The Unforgettable Maharajas : One Hundred And Seventy-Five Years Of Photography
One Hundred And Seventy-Five Years Of Photography
E. Jaiwant Paul, Pramod Kapoor
The Maharajas of India were undoubtedly one of the great anachronisms of the twentieth century. Among them were enlightened rulers and profligate princes, saints and scoundrels, heroes and cowards, sadists and boors, charmers and eccentrics. Yet, in the eyes of the people, they ruled as they had the divine right to do so. This power, coupled with their enormous wealth and fabulous jewellery, gave the maharajas a status that made them larger than life.
A comprehensive collection of historical photographs from princely India, private collections, and the finest photo libraries in the world, this is also the largest selection of royal pictures in any one book. Many years of research and documentation were put in to verify their details. The result is a book that conveys the romance that the maharajas represented to the world and a historical record of an age we will never see again.
E. Jaiwant Paul was a man of varied interests, having authored books on personalities and contemporary history of India, including Rani of Jhansi, Annals & Antiquities of Rajasthan, Baji Rao, Har Dayal: The Great Revolutionary, Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India and The Greased Cartridge.
Pramod Kapoor, the founder and publisher of Roli Books (established in 1978), has over the course of his illustrious career, conceived and produced award-winning books that have been game-changers in the world of publishing. Author of the internationally acclaimed Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography (published in 14 major languages worldwide) and 1946 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny: Last War of Independence, he has also curated pioneering books like India: Then and Now, Witness to Life and Freedom: Margaret Bourke-White in India, Delhi 360º: Mazhar Khan’s View from the Lahore Gate, and Shahjahanabad: Mapping a Mughal City.
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