A RAJAH'S SUICIDE
JUMPED FROM A TOWER WORRIED OVER ILLNESS MADRAS, Oct. 26. The Rajah of Vizianagaram committed suicide by jumping from a tower at his residence at Admiralty House. He had said that he believed that the tuberculosis, from which he was suffering, was incurable. He asked a doctor to give him an injection to end his life. He fell 40 feet, and died almost immediately. The rajah is a brother of the cricketer, the Maharajah of Vizianagaram, who is at present in a nursing home in London.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23334, 28 October 1937, Page 12
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