BOY LOSES A THRONE.
One of the most vexed questions of Indian succession has been decided by the appointment of a new ruler in the State of Pudukotn, Madras Presidency. Southern India. The Government of India has selected Rajah Gopaln Tondiman to succeed to the throne. The new rajah, who is not yet 21 years of age, is a divert de-; sccndant of the original Tondiman, whose family has ruled the State for centuries. ■ The former ruler. Sir Marthanda Bhairava Tondiman Bahadur, who died last May. aged 52 years, married Mies Esmo Mary Fink, an Australian, in Molbourne, in 1815. A son. who was named! Mathanda Sydney, was born in Australiain 1916. A section of the State opposed, the succession of this boy to the throne, and the Government stated that he would not be eligible owing to his not being of: pure Indian blood. It was a great blow to both parents' when the Government stated in 1922 that; their son could not succeed, and from that' time they lived chiefly at Cannes, on theRiviera, and in London. The Rajah! absolutely refused hU subjects’ petition to! live in India.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20705, 1 May 1929, Page 11
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