lead the family the way Maharaja Bhawani singh did.. Maybe Diya and Maybe Maharaj's children the princes oj jaipur not equiped to lead.. Afterall the Maharaja's are great visionaries,maybe he see's his grandson as great ruler... maybe..theoratically i agree with you.. regards.. siddhartha singh >From: akshay chavan <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [INDIA-ROYALTY] Kolhapur Succession >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:39:53 -0800 (PST) > > > > mr.chavan > > with all due respect to your views..i think jaipur > > is one the leading > > examples > > of indian royalty in the world... > > the problems regarding succession always occured and > > will always occur... > > but in the light of the great or rather legendary > > maharaja Bhawani singh of > > jaipur.. > > i think we are being unfair if we condemn his > > legacy.. > > > > with due respect > > siddhartha singh of kapurthala > > >- >Please don't misunderstand me . Maharaja Bhawani Singh >is a very good and enlightened man. A fine soldier and >a mahavir chakra , he has moved ahead with times. No >one has raised any doubts about the personal >intergrity of the maharaja or his stature but there >are some questions to be answered . > >1) I have no objection to the fact that diya married >within her gotra. I think in this day and age such >things do not matter . I stongly supported her >marriage as i felt this was a progressive view. I also >feel that Diya must be sole heiress to jaipur palaces >and properties. Just because she is a women she cannot >be deprived of the wealth. As per modern law she can >get the money. > But what i cannot digest is what was the need for >Maharaja Bhawani singh to adopt his grandson against >the rajput law? After him , his brother or nephew are >the heirs to the title of the maharaja . The grandson >may inherit the palaces but he cannot claim the title. > >2)Even if the argument that adoption took place >because Diya wanted to strengthen her claim to jaipur >properties in dispute is accepted , what is most >absurd is granting the title of "maharaj" to his son >in law. > This is just so ridiculous . This title is used >only by maharaja's younger sons . A maharaja has no >power to grant this title. This has simply no >justification. >Mr Bhawani singh just wants to give some status to his >son in law. > >In the end what matters is what people think. After >all it is upon them to "make or break " a maharaja. > > >__________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam >http://mail.yahoo.com > > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > _________________________________________________________________ Take a loan. Win great prizes! Handsome prizes to be won! Take a loan & win TV, Fridge & many more prizes ! http://go.msnserver.com/IN/44044.asp