INDIAN PRINCESSES

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 139, 10 December 1930, Page 15

INDIAN PRINCESSES

WHEN EAST GOES WEST

Many talented Indian women have arrived in London, the majority of them accompanying their husbands, who attended the Kound-TabJe Conference on India's future government, states the "Daily Mail." . Among the mosj; interesting was the Maharanee of Baroda^ who in her younger days was a famous tiger shot and big-game hunter. She is a fluent English conversationalist, and knows England and the Continent intimately. It was she who gave the lead to the women's movement in India, bringing all he^r influence to bear on the social and educational problems eon corning women in her State. Several of the maharauees arc being seen very little socially, as they are strict purdah, which means that" their religious and racial conventions prevent them from taking part in public functions. The Maharanee of Kashmir has relaxed a. little from the restrictions. Western hostesses.find her a fascinating personality. She is slight, with tho dark hair of her race, but a very fair complexion. She speaks good English, and is witty. Her first visit to the western world was made to Berlin recently, which, she declared, delighted her, but she has not visited England before. The Eanl of Sangli, who aeeompanies her husband, the Chiof of Sangli, is very interested in the education of Indian women and girls. She is enthusiastic about the Girl Guide movement, which she heads in her own State, and went to Scotland to attend a conference of the organisation. An Indian woman orator is Mrs. Shah Nawaz, daughter of Sir Muhammed Shall. She visited various places of interest in Landon, and is a delegate to the conference. Her mother, Lady Sliafi, who is also in London, is one of India's most notable hostesses. The King and Queen entertained the Indian Princes attending the conference at a dinner party at Buckingham Palace. They were the guests of the Princo of Wales at a private dinner party at York House. The Buckingham Palace function was very brilliant.