EASTERN PRINCES.
ABDICATION DISCUSSED. V ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA. The impending abdication of the Rajah of Cochin, Sir Rama Yarma, is reported by the Bombay correspondent of the "Daily Express." He also says the Maharajah of Baroda, Sir Sayaji Rao Gaekwar, who recently celebrated the jubilee of his reign, intends to abandon active participation in the government of his state. The intentions of both arc attributed to the recent British overhauling of the administration of the native states in India and the growing demands of their subjects. The correspondent adds that the administrations of many states are .in the melting pot. Cochin, one of the Madras states, has an area of 1418 square miles and a population of nearly 1,000,000. Sir Rama, born in 1858, succeeded to the title in 3914.
The Maharajah of Baroda was born in .1863, and succeeded to the title in 1575. This principality is much larger with an area of 8135 square miles and a population of more than 2,000,000. He is reported to be the richest man in India.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 March 1927, Page 3
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174EASTERN PRINCES. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 March 1927, Page 3
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