The Autobiography of an Indian Princess

by Maharani of Cooch Behar Sunity Devee

INDEX

• Abergavenny, Lady, twin daughters, [127];
• dance, [127]
• Abhishek ceremony, [201]
• Adams, Captain, [219]
• Adamson, Dr., [191]
• Albani, Mdme., [123]
• Alexandra, Empress of Russia, at Windsor Castle, [117]
• Alexandra, Queen, kindness to the Maharani of Cooch Behar, [106], [115], [121];
• portrait, [120];
• at Hatfield House, [128];
• the Buckingham Palace review, [172];
• death of her husband, [188], [237];
• receives the Maharani of Cooch Behar, [188];
• message of condolence on the death of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [194]
• Amir Ali, Lady, [167]
• Anderson, Dr., [216]
• Anderson, Mary, [123]
• Ascot, [207]
• Asram establishment, [7], [20]
• Bagpipes, the, [131]
• Bagshot, [162]
• Baird, Colonel and Mrs., [150]
• Banerjee, Dr., attends the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [192]
• Barnes, Sir H., [177]
• Baroda, Gaikwar of, [208]
• Baroda, Maharani of, [103]
• Baroda, Princess Indira of, [208];
• marriage, [209].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• “Bart-Auta,” meaning of, [25]
• Battenberg, Prince Henry of, [120]
• Battle, [169]
• Bayley, Lady, [150]
• Beatrice, H.R.H. Princess, [118], [120], [237]
• Belghuria garden-house, [7], [29]
• Benares, Ward’s institution at, [42]
• Bengal, marriage customs, [34-37]
• Betel leaves, use of, [75], [94]
• Bethune College, [15]
• Beverley, Mrs., [237]
• Bexhill, [169], [190]
• “Bhaikota,” festival, [38]
• Bhopal, H.H. the Begum of, [217]
• Bignell, Mr., [105]
• Bignell, Mrs., [118]
• Bikanir, Maharajah of, [230]
• Birdwood, General, [237]
• Blair Atholl, [130];
• bagpipes, [131]
• Blood, General and Lady, [237]
• Bombay, [136], [185], [239]
• Brahmins, [2]
• Brahmo or Religion of the New Dispensation, [2], [8]
• Brahmo Act, [70]
• “Brahmo-Somaj, The History of the,” [68]
• Brahmuna, the god, [2]
• Brighton, [125]
• British Museum, [123]
• Browne, Lord Ulick, [74]
• Browne, Colonel, [204]
• Buckingham Palace, garden-party, [118];
• review at, [172]
• Burdwan, [78-80];
• palace at, [79];
• zoological garden, [80]
• Burn, Colonel and the Hon. Mrs., [150], [237]
• Bury, Lord, [183]
• Cadet Corps, [167], [179], [185], [220], [227]
• Calcutta, [67], [136], [144];
• London National Indian Association, branch at, [222];
• Masonic meeting, [204];
• Presidency College, [77];
• technical school, [240];
• Victoria College, [21], [240]
• Cambridge, Jesus College, [131]
• Carmichael, Lady, [205], [223]
• Carmichael, Lord, Governor of Bengal, [203], [205], [222]
• Carnduff, Sir Henry, [136]
• Carter, Mr., school at Farnborough, [162]
• Caste, meaning of, [2], [8]
• Chatterjee, Hari Mohum, [151]
• Chaurakaran ceremony, [44]
• Chowdhuri, Sir A. A., [8]
• Chuckerbutty, Jadab Chandra, Magistrate of Cooch Behar, [45], [50];
• letter to Prosonna Babu, [52];
• letter from Mr. Dalton, [57-60]
• Churchill, Lady Randolph, [126]
• Civil Marriage Act, [42]
• Cobb, Miss, letter from K. C. Sen, [71-75]
• Cochrane, Miss Minnie, [169], [237]
• Colombo, [147]
• Connaught, H.R.H. Duchess of, [112], [118], [174];
• at the Delhi Durbar, [178];
• visits the Maharani of Cooch Behar, [182];
• on the death of Rajey, [213]
• Connaught, H.R.H. Duke of, [174];
• at the Delhi Durbar, [178];
• death of his wife, [237]
• Connaught, Prince Arthur of, [162]
• Cooch Behar, Church of the New Dispensation, [90];
• legends, [90];
• the old palace, [92];
• the new, [92];
• Masonic Lodge, [96];
• climate, [98];
• number of flying insects, [144];
• the Pilkhana, [146];
• administration, [203], [228], [240];
• mausoleum, [213]
• Cooch Behar, Dowager Maharani, [80]
• Cooch Behar, Prince Hitty of, birth, [143];
• attack of pneumonia, [144];
• school at Farnborough, [170];
• death, [238]
• Cooch Behar, Princess Indira of, [209], [238];
• at Bombay, [239]
• Cooch Behar, Prince Jitendra of, birth, [90];
• attack of bronchitis, [106];
• at Windsor Castle, [117];
• loyalty, [139];
• conjuring tricks, [142];
• at Eton, [166], [170];
• joins the Cadet Corps, [166], [168], [170];
• in England, [182];
• at Bexhill, [192];
• marriage, [209];
• administration of Cooch Behar, [228], [240];
• children, [229];
• on the death of his father and brother, [229], [238];
• at Bombay, [239]
• Cooch Behar, Princess Nirupoma of, [229]
• Cooch Behar, Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, Maharajah of, [42];
• the “Poonyah” festival, [40];
• education, [42];
• at Benares, [43];
• Patna, [43];
• tutor, [43];
• at the Delhi Durbar, [44];
• presented with the Kaisar-i-Hind medal, [44];
• negotiations for his marriage, [44-53], [55-60];
• in England, [45], [50], [67], [103];
• views on polygamy, [53];
• meeting with his future wife, [54];
• betrothal, [54-56];
• marriage ceremonies, [61-67], [78];
• at Darjeeling, [67];
• return to India, [77];
• joins the Presidency College, [77];
• reception at Burdwan, [79];
• at Calcutta, [80], [137];
• strict views, [81];
• installed ruler, [86];
• development of the State, [95];
• founds a college, [96];
• received by Queen Victoria, [108];
• dress at the Guildhall, [114];
• characteristics, [116];
• at Windsor Castle, [119-121];
• G.C.I.E. conferred, [125];
• at Blair Atholl, [130];
• death of his step-sister, [139];
• love of animals, [146];
• elephant, [146], [195];
• shooting parties, [152-156];
• sports, [156];
• simple life, [157];
• A.D.C. to King Edward VII., [172];
• accident at polo, [184];
• illness, [185], [188-194];
• grief at the King’s death, [186];
• at St. George’s Chapel, [187];
• at Bexhill, [190];
• death, [194];
• funeral, [194]
• Cooch Behar, Princess Prativa (or Pretty) of, birth, [147];
• in England, [182];
• appearance, [182];
• character, [183];
• illness, [189];
• marriage, [203].
• See [Mander]
• Cooch Behar, Prince Raj Rajendra of, birth, [83];
• nickname, [85];
• appearance, [98];
• attack of typhoid fever, [98], [216];
• characteristics, [99-101], [141], [202];
• in London, [106];
• at Windsor Castle, [117];
• education, [158-160];
• at Mayo College, [159];
• school at Farnborough, [162];
• at Eton, [162];
• Oxford, [166];
• joins the Cadet Corps, [167];
• at Ditton Park, [170];
• attends the Coronation of King Edward VII., [172];
• appointed to a commission in the Westminster Dragoons, [172];
• plays in a polo match at Trouville, [174];
• accident, [175];
• at the Delhi Durbar, [177];
• illness [178], [189], [206-211];
• ordered to England, [179];
• in England, [182], [189], [205];
• attends the funeral of his father, [195];
• succeeds to the Gadi, [199];
• devotion to his mother, [199];
• predictions of his death, [200];
• dismisses the Dewan, [200];
• pays homage to his mother, [201];
• attack of ptomaine poisoning, [204];
• at a nursing home, [206];
• at Cromer, [208];
• death, [211];
• funeral, [212]
• Cooch Behar, Princess Sudhira of, birth, [147];
• in England, [182];
• appearance, [185];
• operation, [189];
• marriage, [230].
• See [Mander]
• Cooch Behar, Princess Sukriti of, birth, [89];
• simple life, [141];
• acts charades, [145];
• marriage, [165];
• birth of a child, [176];
• attack of fever, [176]
• Cooch Behar, Sunity, Maharani of, [66], [69];
• marriage ceremonies, [61-67], [78];
• return to Calcutta, [67], [80], [136], [144], [176];
• life at Lily Cottage, [75];
• governess, [76];
• joined by her husband, [77];
• reception at Burdwan, [79];
• strict ideas of her husband, [81];
• birth of her sons, [83], [90], [137], [143];
• death of her father, [87];
• birth of her daughters, [89], [147];
• life at Cooch Behar, [93-95];
• death of her mother-in-law, [97];
• food, [97];
• voyage to England, [103-105], [169], [182], [186], [205], [236];
• at the Grosvenor Hotel, [105];
• received by Queen Victoria, [107-109];
• attends the Drawing Room, [108];
• at the State ball, [110];
• the Jubilee, [111-113];
• Windsor Castle, [113], [117], [119-121], [187];
• gift to Queen Victoria, [114], [117];
• at Buckingham Palace garden party, [118];
• gift from Queen Victoria, [120];
• at the theatre, [123];
• the Naval Review, [123];
• at Edinburgh, [124];
• Brighton, [125];
• social functions, [126-130];
• at Hatfield House, [128], [129];
• lost in the maze, [128];
• at Blair Atholl, [130];
• Cambridge, [131];
• Studley Royal, [132];
• voyage to India, [135], [196];
• at Malta, [135];
• Bombay, [136], [185], [239];
• tennis parties, [139];
• sons, [141-143];
• at Darjeeling, [144];
• Colombo, [147];
• entertainments, [148];
• visit to a Maharani, [149];
• shooting parties, [150-156];
• simple life, [157];
• parting with her son Rajey, [158];
• on the education of her sons, [160-164];
• death of her mother, [164];
• marriage of her daughters, [165], [203], [230];
• in Switzerland, [170];
• at Ditton Park, [170];
• the Coronation ceremonies, [172-174], [190];
• presented with a medal, [173];
• dress at the Court, [173];
• grandchildren, [176], [236];
• at the Delhi Durbar, [177];
• Marlborough House, [183];
• interview with Queen Alexandra, [188];
• illness, [189];
• at Bexhill, [190];
• illness of her husband, [190-194];
• grief at his death, [194-198];
• marriage of her sons, [209], [229];
• death of her sons, [211], [238];
• acquaintance with Viceroys, [215-222];
• dines with Lord Elgin, [219];
• “Nine Ideal Indian Women,” [231];
• pilgrimage to Sarag-duar, [232];
• old friends, [237]
• Cooch Behar, Prince Victor of, birth, [137];
• godmother, [137];
• characteristics, [137], [143];
• devotion to his brother Jit, [137], [229];
• at Eton, [166], [170];
• joins the Cadet Corps, [168], [227];
• at Cuba, [227];
• marriage, [229]
• Coolootola, [1], [12], [16], [26]
• Creagh, Sir O’Moore, Commander-in-Chief in India, [221]
• Crewe, Lord and Lady, [106]
• Cromer, [208]
• Cross, Lady, [109]
• Cross, Lord, Secretary of State for India, [107]
• Cuba, [227]
• Curzon, Lady, [220];
• at the Delhi Durbar, [178]
• Curzon, Lord, Viceroy of India, [145], [160], [219], [226];
• Cadet Corps, [167], [220];
• speech at the Delhi Durbar, [178];
• treatment of the Maharani of Cooch Behar, [225];
• policy, [220], [226]
• Cutch, Maharajah of, [128]
• Dalmeny, Lord, [106]
• Dalton, Godfrey T., [44], [49], [65], [74];
• letter to the Maharajah Sen, [50-52];
• to Chuckerbutty, [57-60]
• Dane, Sir Louis, [185]
• Darjeeling, [144], [176];
• school at, [240]
• Datchet, [170]
• Delhi, Durbar at, [44], [176];
• elephant procession, [177];
• Hospital, [216]
• Denmark, King of, at the Buckingham Palace State ball, [110]
• Derby, the, [206]
• Dhruba, story of, [234]
• Ditton Park, [170];
• toy railway, [170]
• Diver, Maud, [235]
• Dover, [206]
• Dufferin, Lady, book on India, [87], [216];
• starts the Delhi Hospital, [216]
• Dufferin, Lord, Viceroy of India, [8], [136], [156], [216]
• Dugdale, Col. Frank and Lady Eva, [150]
• Duke, Sir William, [223]
• Durham, Earl of, twin brother, [127]
• Durnford, Sir Walter, Provost of King’s College, Cambridge, [162]
• Duth, Calica Das, the Dewan, [57], [89], [137]
• Eden, Sir Ashley, [105]
• Edinburgh, [124]
• Edinburgh, H.R.H. the Duke of, at Malta, [135]
• Edward VII., King, kindly tact, [114];
• liking for the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [116];
• at Goodwood races, [125];
• personality, [126];
• Coronation, [129], [171-174];
• illness, [171];
• presents medals, [173];
• holds a Court, [173];
• State Ball, [173];
• death, [185]
• Eldridge, Mrs., [93], [143], [151];
• marriage, [135]
• Elephants at Cooch Behar, [146];
• procession at Delhi, [177]
• Elgin, Lady, [218]
• Elgin, Lord, Viceroy of India, [218]
• Elliott, Lady, [139], [223]
• Elliott, Sir Charles, Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, [160]
• Elphinstone, Lord, [124]
• Elphinstone, Mr., [150]
• Englefield Green, [182]
• Etawah, [12];
• massacre at, [13]
• Eton, [162]
• Farnborough, [162]
• Francis, [193]
• Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, [139]
• Frederick, Emperor of Germany, at the Jubilee, [112], [117]
• Frederick, Empress, of Germany, at the Guildhall, [115]
• “Fullsaya,” or flower ceremony, [37]
• Galloway, Lord and Lady, [150]
• Ganesh, the god, [33]
• Ganges, [180], [234]
• Ganges, the, [103]
• Garth, Sir R., [151]
• George V., King, [126];
• visit to India, [184];
• Coronation, [190];
• message of condolence on the death of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [194]
• George, King of Greece, at the Buckingham Palace State ball, [110]
• Ghosal, Jyotsna, [164];
• marriage, [165];
• at Dover, [206]
• Ghose, B., private tutor to Rajey, [158]
• Ghose, Dewan P., at Bexhill, [193]
• Girlie, Princess, [89].
• See [Cooch Behar], [Sukriti]
• Glamis Castle, [131]
• Goodwood races, [125]
• Gordon, Colonel and Mrs. Evans, [151]
• Government officials in India character of, [225], [236]
• Grosvenor Hotel, [105]
• Guildhall, party at the, [114]
• Gwalior, Maharajah of, [230]
• H⸺, Mr., [226]
• Hamilton, Lord Frederick, [150]
• Hanover, Princess Frederica of, [172]
• Harbord, Capt. Charles, [148].
• See [Suffield]
• Hardinge, Lord, Viceroy of India, [222]
• Hardwar, [231]
• Harischandra, story of, [231]
• Hatfield House, [128];
• maze, [128]
• Haughton, Colonel, Commissioner for Cooch Behar, [42]
• Headfort, Lady, [127], [237]
• Headfort, Lord, [127]
• Hemming, Miss, [16]
• Hermitage, the, [144]
• Hesse, Grand Duke of, [112], [173]
• Hewitt, Lady, [150], [237]
• Himalayas, the, [93], [231]
• Hindu women, ignorance, [241]
• Hitty, Prince, [143].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Holmes, Mdme. Oliver, [123]
• Holmwood, Lady, [223]
• Holyrood Palace, [124]
• “Hooly,” festival, [37]
• Howrah, [239]
• Hyde, Lord, [150]
• Hyde Park, [106]
• Idar, Maharajah of, [230]
• Ilbert Bill, [215]
• Ilchester, Lord, [150]
• Imperial, Prince, picture of, [124]
• India, festivals, [38-41];
• Civil Marriage Act, [42];
• ancient and spiritual land, [234]
• India Office, party at, [129]
• Indian women, [241];
• devotion to their husbands, [13-15], [33]
• Indira, Princess, [208].
• See [Baroda]
• Insects, flying, number of, [144]
• Jadab Babu, [46], [57]
• “Jamai Tashti,” festival, [39]
• Jatras, or open-air operas, [18], [40], [183]
• Jenkins, Lady, [223]
• Jersey, Lord, [150]
• Jitendra, Prince, [90].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Jubbalpore, [13]
• “Jurini” ceremony, [56]
• Kaka Babu, [12]
• Kaisar-i-Hind medal, [44]
• Kali, the god, [33]
• Kamari, [32]
• Kandy, temple at, [147]
• Kapurthala, Maharajah of, [230]
• Kastogir, Miss, [7]
• Katnyas, the, [3]
• Kennedy House, [145]
• Kinnaird, Mr. and Miss, [114]
• Kinsky, Prince Charles, [140]
• Kitchener, Lord, [224]
• Kneller, St. John, tutor to Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [43], [54]
• Krishna, the Hindu god, [37]
• Kurseong, [176]
• L., Mr., [226]
• Lachman, [234]
• Lafont, Father, [85]
• Lansdowne, Lady, [148], [150], [237];
• kindness to the Maharani of Cooch Behar, [217]
• Lansdowne, Lord, Viceroy of India, [150], [158], [217], [237]
• Lakshmi, goddess of luck, [33], [36]
• Leeds, Duchess of, ball, [127]
• Lily Cottage, [75], [136], [164], [239];
• sanctuary at, [37], [76]
• Lind, Letty, [116]
• Lock, Colonel William, principal of Mayo College, [158]
• London National Indian Association, branch at Calcutta, [222]
• Lonsdale, Lord and Lady, [150], [175]
• Loretto Convent, [32]
• Lotus, blue, [175]
• Lowther Castle, [175]
• Luddhi, Miss, [28]
• Lumsden, Colonel, [150]
• Lytton, Lord, Viceroy of India, [44], [215]
• M⸺, Mrs. H., at the Delhi Durbar, [177]
• Mahalanobis, Sadhu, [31]
• Maharajahs, stories of, [10-12], [23], [90], [180];
• education of their sons, [163]
• Maharani, visit to a, [148-150]
• Maharanis, position, [96]
• Malta, [135]
• Manchester, Duke of, [124]
• Mander, Alan, [236];
• marriage, [230]
• Mander, Lionel, marriage, [203]
• Mander, Princess Prativa, [203]
• Mander, Princess Sudhira, birth of a daughter, [236];
• devotion to her mother, [239]
• Mantua, the, [224]
• Marlborough House, [121], [183]
• Marriage customs in Bengal, [34-37]
• Mary, Queen, [106];
• appearance, [107];
• children, [184];
• visit to India, [184];
• message of condolence on the death of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [194];
• interest in India, [235]
• Mayo Collage, [158], [230]
• Mazdidi, [84]
• McConnell, Dr., [143]
• Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Duke of, [130]
• Minto, Lady, [150], [183], [208], [220];
• fancy dress, [221]
• Minto, Lord, Viceroy of India, [150], [220]
• Moghulhat, [91]
• Monghyr, [9]
• Moor Hall, [169]
• Morgan, Rev. Henry A., Master of Jesus College, [131]
• Morgan, Mrs., [132]
• Mourbhanj, Maharajah of, [30], [203]
• Muir, Captain, [114]
• Mukerji, Babu Kasi Kanto, [43]
• Naval Review, [123]
• Neville, Lady Rose and Lady Violet, [127]
• Newcastle, incident at, [133]
• “Nine Ideal Indian Women,” [231]
• Normal School, Native Ladies, [20]
• Oakley, [141]
• Orleans, Princess Hélène of, [128]
• Panga, [139]
• Park Close, [182]
• Patna, Government College, [43]
• Pemberton, Mrs., [151]
• Pembroke, Lord, [150]
• Perrier, Mrs., [223]
• Pigot, Miss, [21], [49], [57]
• Playfair, Sir Patrick, [184]
• Pless, Prince Henry of, [151]
• Pless, Princess Henry of, [151], [172]
• Polo team, at Trouville, [174]
• “Poonyah,” or “the Day of Good Luck,” festival, [39-41]
• Port Said, [104]
• Prativa, Princess, [147].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Prinsep, Lady, [150]
• Prosonna Babu, [46], [48];
• letter from Babu Chuckerbutty, [52]
• Raikut, J., [104]
• Raj-Kumari, [80]
• Rajputana, [158]
• Raj Rajendra, Prince, [83].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Ram Chandra, [175]
• Reilly, Kate, [148]
• Revelstoke, Lady, ball, [127]
• Ripon, Lady, [127], [215];
• at Studley Royal, [132]
• Ripon, Lord, Viceroy of India, [132], [215]
• Risien-Russell, Dr., [206], [211]
• Roberts, Mrs., [237]
• Ronaldshay, Lady, [223]
• Ronaldshay, Lord, Governor of Bengal, [223]
• Rose-bank, [145]
• Rosebery, Lady, [106]
• Roy, Rev. Gour Govind, [67]
• S⸺, Miss, [76]
• Sadhankanan, [21]
• Sadharan-Somaj, Church, [68]
• Salisbury, Lady, [109], [129]
• Salisbury, Lord, [129]
• Salterne, Lady, [131]
• Sandringham, [134]
• Sarag-duar (the Door of Heaven), [232]
• Sassoon, Mrs. Arthur, [126]
• Sassoon, Sir Edward and Lady, [150]
• Sati, story of, [231]
• Scott, Miss, [209], [210]
• Sen, Bino, [27], [30].
• See [Sen, Savitri]
• Sen, Karuna, birth, [6];
• education, [15];
• nickname, [25];
• religious views, [28]
• Sen, Keshub Chunder, [1];
• religious views, [2-4], [20], [24];
• marriage, [3];
• conversion, [6];
• illness, [6], [86];
• personality, [7];
• appearance, [8];
• gifted with extraordinary powers, [8];
• stories, [9-12];
• motto, [20];
• Native Ladies’ Normal School, [20];
• Victoria College, [21];
• negotiations on his daughter’s marriage, [46-57];
• letter from Mr. Dalton, [50-52];
• letter to Miss Cobb, [71-75];
• death, [87];
• mausoleum, [87]
• Sen, Mrs. (mother of the Maharani), character, [1];
• marriage, [3];
• accompanies her husband, [4];
• visions, [4], [12];
• birth of a son, [6];
• appearance, [22];
• relates stories, [23];
• children, [28-31];
• on the marriage of her daughter, [64];
• keys, [77];
• death of her husband, [87];
• death, [164]
• Sen, Miss, [164]
• Sen, Monica, disposition, [31];
• marriage, [31]
• Sen, Nirmal, [28];
• marriage, [28];
• visit to England, [104];
• at Bexhill, [191]
• Sen, Rev. P. L., [195], [199]
• Sen, Profullo, [28];
• illness, [29];
• pet names, [29];
• marriage, [29];
• visit to England, [104];
• return to India, [134]
• Sen, Saral, [29];
• characteristics, [29];
• pet name, [29];
• care of his sisters, [164];
• marriage, [164];
• nurses the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, [192]
• Sen, Savitri, story of, [27];
• pet name, [27], [30];
• marriage, [30];
• twins, [138]
• Sen, Subrata, [29];
• pet name, [29];
• marriage, [29]
• Sen, Sucharu, sad history, [30];
• marriage, [30];
• death of her husband, [31]
• Sen, Sujata, character, [31];
• marriage, [31]
• Sen, Sunity, birth, [1];
• parents, [1-3];
• childhood, [15-19];
• education, [15];
• attack of fever, [16], [48];
• grandmother, [17];
• vows, [19];
• religious views, [24];
• haunted by cats, [27];
• brothers and sisters, [28-31];
• ambition, [32];
• negotiations for her marriage, [46-53], [55-60];
• meeting with her future husband, [54];
• betrothal, [54-56];
• journey to Cooch Behar, [60];
• marriage ceremonies, [61-67].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Sen’s House, [1], [26];
• haunted, [26]
• Sergius, Grand Duchess, [111]
• Serpentine, the, [106]
• Shakespeare, W., “Winter’s Tale,” [123]
• Simla, [85], [144]
• Simpson, Sir Benjamin, photographs, [155]
• Sing, S., [104]
• Siva, the god, [90]
• Slough, [170]
• Soap, attempt to make, [26]
• Souls of the poor, legend, [101]
• Strathmore, Lady, [130]
• Streatfeild, Colonel and Lady Florence, [150]
• Studley Royal, [132], [133]
• Sudan, legend, [180]
• Sudhira, Princess, [147].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Sudhras, the, [3]
• Suffield, Lady, [127], [187], [237]
• Suffield, Charles, Lord, [148], [150], [237]
• Sukriti, Princess, [89].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Sutherland, Duke of, [150]
• Switzerland, [170]
• Tagore, Maharshi Debendra Nath, [3], [5], [70], [166]
• Tagore, Sir Rabindra Nath, [166]
• Teck, Duchess of, [106];
• personality, [106]
• Temple, Sir Richard, Lieut.-Governor of Bengal, [45]
• Territet, [170]
• Thakoorma, [17]
• Thomson, Sir Rivers, Lieut.-Governor of Bengal, [86]
• Thorne, Dr. Beasley, [188], [192]
• Tichborne, Sir Henry, [151]
• Tigers, [152]
• Tilbury Docks, [105]
• Tower of London, [124]
• Trouville, polo team at, [174]
• Turin, Count of, [150]
• Tussaud, Madame, [124]
• Typhoid fever, case of, [241]
• Varan ceremony, [63], [136]
• Victor, Prince, [137].
• See [Cooch Behar]
• Victoria College, Calcutta, [21], [28], [240]
• Victoria Institute, foundation, stone laid, [185]
• Victoria, Princess, [128]
• Victoria, Queen, proclaimed Empress of India, [44];
• Jubilee, [103], [111-113];
• receives the Maharani of Cooch Behar, [107-109];
• holds a Drawing Room, [108-110];
• State ball, [110];
• gift from the Maharani, [114], [117];
• garden-party, [118];
• godmother to Prince Victor, [137];
• the “Good Queen,” [169];
• death, [169];
• mausoleum, [169]
• Villeneuve, [170]
• Violin concert, [127]
• Vyner, Mrs., [132]
• Waldstein, Count, [154];
• attack of fever, [155];
• death, [155]
• Warwick, Lady, [174]
• Wenlock, Lady, [217]
• White, Mrs., [77]
• William II., Emperor of Germany, at Buckingham Palace, [113]
• Windsor Castle, [113], [117], [119], [187]
• Wood, Mrs. Nicholas, [167]
• Woodlands, [82], [136], [165], [176]

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