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Rolls Royce Story of Indian King

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How Maharaja of Alwar took revenge on Rolls-Royce by turning them into garbage collectors This story of Indian King Jai Singh, Maharaja of Alwar (Rajasthan) is one of the bizarre stories you will come across in the Indian history. One fine morning during the 1920s, an Indian strolled into a Rolls- Royce dealership in central London to ask about the specifications and cost of the Phantom II Tourer. Wearing casual clothing that didn't befit a typical Rolls-Royce customer, the salesman reprimanded him away, and advised him to stop wasting his time. Much to his dismay that the "shabby" Indian was the past Maharaja of Alwar, the honourable King Jai Singh.  Now, our maharajas had a penchant for Rolls- Royce cars. Indeed, even on chasing undertakings, the elitist chauvinists needed to have a Rolls available to them, albeit modified to make the process of slaying animals that much easier. It is said that on average, every maharaja had 3·5 Rollers. Since there were around 230 sign...