Sketch the character of the Maharaja in the light of the prose piece "The Tiger King"
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"The Tiger King"
The maharaja of Pratibandapuram had many titles and sub names but he was popularly known as ‘the tiger king’ .he was called so because he was selfish enough to kill 99 tigers ruthlessly just for the sake of fulfilling the astrologer’s prediction .The king was fearless as he managed to kill 99 tigers wherein on the other hand he was foolish to believe in astrologers prediction. He wasn’t a good ruler and was least bothered about the people living in his kingdom .He even asked the toy seller to gift the toy to his son The king was an intelligent and manipulative man as he bribed the British officer to save his kingdom . He was not at all a man of principles even his marriage was a deal for him, so that he could kill 100 tigers he married a princess whose kingdom comprised of sizeable number of tigers and killed few tigers whenever he went to meet his father in law.