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10 Dec 2011 10:22 #66089
by ketchim
In front of 100,000 spectators, the Gaekwar of Baroda :
otherwise known as Maharajah Sayyaji Rao III
bowed improperly when presenting himself before the British monarch,
then turned his back disrespectfully and walked away
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10 Dec 2011 10:23 #66090
by ketchim
It was an audacious act of defiance at an event that contemporary observers have
described as a thousand times grander than royal weddings
over the past 60 years in London.
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10 Dec 2011 10:24 #66091
by ketchim
The 1911 Delhi durbar, or mass assembly -
when George V was proclaimed Emperor of India -
was the only such assembly to be attended by a British monarch in person
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10 Dec 2011 10:27 #66092
by ketchim
Each Indian ruler or "native prince" was expected to perform proper obeisance
to the King-Emperor by bowing three times before him,
then backing away without turning.
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10 Dec 2011 10:28 #66093
by ketchim
The maharajah not only ignored royal etiquette :
by turning his back on the king and queen after formally introducing himself
but compounded his perceived insolence by reportedly "laughing disrespectfully"
as he departed from their presence............. :
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10 Dec 2011 10:30 #66094
by ketchim
He arrived at the amphitheatre in full dress and covered in the historic Baroda jewels,
but removed them all just before the moment came for him to approach the king.
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10 Dec 2011 10:31 #66095
by ketchim
On reaching the shamiana (dais) he made a cursory bow from the waist,
stepped backwards and then, wheeling around, turned his back on the royal couple
and walked from their presence nonchalantly twirling a gold-topped walking stick.!!
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10 Dec 2011 10:32 #66096
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The Gaekwar of Baroda - second in importance only to the Nizam of Hyderabad -
broke every rule in the Viceroy of India.........
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10 Dec 2011 10:33 #66097
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From then until his death in 1939 he was for the most part ostracised by the
British authorities even though he wrote a letter of apology soon afterwards
which said that if he had not seemed to conform to the ritual, it was due to :
"nervousness and confusion in the presence of Their Majesties " ::rofl::
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