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2#KK THOSE STiGMRY OF AN INMAN PKINCESS*
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* The Press Has Teemed Of Late Years Wit...
indeed but adore : _bydier d , was means a plac that e which it was raised e speciall from y being favoured 1 a mere ; and _village it was
to the rank : of : a ; wealthy city . This , partiality was particularly manifested on one occasion when a banker there _having died
_childlessj _, Tukajee , who was then encamped in the neighbourhood , instited'by some interested personsmade an attempt to obtain
ga , a share © _fthe property ; This was no very extraordinary proceeding , for though , according to Mahratta usage , the wife had a right
t government o the succession to , claim it was a _^ very large common fine on in the such occasion eases , for the also native to
enforce the dedication of a further amount to pious uses . The Indore widowhoweverresisted what she felt to be an exaction
and going to Ali , a claim , ed her protection , which was immediately , accordeda . ceremonial dress confirming her in her position as
; mistress of the inheritance was bestowed upon her , and an order sent to Tukajee from the princess to march a little further from
Indore , and in no way to molest her city . She was held in such veneration-that ha knew he would have been universally execrated .
had he not behaved well _Jto her , but he needed not this incentive , for his own respect for her sufficed to ensure obedience on this
as on every other occasion when he received any intimation _of her will .
Thinking that the accounts given of Alia Bhye by the Holkar familmight be exaggerated by partiality or pridesince to
havey , been connected with her was reckoned their greatest honour , or that the good she had done-might have been unduly dwelt on as a ,
contrast to the ill-doings of some of her successors , Sir J . Malcolm ( from whose narrations these statements are chiefly derived ) made
inquiry concerning her in other quarters , but the result of the investigation was only fresh proof that all ranks and classes were
unanimous in blessing her memory , the whole country joining in one harmonious _psean in her praise . Some minute details
respectingher personal habits were furnished by an old man nearly ninety years of age , named Baramul , v whose office it had been to wash her
tutelary deities , and act as her personal attendant . She rose , he saidaa hoar before daybreakto pray and join in other ceremonies
of her , religion _; then listened , for some time to the reading of the sacred books , and distributed alms and food in person to a number
of poor Brahmins . After partaking of a frugal breakfast , she again spent some time in prayer , took a short repose , then dressed ,
and went to hold a court or Durbar , which usually lasted from about two till six o ' clock . Another meal was then preparedbut her
, fare was always of the very simplest kind , for though her tribe were free to eat animal food if they chose , she was herself a strict
vegetarian . Religious exercises again occupied her after her repast , until nine o ' clock , when business re-commenced , and continued for two <
hours , after which- she retired to rest . Except in cases of _public
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2 _# _KK THOSE _STiGMRY OF AN _INMAN _PKINCESS _*
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1863, page 246, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061863/page/30/
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