At 09:01 AM 27/04/04 -0700, you wrote: > >--- Henry Soszynski <[email protected]> wrote: >> Greetings, >> I've had a note from someone asking about >> the new Maharaja of >> Bikaner, who he said was Ravi Raj Singh. Does anyone >> have any further >> details? He is the one who lit the funeral pyre for >> the late Maharaja and >> was described in the report as a nephew, but the >> late Maharaja had no >> surviving brothers to have issue. A search of The >> Hindu online didn't turn >> up anything. >> Cheers, >> Henry >> > > > He may be one of ganga singh's descendants or sardul >singh's descendants . But he is definitely not a legal >heir because as per indian law you cannot adopt anyone >above the age of 18. Also i dont think narendra singh >adopted. He can also be sister's son but as per rajput >law sister's son cannot succeed the gadi. > > "the nephew of last maharaja, Ravi raj singh, succeded to his uncle as the 26th maharaja On 22-4-2004 at the Dhanni Nath Giri Math's Panach temple." thanks to Abhijit M. "As there is much dispute regarding th succession, he is certainly not the near relation. Maharani Bikaner is also learnt to be unhappy over his coronation. She is considering other names also. Thats why ceremony could not be performed in Darbar Hall of the Palace" thanks to Deepak A. Cheers, Henry
> > "the nephew of last maharaja, Ravi raj singh, > succeded > to his uncle as the 26th maharaja On 22-4-2004 at > the > Dhanni Nath Giri Math's Panach temple." > thanks to Abhijit M. > "As there is much dispute regarding th succession, > he is certainly not the > near > relation. Maharani Bikaner is also learnt to be > unhappy over his coronation. > She is considering other names also. Thats why > ceremony could not be performed > in Darbar Hall of the Palace" > thanks to Deepak A. > Cheers, > Henry > First thing , there was no adoption so he is not "Legal" heir . Also after maharaja's death only maharani has right to decide succession. Did this guy crown himself? . Who exactly is he? . I wonder what is the reaction of the nobles and the people to this. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/careermakeover