N.Z. Tutor Of Indian Prince Back Home

Chronicle (Levin), 13 March 1948, Page 4

N.Z. Tutor Of Indian Prince Back Home

After an absenee of 24 years, Mf. M. A. Young, tutor to the heir apparent of the Indian State of Baroda, Prince Fatesingh Gaekwar, has arrived back in New Zealand by air from Sydney. He is -on a' three months' visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs.' 'A. Young, of Wellington. The 17-year-old Prince is at 'prfesefiO *studying for tlie equivalent of the irniversity . 1 entrance examination and .expects to go to Cambridge: University next year. SubjectS in which" Mr. Young has_ been coaching include - English, (history and geography. His pupil is ■ apt, he says. ' • ■ ' 1 - Oricket ' is the Prince's main interest and she was coached _by Hazare,..who was with the. Indian team which recently completed a tour of Australia. The main interes,^ iftis ) |atLer '-s , thb t Mahara j ah, is Tacing. ? -■ ":fi " "RoWers %Shorn Off" Barodauenclosed in North Bombay, is one of the most important Hindu States which aeceded to the Dominion of India, the others being Gwaliof, Kashmir and .Mysore. Mr. Young has been in Baroda for about eight years. The powers of the Indian princes have heen "shorn off" he said, and sovereignty now rests with Congfess. It was difficult to give an opinion where India was going, as conditions were still in a state- of flux. Hy'derabad, which retained a quasi-independence, could not hold out- long before being forced to accede to India, he thought. a