Bizzare facts about Indian Kings

India,  one of the oldest civilizations has a vast history and has been witness to thousands of dynasties,  Kings, Emperors who contributed and shaped it before the European powers came to conquer it. Before India became a Republic, it was a fragment of many British ruled provinces and numerous monarchies- small & large which were fragmented and scattered.

Coming to Royalty, it is said that a Monarch does what he/she deems correct. Their crazy ideas, Bizzare moves have been both amusing and intersting, sometimes even foolish.

Lets have a view about some Bizzare facts about Indian kings.

1. Maharaja Jai Singh of Alwar

The world’s most famous car brand Rolls-Royce is also associated with Rajasthan. A famous buyer of this car was the Maharaja of Alwar, Jai Singh. He always bought three automobiles at a time.One day during his visit to London, King Jai Singh was walking in casual dress in Bond Street. He saw a Rolls Royce showroom and went inside to inquire about the Price and Features etc of their cars.

Considering him a just another Poor Indian citizen, showroom salesmen insulted him and almost showed him the way out of the showroom. After this insult, King Jai Singh came back to his Hotel room and asked his servants to call the showroom that King of Alwar city is interested in purchasing their few Cars.After few hours King reached the Rolls Royce showroom again but with his full astonishing royal manner and in his royal costume. Until he reached the showroom there was already red carpet on the floor and all the salesmen were bent with respect. The King purchased all the six cars that they had at showroom at that time and paid full amount with delivery costs.

After reaching India, King ordered municipal department to use all those six Rolls Royce cars for cleaning and transporting city’s waste. World’s number one Rolls Royce cars were being used for transportation of City’s waste, the news spread all over the world rapidly and the reputation of Rolls Royce Company was in drains.

Whenever someone used to boast in Europe or America that he owned a Rolls Royce, people used to laugh saying, “which one? The same that is used in India for carrying the waste of the City?”Due to such reputation damages, sales of Rolls Royce dropped rapidly and revenue of company owners started falling down. Then they sent a Telegram to the king in India for apologies and requested to stop transportation of waste in Rolls Royce cars. Not only this but they also offered Six new cars to king free of cost.When King Jai Singh observed that Rolls Royce has learnt a lesson and they are sorry for their mistakes, king stopped using those cars for carrying wastes.*Everyone must share this Post to show the power of an Indian King.*

When India gained freedom from British rule in 1947, Maharaja of Alwar was one of the first monarchs to give away their kingdom to create the Republic of India.

2. Shahu Maharaj of Kolhapur

So, lets  know how Kolhapur turned to be a hub of leather chappal manufacturing.

Credit goes to Shahu Maharaj of Bhonsale dynasty.

As we know,  the region is rocky, and people during his rule used to walk barefoot because they could not afford footwear. Shahu Maharaj provided financial aid to cobblers to make footwear.

He also sponsored factories that used minimum amount of leather to make chappals.

Although the Kolhapuri Chappals were into existence since 13th century, the same was launched on greater commercial scale only during the rule of Shahu Maharaj.

3. Aurangzeb, the great Mughal Emperor 

Aurangzeb who ruled the longest, also fought the longest in Deccan died in Auragabad.

He was buried at Khuldabad- loosely translating into Abode of Eternity. Although Aurangzeb was the holder of throne at Delhi, the richest empire capital, Aurangzeb lived a simple life. His tomb in Khuldabad was constructed out of money he earned from stitching caps.

The structure also is symbolic of Aurangzeb's simplicity where his ancestors were lavish in creating their mausolems and palaces. The only lavish structure funded by Aurangzeb is the Moti Masjid in Delhi.

4. Maharaja Bhupinder Singhji of Patiala

Maharaja Bhupinder Singhji was a larger than life personality and vibrant outlook. He has many firsts associated with him. Read the below:

- First person in India to own an aircraft.

- Built the highest cricket ground at Chail.

- First monorail in India at Patiala.

- Donated the Ranji Trophy, named after Maharaja Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar.

- Founded the State Bank of Patiala in 1917.

- The first automobile in India, a French made De Dion Bouton was, in fact, imported by the state of Patiala in 1892. for Maharaja Bhupinder Singh.

He was a kinky sort of Royal who had 88 known children and a large harem of wives. Once a year he used to parade naked before them to assure them that he was very much alive and well!

5. Maharani Indira Devi, mother of Gayatri Devi, was a fashion connoisseur. The Queen of Cooch Behar ordered 100 pairs of shoes from Salvatore Ferrogamo (one of the most famous designers of 20th century). Some of those shoes were studded with diamonds.

6. Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi 

THE MOST EXPENSIVE PAPERWEIGHT: THE JACOB DIAMOND

Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi was the last Nizam of the Princely State of Hyderabad who was declared as the world’s richest Indian ever in 1940s. During that time he was a billionaire owning 2 billion dollars (almost 2% of the US economy in those times). He used this money to buy the largest diamond in the world, the Jacob Diamond, which is worth $200 million and used it as a paperweight.

7. Krishna Raja Wodeyar IV, the Maharaja of Mysore, 

Wodeyar IV had ordered a customized Rolls Royce to shield his servants from the sun.

Crafted in 1911, the car recently went under the hammer in August 2011 and fetched over₤400,000. At the time of his death in 1940, the maharaja was one of the world's wealthiest men and was valued at nearly ₤35billion.

8. Maharaja Sawai Madho Singh II

Maharaja had ordered the craftsman of Jaipur to create two huge sterling silver vessels so that he could carry Ganga Jal along with him on his trip to England.

The vessels were made from 14,000 melted silver coins without soldering and are officially recorded by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest sterling silver vessels.

9. Mohammad Bin Tughluk

The Delhi to Daulatabad (Devagiri) and shunting back is famous. What remains unknown is that the fort that was at Devagiri (fortified by Tughluk) has never lost a battle.

10. Tipu Sultan of Mysore

Credited with usage of missiles in warfare. They were present during his fathers time, but Tipu refined it for use in battle. The rockets were inefficient by modern terms, but they were meant for chaos and commotion to disperse the enemy. Tipu had a good laugh after unleashing his rocket infantry:

11. Manavendra Singh Gohel of Rajkot



He was the only Royal to have accepted in public that he was gay. Unfortunately, he was later disowned by his family, accusing him of bringing dishonor to the clan.

12. Nawab Mohabbatkhan of Junagadh

It is said that he owned 800 dogs, each with its individual human attendant. When two of his favorite dogs mated he spent lakhs on their “marriage” celebration.

Unique job in your country

There have been lots of answers from Fellow Indians, none of them mentioning about Paanwalla. Although the profession is not limited to India alone. Myanmar, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Phillipines and few South Asian Nations have Paanwallas.
Paan literally means a leaf. Here it points rolled betel leaf containing areca nut, sometimes tobacco, or/ and along with other additives like magnesium carbonate, dry fruits, essences & scented flavoured edibles, cloves, cardamom among others.
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It is chewed for its stimulant and psychoactive effects. After chewing it is either spat out or swallowed. Paan has many variations. Slaked lime (chunnam) paste is commonly added to bind the leaves. Some South Asian preparations include katha paste or mukhwas to freshen the breath. (Source: Wikipedia.)
It comes in varieties :
Benarasi
Meetha
Kalkatti
Maggai
Numbered Paans with tobacco
Paanwalla is the person preparing & serving Paan. There is something very peculiar about this profession which has sprung at every nook and corner of Indian cities. Paanwallas' operate from a shop or a kiosk or street corners. Some of them roam around the city serving Paan round the clock. Some of them serve Paan with a poetry or phrases or jokes on the customers as well.

For a great chunk of population, a meal is incomplete without consuming a Paan and a corner point Paanwalla shop makes brisk business with a chance to gossip about the happenings. 

All time top Iconic Villians of Bollywood

Often a negative character or a grey shade character is weakened by the direction and the flow of the story.

What strengthens the character is the dialogue, & the charisma of the actor playing it.
Noted down are a few villains who earned more fame than the lead character. 


Some of these are indeed iconic performances in the history of bollywood.


1. Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Shakaal, Shaan




2. Amjad Khan as Gabbar Singh, Sholay





3. Anupam Kher as Dr. Dang, Karma


4. Ajit as Teja, Zanjeer


5. Amrish Puri as Mogambo, Mr. India


6. Sunil Dutt as birju, Mother India


7. Danny Denzongpa as well as Sanjay Dutt as Kancha, Agneepath (Both)


7A. Rauf Lala also requires a special mention




8. Saif Ali Khan as Langda Tyagi, Omkara





9. Aamir Khan, Hritihik Roshan & John Abraham in Dhoom series. (cops are always behind)


10. Shahrukh Khan in Darr ,Baazigar , Anjaam & Don.



11. Sonia, Priyanka Chopra, Aitraaz





12. Gulshan Grover as Kesariya Vilayati in Ram Lakhan


13. Ashutosh Rana as Lajja Shankar Pandey, Sangharsh


14. Crime Master Gogo, the unforgettable one, Shakti Kapoor





15. And the one who satakali 'ofied' the bollywood with his character. Prakash Raj as Jaykant Shikre in Singham.




16. Akshay Kumar & Bipasha Basu- Ajnabee


17. Vivek Oberoi in Shootout at Lokhandwala & John Abraham in Shootout at Wadala.



19. And to end on the high note: our Sanjubaba in Khalnayak- the ultimate one.

Quotes from Congress Chanakya (Rahul Gandhi)

Even a fish would not get into trouble if it had kept its' mouth shut. As Mark Twain  had said, “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt” 

 This is the largest collection of gems from the speeches of Pappu. I am sure you are gonna love it.

Source: Quora Posts.  

1. On the 26/11 Mumbai attacks:

 "We will stop 99 per cent of the attacks. But one per cent of attacks might get through and that is what I am saying." (100% of your attacks get through)

2. On the drug problem in Punjab:

"10 out of 7 youths in Punjab are hooked on to drugs." (Koi ratio proportion ka tuition do isko)

3. On India's youth advantage:

"India is the Saudi Arabia of 21st century." (Ha, aur tu tel nikal raha hai dimaag ka)

4. On the meaning of politics:

"Politics is in your shirt, in your pant." (And your brains are in your knees)

5. On being officially appointed as the party's No. 2:

“It (Congress) is a funny party. It is the largest political  organization in the world but perhaps does not have a single rule or  regulation. We create new rules every two minutes and then dump them.  Nobody knows the rules in the party” (No Comments)

And:

 "All the public systems - administration, justice, education and  political are designed to keep people with knowledge out. Such a system  promotes mediocrity."

6. In a Congress Workshop on Social Media:

 "If India is a computer, then Congress is its default program." (That's how computers crash)

7. In the CII Summit:

“People call us an elephant.. We are not an elephant.. we are a  beehive.. it’s funny but think about it. Which is more powerful? an  elephant or a beehive?” (while taking a dig at Narendra Modi and the  Gujarat Model of Development)

8. In an Ahmedabad Congress Meet:

"Gujarat is bigger than the United Kingdom." (Eureka)

9. In the same Ahmedabad Congress Meet:

"In fact, India is you know, bigger than Europe and the United States put together."  (Eureka II)

10. On being asked about providing e-literacy for poor children:

 "Can I ask you a counter question? How are you going to help them?" (providing free Chota Bheem DVD's)

11. On poverty:

 "Poverty is just a state of mind. It does not mean the scarcity of  food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confidence, then  one can overcome poverty." (And even become richer- possess National Herald)

12. About Gujarat children malnourishment:

"2 out of 1 child are malnourished in Gujarat... This is the Gujarat Model the BJP keeps talking about."

13. About Dalit upliftment:

“Dalit community needs the escape velocity of Jupiter to achieve success…” (

You see such extenuating circumstances coerce me to preclude you from such extravagance! …You see the coefficient of the linear, You know the whole country of the system is juxtapositioned by the hemoglobin in the atmosphere because you are a sophisticated rhetorician intoxicated by the exuberance of your own verbosity.)

14. About Rani Laxmi Bai:

"Rani ki Jhansi. She is a hero." (Rani's Jhansi, she is a hero).

15. Rahul Gandhi's verbal goof-up at MP rally (Mixes up bhrashtachar with balatkar):

“What has the government done for the tribals here? Have they indulged in corruption (apke saath bhrashtachar kiya?)... Nahin balatkar kiya (Puri Zindagi Balatkar karenge...  congress ka naam roshan karenge!!!!)

16. About woman volanteers of INC:

"Agar aap yuva karyakarta se baat karen, agar aap mahila karyakarta se baat karen, pehli baar wo keh rhe hain ki bhai maza aaya, aur main ye jo maza hai hindustan k har vaikti ko dena chahta hun.." (If you talk with young volunteers, women volunteers, they all are saying that they enjoyed, for the first time they enjoyed.. and I want to extend this enjoyment to every person of India). 

17. And one More: 

“Hindustan Ek Soch hai. Hindustan Ek Jagah Hai…(fumbles) Magar  Hindustan Ek Soch Hai…”

18. And one  More:  

“There are people doing yoga in New York, dancing around; that’s the  power of India. You go to a nightclub somewhere in Spain and there’s  Amitabh Bachchan on the screen there, dancing around. That’s the power  of India. That’s the power of Indian people.”

19 And one More:  

“A rising tide doesn’t raise people who don’t have a boat. We have  to build the boat for them. We have to give them the basic  infrastructure to rise with the tide.”

20. BONUS Quotes: 

“If I am incompetent, I am useless, the people of India will see that.”

“There’s so much of unemployment in Gujarat. About 27,000 crore jobs  are lying vacant there” (And the fact is, population of India is 130  crore. How come 27k crore jobs are lying vacant over there?).

“Gujarat Ko Agar Kisine Khada Kiya Hai, Gujarat Ko Amul (the milk  brand) Kisne Diya Hai, Gujarat Ko Kisne Doodh Diya Hai? Toh Iss Tadaf  Dekhiye, In Mahilao Ne Diya Hai. Gujarat Ki Mahilao Ne Doodh Diya Hai  (who has given the milk brand Amul to Gujarat? Who has given milk to  Gujarat? 

"Dawaiyon K Daam Badha Diye Gaye Hain. Pehle 1,000 Mein Milti Thi. Ab  1 lakh Mein Milengi. Par Isse Ameer Logo Ko Nuksaan Nahi Hoga. Nuksaan  Gareeb Logo Ko Hoga. Gareeb Janta Maregi. Yahan Yeh Humari Behne Baithi  Hain, Inke Baccho Ko Cancer Hoga, Toh Inke Bacche Marenge "

"This morning I got up at night, 4 O’clock in the morning."

Sabke paas maa hoti haiMere paas bhi maa hai. Kisaan ki do maa hoti hai. Wo(modi) hamari maa hamse chheen ke dusron ko bech raha hai.