Indian royals

Intimate images of India's little-known queens and princesses from the families that once ruled large tracts of the country.

Princess Gouramma, 1852. Princess Gouramma (4 July 1841, Benares - 30 March 1864, London) was the daughter of Chikka Virarajendra, the ruler of Coorg. The Raja was deposed by the British in 1834 and taken political prisoner. In 1852, stating that he wished his daughter to be raised a Christian and to receive a Western education, the ex-Raja was permitted to travel to England; while there, he would also go to court to demand that the East India Government restore his wealth. Arriving in…

THE MAHAARAYA | Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala with the ladies of his family

From the palaces of Jaipur to the Thar dessert of Jaisalmer in India, travel photographer Maurizio Rellini beautifully captures the colour and romance of Rajasthan, Land of the Kings

This is a fairytale that can certainly only be re-lived by poring over the pages of a magazine or book because they don’t make them like her any more— Maharani Sita Devi of Baroda was one of the most opulent, charming, and bold Indian Maharanis to have ever lived in the history of Indian royalty....

These Indian royals have chosen different streams of work, but they are still keeping their family's royalty alive and here's how.

Spread across a series of courtyards in the central-northeast part of Jaipur, the City Palace is the present-day home of Jaipur’s titular King, it is also the region’s most captivating royal structures

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Here’s looking at some of the most interesting trivia, things you may not know about the biggest democracy in the world.