3. THE TIGER
KING
WHEN THE KING WAS BORN, THE
ASTROLOGERS OF THE KINGDOM
MADE A PROPHECY THAT THE TIGER
KING WOULD BE KILLED BY A TIGER
THE KING WAS BROUGHT UP BY AN
ENGLISH NANNY AND WATCHED
ENGLISH MOVIES
AT THE AGE OF 20, THE KINGDOM
HANDED OVER TO THE TIGER KING
4. COURT OF WARDS
IT WAS A SYSTEM DURING
THE RULE OF EAST OF INDIA
COMPANY
UNDER THIS RULE, THE
BRITISH PROTECTED A
KINGDOM UNTIL A MINOR
HEIR ATTAINED AN AGE OF
5. TIGER KING
THE TIGER KING CAME TO KNOW THAT
THE ASTROLOGERS HAVE MADE A
PROPHECY ABOUT HIS DEATH BY A
TIGER
THE TIGER KING ALSO HEARD ABOUT
THIS PROPHECY AND HE KILLED A
TIGER AND PRESENTED IT IN FRONT
OF THE ASTROLOGER
THE ASTROLOGER SAID THAT IT IS
7. TIGER KING
FROM THAT DAY ONWARDS THE KING
STARTED KILLING THE TIGERS
HE DID NOT ATTEND TO ANY OTHER
WORK OF THE KINGDOM
HE ALSO BANNED THE KILLING OF TIGERS
IN HIS KINGDOM
MANY TIMES HE FACED RISKS WHEN HE
FOUGHT WITH TIGERS
8. RISK OF LOSING
KINGDOM
ONCE THERE WAS A RISK OF LOSING
THE KINGDOM
ONE BRITISH OFFICER CAME TO
PRATIBANDAPURAM TO KILL TIGERS,
BUT THE KING REFUSED
THE BRITISH OFFICER’S SECRETARY
SAID TO THE KING THAT THE OFFICER
WOULD NOT KILL THE TIGER, HE JUST
WANTS A PHOTO WITH A KILLED TIGER
9. KING REFUSED
BUT THE KING REFUSED FOR
THE PHOTO ALSO BECAUSE
HE THOUGHT THAT IF HE
ALLOWED THEN OTHER
OFFICERS MIGHT COME FOR
HUNTING TIGERS
NOW, BECAUSE HE HAS SAID
‘NO’ TO A BRITISH OFFICER,
10. KING REFUSED
NOW, THE KING HAS TO SAVE HIS
KINGDOM BECAUSE HE HAS
REFUSED A BRITISH OFFICER
SO HE DISCUSSED WITH HIS DEWAN
THAT HOW HE CAN SAVE HIS
KINGDOM
THEN THEY WROTE A TELEGRAM TO
A BRITISH COMPANY OF JEWELLERS
OF CALCUTTA TO SEND EXPENSIVE
11. DIAMOND
RINGS
THEY RECEIVED 50 DIAMOND RINGS AND
THEY SENT THE RINGS TO OFFICER FOR
HIS WIFE
THE KING AND THE DEWAN THOUGHT
THAT SHE WOULD KEEP A FEW RINGS
AND SHE WOULD RETURN THE
REMAINING
BUT, THE OFFICER’S WIFE KEPT ALL THE
RINGS
12. HAPPY
THE KING LOST 3 LAKH RUPEES
BUT HE WAS HAPPY THAT HE
COULD SAVE HIS KINGDOM
THEN THE KING AGAIN STARTED
KILLING THE TIGERS AND HE HAD
KILLED 70 TIGERS IN THE FORESTS
OF HIS KINGDOM
THEN, HE FOUND THAT ALL THE
TIGERS IN THE FORESTS OF HIS
13. DEWAN
THE KING CALLS HIS DEWAN AND
ASKS HIM TO FIND A GIRL IN WHOSE
FATHER’S KINGDOM THERE ARE MANY
TIGERS
THE DEWAN FOUND SUCH A GIRL
WHOSE FATHER’S KINGDOM HAD A LOT
OF TIGERS IN THEIR FOREST AND THE
KING GOT MARRIED TO THAT GIRL
EVERY TIME HE WENT TO HIS IN-LAWS,
HE KILLED 5-6 TIGERS AND IN THIS
14. THE 100
TIGER
NOW THE PROBLEM WAS THAT THE KING
WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND THE 100TH
TIGER
SO HE WENT TO THE FOREST AND
WAITED IN HIS CAMP FOR MANY DAYS,
BUT HE COULD NOT FIND THE 100TH
TIGER
MANY MINISTERS LOST THEIR JOBS
AT LAST, THE KING CALLED THE DEWAN
15. THE 100
TIGER
THEN A TIGER WAS BROUGHT FROM
PEOPLE’S PARK, MADRAS AND IT WAS
KEPT AT DEWAN’S HOUSE
THEN AT NIGHT, THE DEWAN AND HIS
WIFE PUT THE TIGER INTO THEIR CAR
AND THEY LEFT THE TIGER IN THE
FOREST
IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TASK BECAUSE
THE TIGER WAS NOT WILLING TO MOVE
AND THE DEWAN HAD TO PUSH THE
16. THE 100
TIGER
THE NEXT DAY, THE KING SAW THE
TIGER AND HE AIMED AT IT AND THE
TIGER FELL INTO A CRUMPLED HEAP
THEN THE KING ORDERED TO BRING
THE TIGER TO THE KINGDOM IN A
PROCESSION
WHEN THE HUNTERS WENT CLOSE, THEY
FOUND THAT THE TIGER WAS STILL
ALIVE
20. PRINCE’S
BIRTHDAY
IT WAS THE PRINCE’S 3RD BIRTHDAY AND
THE KING DECIDED TO GIVE A GIFT TO
HIS SON
HE WENT TO THE MARKET AND SAW A
WOODEN TOY TIGER AND GIFTED IT TO
HIS SON
THEY PLAYED WITH IT FOR THE WHOLE
DAY
IT WAS MADE BY AN UNSKILLFUL ( NOT
22. THE 100
TIGER
THERE WERE SLIVERS ALL OVER THE
TOY TIGER
ONE SLIVER PIERCED THE KING’S
FINGER
HE PULLED IT OUT BUT IT CAUSED
INFECTION IN THE KING’S FINGER WHICH
SPREAD INTO HIS ARM
THE SURGEONS WERE CALLED FROM
23. THE SURGEONS
THE SURGEONS DECIDED TO
PERFORM A SURGERY TO REMOVE
INFECTION
AFTER SOMETIME, THEY CAME
OUT OF OPERATION THEATRE AND
ANNOUNCED - “THE SURGERY IS
SUCCESSFUL, THE KING IS DEAD”
IN THIS WAY, THE 100TH TIGER