The earliest available record for cheetahs being used for hunts in India comes from the 12th-century Sanskrit text Manasollasa, which was produced by the Kalyani Chalukya ruler, Someshvara III (reigned from 1127-1138 CE). Cheetah coursing or the use of trained cheetahs for hunting had become...
The decision comes in the wake of the long pending demand of people of Tripura as well as the Tripura Government for paying tribute to the king.Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore, who ascended the throne of the erstwhile Tripura Princely State in 1923, was a wise and benevolent ruler. ...
When the British formally left on August 15, 1947, Maharaja Hari Singh, who was a Hindu ruler of a Muslim-majority state, wanted his state to remain independent and thus had a standstill agreement with both India and Pakistan. However, in the wake of an invasion by tribal raiders backed b...