The document is a summary of the novel "The Hundredth Tiger" by Kalki. It describes the story of the Maharaja of Pratibandapuram who is destined to die at the hands of a tiger according to astrologers. The Maharaja goes on to kill 99 tigers but faces difficulties finding the 100th tiger. He eventually dies from an infection caused by a splinter from a toy wooden tiger, fulfilling the prophecy.

2.  NAME:- DEV BHATNAGAR
 CLASS:- XII ‘C’
 ROLL NO.:- 01
 SCHOOL:- AKSHAR INTERNATIONAL
SCHOOL

3.  Ramaswamy Aiyer Krishnamurthy a.k.a Kalki was a
Tamil writer, journlist, poet, critic and Indian
independence activist.
 His writing includes one twenty short stories , ten
novels, etc..
 The government of Tamil Nadu issued stamps in
honour of Kalki.
 He died at the age of 54.

5. PART I
 The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram is the hero.
 He may be identified as His Highness Jamedar-General,
Khiledar-Major, Sata Vyaghra Samahari
Maharajadhiraja Visva Bhuvana Samrat, Sir Jilani
Jung Jung Bahadur, M.A.D, A.C.T.C, or C.R.C.K.
 These names often shortened as “The Tiger King”
 At the time of the birth of the Tiger King the astrologers
foretold that one day the Tiger King
would actually have to die.
 The child will grew up to become the warrior of warriors, hero
of heroes, champion of champions.
 The child born under this star has to die one day.

6.  Suddenly the ten day old Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur
spoke a phrase ‘ O wise prophets!’
 Everyone stood transfixed in stupefaction.
 Again the phrase was repeated and in no doubt
the people understood that it’s the ten day old
infant who uttered the word so clearly.
 The chief astrologer took of his spectacles and gazed
intently at the baby.
 The chief astrologer placed his finger on his nose
in wonder .
 “The prince was born in the hour of Bull. The Bull and
the Tiger are enemies, therefore, death comes from
the Tiger,” he explained.

7.  As soon as the king heard it pronounced, the crown
prince gave a deep growl. Terrifying words emerged
from his lips.
 “ Let tigers beware!”
PART II
 The crown prince grew taller and stronger day by day.
 The boy drank the milk of an English cow, was
brought up by an English nanny, tutored in English by
an Englishman, saw nothing but English films .
 At the age of twenty, the state which have been
under the Court of Wards until then, czme into his
hands.

8.  After killing the first tiger the Maharaja sent the dead
body of the beast to the astrologer.
 The astrologer said, “ Your majesty may kill ninenty -
nine tiger in the same manner but what about the
hundredth tiger.”
 What if the hundredth tiger is also killed.
 The astrologer said, “ then I will tear up all my books
of astrology, set fire to them and cut of my tuft, crop
my hair short and become an insurance agent.”
 The Maharaja said

9. PART III
 The tiger inhabiting in Pratibandapuram celebrated
from that day.
 The state banned tiger hunting by anyone except the
Maharaja.
 Proclamation was issued to the effect that if anyone
dared to fling a stone at a tiger, all his property and
wealth will be confiscated .
 The Maharaja vowed he would attend to all other
matters after killing the hundredth tiger .
 Not that he faced no dangers.
 There were times when the bullet missed the tiger
and the tiger leaped on the Maharaja and he fought
the beast with bare hands and won.

10.  At another time he was in danger of loosing his
throne.
 A high ranking British officer visited Pratibandapuram
, fond of tiger hunting.
 He asked the Maharaja to have a photo with the tiger
he has shot.
 The Maharaja refused to grant permission.
 The British officer’s secretary sent word to Maharaja
through the dewan that the durai himself did not have
to kill the tiger.
 The Maharaja stood in danger of losing his kingdom
itself.
 The Maharaja and the dewan held deliberations over
this issue.
 A telegram was despatched forthwith to a famous
British company of jewellers in Calcutta.

11.  “Send some samples of expensive diamond rings
of different design.”
 Some fifty rings arrived.
 The whole lot was sent to the British officer’s good
lady.
 The king and the minister thought that the
duraisani to chose one or two rings and send the
rest.
 The reply came from duraisani , “ Thank you for
your gifts.”
 In two days a bill for three lakhs came from the
British jewellers.
 The Maharaja was happy that in spite of loosing
three lakh of rupees he had managed to retain his
kingdom.

12. PART IV
 The Maharaja’s tiger hunts continued and within ten years he
managed to kill seventy tiger .
 Then a unforeseen hurdle brought his mission to a standstill.
 The tiger population came to an extinct in the forest of
Pratibandapuram.
 Who knows whether the tigers practised birth control or
committed harakiri ?
 The Maharaja asked the dewan to draw statistics of the tiger
population in different native state and a girl from a royal
family.
 The Maharaja Jung Jung Bahadur married a girl where a large
number of tiger population was present.
 He killed five or six tigers whenever he visited his father in law
.
 In this manner ninety nine tiger skin adorned the walls of the
reception hall in Pratibandapuram.

13. PART V
 The Maharaja’s anxiety reached the peak when just one
tiger was left to achieve his tally of hundred.
 The Maharaja regularly reminded the late astrologer’s
phrophecy regarding his own death.
 The Maharaja announced a three year exemption from all
taxes for that village which informed him about a tiger.
 The Maharaja reached a forest and refused to go back
until the tiger was found.
 The dewan saw a tiger being brought from the People’s
Park in Madras .
 The next day the tiger was wandering in the jungle where
the Maharaja was hunting.
 The tiger came infront of the king and the Maharaja took
aim and shot.
 The beast fell down .

14.  The Maharaja was overwhelmed with joy after killing
the tiger.
 The hunters went to take a closer look at the tiger.
 The tiger looked back at them rolling its eyes in
bafflement.
 They realised that the tiger had just fainted from the
shock of the bullet whizzing past.
 The Maharaja missed the target.
 One of the hunter took aim from a distance and shot
the tiger.
 This time it killed it without missing his mark.
 Then as commanded by the king, the dead tiger was
buried and a tomb was created over it.

15.  A few days later the Maharaja’s son’s third birthday was
celebrated.
 The king decided to give his son a special gift on his
birthday.
 He went out to buy .
 The Maharaja spotted a wooden tiger in a toyshop and
decided to buy it .
 The wooden tiger cost only two annas and a quarter, but
the shopkeeper tricked the Maharaja and said the price of
three hundred rupees.
 On that day the Maharaja and the prince played with that
tiny little wooden tiger.
 Its surface was rough and tiny slivers of wood stood up
like quills all over it.
 One of those slivers pierced the Maharaja’s right hand but
he pulled it out and continued playing.

16.  The next day, infection flared in the Maharaja’s right
hand .
 In four days, it developed into a suppurating sore
which spread all over the arm.
 Three famous surgeons were brought in from
Madras.
 The three surgeons performed the operation came
out and announced, “ The operation is successful.
The Maharaja is dead.”
 In this manner the hundredth tiger took his final
revenge upon the tiger king .
 The astrologer’s words were proven true.

17.  Vistas
 www.wikipedia.com ( about the author)