Jaipur’s Last Stand

Re:Jaipur’s Last Stand by nondravidian on Monday August 02, 2021 @08:49AM (#28035823)

1. They were gotten rid off long before Indira Gandhi came anywhere close to power. What she did do, was legislate the abolition of privy purses. These were part of the agreement that the GoI had with the princes at the time of accession. Indira violated that contract, because she was in power.

Her primary sins: 1. Emergency 2. Nationalization of banks, and other leftist causes. 3. Abolition of privy purses.

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Re:Jaipur’s Last Stand by e3bc54b2 on Monday August 02, 2021 @10:02AM (#28036637)

Hah. When I read about those privy purses I think about the startups dumping venture capital.

The GoI poured money on royals when they were entering 'the market' (governance), and when they had a strong market standing, they pulled a bait and switch, and raised prices (stopped giving out massive discounts, a.la. Uber, WeWork).

Not that I'm complaining, 9/10 royals where horrible people completely disconnected from the general population. Good riddance.

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