National Republican., 1875-12-02
rHx PRINCES OF MODERN IaDIA.

Tsx Who Can Boast Aneisnt Dssesnt-rhs
Prince Of wales Of Hobisr Blood Than the
Host Of Them.
Aliens Indian Mad has the following s'Peo-
pie IN England have a sort Of misty belief that
the native princes and chiefs Of modern India can
trace back their lineage, II not their thrones to
time when our Teuton forefathers were still roam
ing, as untutored savages, In their native woods.
And yet, In the splendid array Of Rajahs and Ma
wabs, whom the coming Of the Prince Of Wales
brought to Bombay, there was hardly one who
could boast Of so high and ancient n descent as
the Prince himself With the exception, indeed.
question II there was one whose prineely rank
dates further back than the first quarter OF the
eighteenth century. Most Of them, at any rate,
are sprung from men who carved out Kingdoms,
large or email, for themselves from the wrecks Of
the empire which Babar founded, and which be-
gan to break up even in the days of Aurangzib.
Most Of them, In short, represented dynasties at
least as modern as the East India Company.
The Nizam himself, had he appeared at Bombay,
would have been a mere upstart beside the Prince
of Wales, whose descent from our English Alfred
places him almost on level with the oldest
Princes Of Rajputana. His ancestor, Chin KIlich
Khan, the original NiEam-ui-Mulk, was q son of
an officer in Aurangzib's service. Rajah Of Kola-
Iur dates back to Sivaji the founder OF the Ma
ratha power in the middle Of the seventeenth cen
tury. The first Gaikwar Of Baroda was a leu
tenant Of the Maratha Peshwa I'm
THE EIGHTEExTH CENTURY
Ali Murad, the Amir of Kharpur In Sind, IS n
Prince Of a still younger line. The Nawab OF
Junagarb, in Katiawar. represents dynasty
founded by O soldier Of fortune In 1735. The Jam
Of Nawanagar comes of an old Raiput stock, but
time Of Henry VII. The Rsjput Thakur Of
Bhaunagar is younger in rank by two centuries.
Nearly as modern Is the Sidi Nawao Of IiniIra n
deEcendant Of the Abyssinian chiefs who served
so faithfully the last Mohammedan Kings of
Bijapur. Tho Rajah Of Idar. In Guiarat. claims
near kinship with Jodhour but dates politically
from about 174 when two younger sons of the
Marwar Prince took possession of the realm
assigned them by their elder brother, then Vice
roy Of Gujarat. 1t was only in tho sixteenth cen
tury that the first Rao of Clutch gained his foot
ing in that province. Pahlanpur was founded by
an Afghan In the time Of Akbar. The Nawab Of
Radhaupur dates from the seventeenth century.
If we come to other Princes who will meet their
future King elsewhere, We shall find that most of
them date their titles from quite modern times.
Slndhia and Holkar are sprung from Lieutenants
Of the Maratha Peshwas.
The Rajah Of Patiala claims descent from a Jat
chief who rose TO power about two centuries ago.
The reIgning house in Kashmlr belongs to the
present century, and the Nawaos of Rampur to
the last. It was In the last century that the p-e-
sent kingdom of Travankor was founded. The
older dynasty of Cochin was re-established with
English aid after the downfall Of Tippu Sultan,
when Mysor also was restored to Its former rulers.
In point OF long and proud descent few princes,
even in Rajputana can be said to surpass the
Prince of Wales. The young Marahana of Mewar
or Udaipur may, indeed, point to a lineage en-
the warrior chiefs of Chites. But Jaipur was
founded In the tenth century, and Jodhpur In the
fifteenth, while the smaller Rajbut States aud the
Jat State Of Bhatpur Of still later origin. In
paying homage, therefore, to the Prince Of Wales
the pride Of few If any, Of the native princes can
be IN any way wounded nor are they likely to for
would retain the power they now enioy.ff