When the Maharajah of Bikaner recntly celebrated the completion of 50 years of reign, in which participated the Viceroy of India, the Maharajah devoted to charitable and beneficent purposes a quantity of gold cornssponding to his own weight. The picture shows the Indian prince sitting on the scales being weighed while the gold was placed in the other side to balance it.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 171, 22 July 1939, Page 11
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62When the Maharajah of Bikaner recntly celebrated the completion of 50 years of reign, in which participated the Viceroy of India, the Maharajah devoted to charitable and beneficent purposes a quantity of gold cornssponding to his own weight. The picture shows the Indian prince sitting on the scales being weighed while the gold was placed in the other side to balance it. Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 171, 22 July 1939, Page 11
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