ஜோதிர்_ஆதித்யா_மாதவராவ்_சிந்தியா
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1947இல் இந்திய ஒன்றியத்துடன் இணைக்கப்பட்ட சமஸ்தானமான குவாலியரின் கடைசி மகாராஜாவாக இருந்த ஜிவாஜிராவ் சிந்தியா. இவருக்கு, சுதந்திர இந்தியாவில் மற்ற இளவரசர்களைப் போலவே பட்டம் மற்றும் சலுகைகள், ஆண்டு மானியம் போன்றவை வழங்கப்பட்டன. 1961இல் இவரது மரணத்துக்குப் பிறகு இவரது மகனான மாதவ்ராவ் சிந்தியா (ஜோதிர் ஆதித்யா மாதவராவ் சிந்தியாவின் தந்தை) குவாலியர் மகாராஜா என்ற பட்டத்தைப் பெற்றார். 1971 ஆம் ஆண்டு இந்திய அரசியலமைப்பில் மேற்கொள்ளப்பட்ட 26 வது திருத்தத்தின்படி, இந்தியாவின் முன்னாள் மன்னர்களின் பட்டங்கள் மானியங்கள் போன்றவை ஒழிக்கப்பட்டன. 1., "Through a constitutional amendment passed in 1971, Indira Gandhi stripped the princes of the titles, privy purses and regal privileges which her father's government had granted." (p 278). 2. Quote: "The princes of India – their number and variety reflecting to a large extent the chaos that had come to the country with the break up of the Mughal empire – had lost real power in the British time.  Through generations of idle servitude they had grown to specialize only in style.  A bogus, extinguishable glamour: in 1947, with Independence, they had lost their state, and Mrs. Gandhi in 1971 had, without much public outcry, abolished their privy purses and titles." (pp 37–38). 3. Quote: "Although the Indian states were alternately requested or forced into union with either India or Pakistan, the real death of princely India came when the Twenty-sixth Amendment Act (1971) abolished the princes' titles, privileges, and privy purses." (page 78). 4.  Quote: "The third stage in the political evolution of the princes from rulers to citizens occurred in 1971, when the constitution ceased to recognize them as princes and their privy purses, titles, and special privileges were abolished." (page 84). 5. Quote: "Her success at the polls emboldened Mrs. Gandhi to act decisively against the princes. Through 1971, the two sides tried and failed to find a settlement. The princes were willing to forgo their privy purses, but hoped at least to save their titles. But with her overwhelming majority in Parliament, the prime minister had no need to compromise. On 2 December she introduced a bill to amend the constitution and abolish all princely privileges. It was passed in the Lok Sabha by 381 votes to six, and in the Rajya Sabha by 167 votes to seven. In her own speech, the prime minister invited 'the princes to join the elite of the modern age, the elite which earns respect by its talent, energy and contribution to human progress, all of which can only be done when we work together as equals without regarding anybody as of special status.' " (page 441). 6. Quote: "The Indian princes survived the British Raj by only a few years.  The Indian republic stripped them of their powers and then their titles." (page 10). 7. Quote: "Indian States: "Various (formerly) semi-independent areas in India ruled by native princes .... Under British rule ... administered by residents assisted by political agents. Titles and remaining privileges of princes abolished by Indian government 1971." (page 520). 8.  Quote: "A monarchy is only as good as the reigning monarch: thus it is with the princely states. Once they seemed immutable, invincible. In 1971 they were "derecognized," their privileges, privy purses and titles all abolished at a stroke" (page 91)