Since the opening of this
railway and the restoration of the Gwalior fort to Sindhia in 1886,
the importance of Jhansi, both civil and military, has much
increased. The native town was given up by Sindhia in exchange for
the Gwalior stronghold.
3. This chief is called Raja Rao Ramchand in the _N.W.P. Gazetteer_,
1st ed. He died on August 20, 1835. His administration had been weak,
and his finances were left in great disorder. Under his successor the
disorder of the administration became still greater.
4. Dowagers in Indian princely families are frequently involved in
such intrigues and plots. The editor could specify instances in his
personal experience. Compare Chapter 34, _post_.
5. An adopted son passes completely out of the family of his natural,
into that of his adoptive, father, all his rights and duties as a son
being at the same time transferred. In this case, the adoption had
not really taken place, and the lad's duty to his living natural
father remained unaffected.
6. This statement will not apply to those districts in the United
Provinces where elephants are numerous and often kept by gentry of no
great rank or wealth, A Raja, of course, always likes to have a few
mounted men clattering behind him, if possible.
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