When the makers of history die
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When the makers of history die

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In February 1798, as the septuagenarian maharajah of Travancore lay dying, he had occasion to reflect on his four-decade-long kingly career. When Jahangir’s succession was relayed at last, the people gave “thanks in relief". As the defence minister Yashwantrao Chavan declared, the whole world was watching, and “we must do everything possible to…achieve unanimity". In the end Lal Bahadur Shastri was chosen as the man “least likely to divide and most likely to unite". But, as one official put it, “Nobody believes this as regards Baiza Bai."

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