TheTi

gerKi
ngbyKal
ki(
Vist
as)

TheTigerKi
ngisastorywr i
tt
enbyKalki.
Iti
sbasedonpoli
ti
calsati
reandhehaspresent
edi
t
humourousl
ytothereaders.
HereIam goingtowri
teabouti
tssummr yinsi
mpleengli
shsot
hat
youcanunderst
andthelessonproperl
yandIhopeItwil
lbehelpful
ltoyout
oattemptthe
quest
ionsanswersi
ny ourexaminat
ions.

Aboutt
heaut
hor
Kal
kitheaut horofthe"TheTigerKi
ng"Wasbornon9Sepet ember1899inPutt
amangal
am i
n
Thanjavur.Kal
kiwast hepennameofR.Kr
ishnamurt
hy,anotedTamilwri
ter
,f
il
m &music
cr
iti
c,
Indianindependenceacti
vi
standj
our
nali
stfr
om TamilNadu.Hepassedawayon5th
December1954.

Summar
yoft
hest
ory
TheTi gerKingi sashor tpol iti
cal sati
reont hepr i
deandegoofki ngsinpar ti
cular,andofal l
thosei npoweri ngener al.Ital sodr awsat t
enti
ont ot hecruelt
ybei ngmet edoutt oani malsand
callsformeasur est opr otectt het i
gerwhi chiscloset oexti
nction.Kalkibeginsonahumour ous
not etel
li
ngt hereadert hatt heTi gerKi ng,heisgoi ngt ointr
oduceust o,isalreadydead.To
relatethemannerofhi sdeat hhebegi nswi ththedayt hiskingwasbor n.TheTi gerKi ngwas
bor nasJilaniJungJungBahadur ,Mahar ajaofPrat ibandapuram.Ast r
ologerspr edictedthatt he
kingwoul donedaydi e.Hear ingt heinevit
able,av oicespokeandaskedt hem tobemor e
exact i
ngrathert hanstat ewhatev ery
oneknew.Al l stoodstunnedt oseet hatitwast hetenday
oldJungBahadurwhohadnotonl yspokenbutspokeni nt
elli
gently.
Thechi efastrologert hen
announcedt hattheMahar ajawoul ddiebyat i
ger.Agai nthechildspokesay ingterrifyi
ng, "
let
ti
ger sbewar e".OfcourseKal ki t
heaut horadmi tsthatt hiscouldhav ear umour ,buti tdidmat ch
whatf oll
owed.

theaget wenty, Ji
lani
JungJungBahadurascendedt hethrone.Hesoonlearntoft
he
predi
tct
ionandsetoutt okil
lhisfi
rstti
ger.Heproudlyannouncedthi
stothechiefast
rol
oger
onlytolear
nt hatitwouldbet hehundredt
ht i
gerthatwouldbehisundoing.Taki
ngthi
sasa
chall
engetheki ngdeclaredthatonlyhewouldhav etheri
ghttohuntti
gersinhiski
ngdom.
Withi
nteny earsheki l
ledseventyti
gers,
somewi theaseandsomeaf terafight
,buthedi
dkil
l
them all.Butt
hisresultedinthepopulationoft i
gersbecomingexti
nctinPrati
bandapuram.He
resol
v edthisproblem bymar ryi
ngintother oy alfami
lyofastatewhichhadagr eatnumberof
ti
gersandsoont ookhi sscoreuptoninetyni ne.Nowt hehundredt
htigerseemedt obe
i
mpossi bl
etofind.Followingasurgeint heki ng'sbadtemperamenttheDewanar r
angedfora
ti
gerfrom apar k,andtheki ngful
fi
ll
edhi stargetbyshoot i
ngthisti
ger.Yetunknowntohim,hi
s
shotdi dnotkil
lthetiger,sohisscoreremai nedatni net
ynine.Theti
gerwaski l
ledbyoneofhis
men, andbur i
edaspert heking'
sorder.

Onhisson'sthir
dbir
thdayt
hekingboughtawoodent i
gerasagift
.Whilethekingandthe
pri
ncewerepl ay
ingwit
hthewoodent oyti
ger.awoodenspli
nterpi
ercedtheking'
shand.Thi s
ti
nyinj
uryflar
eduptosuchamaj orsorethatithadt
obeoperated.TheTigerkingdieddur
ing
theoperat
ion.Soinadramati
calandironi
calmanner,t
hehundredthti
gerfinal
l
ykil
ledtheking.

Quest
ionsandanswer
s
Q1.Whoi
stheTi
gerki
ng?Whydoeshegett
hatname?

Ans:TheTigerkingi
stheki
ngofPr
ati
bandapuram,SirJil
aniJungJungBahadur
.Hegotthat
namebecausewhenhewasbor n,t
hechiefastr
ologertol
dt hathi
sdeat
hwouldcomefr
om a
ti
ger
,fort
hisreasonhedet
ermi
netoki
llt
igerandhuntedt hem inhi
sent
ir
eli
fe.

Q2.Whatdi
dther
oyal
inf
antgr
owupt
obe?

Ans:
Theroy
ali
nfantgr
ewupt obeafi
nehunterandmarksman.hegr
ewtal
lerandst
ronger
.
Whenhewasaboyhedr ankmil
kofanengl
i
shcow, hewastut
oredbyanengli
shmanandhe
sawengl
i
shmovie.

Q3.Whatwi
l
ltheMahar
ajadot
ofi
ndt
her
equi
rednumberoft
iger
stoki
l
l?

Ans:TheMaharajahadki
ll
edsevent
yti
gersquit
esuccessfull
ybutbythentheti
gerpopul
ationi
n
hi
skingdom becameexti
nct.
Sotheki
ngdecidedtomarrr
yi ntheroy
alfamil
yofastatewhich
havealar
gepopulati
onofti
gersandhecont
inuedwit
hhismi ssionofti
gerhunt
ing.

Q4.Howwil
ltheMahar
ajapr
epar
ehi
msel
ffort
hehundr
edt
igerwhi
chhesupposedt
odeci
de
hi
sfate?

Ans:TheMahar aj
ahadki l
l
edninetyni
neti
gersandhewasonl yastepaheadf rom completi
ng
hisvow.Butti
gersbecameext i
nctbothi
nhiski
ngdom andinhisinlaws.Buther emember ed
thatheneededtobeext r
emelycaref
ulwit
hthehundr
edt i
gerasthechiefast
r ol
ogerpredict
ed
thatevenaft
erkil
l
ingninetyni
neti
gersheshoul
dbebewar eofthehundredtiger.
Q5.Whatwi
l
lnowhappent
otheast
rol
oger?Doy
out
hinkt
hepr
ophecywasi
ndi
sput
abl
y
di
sprov
ed?

Ans:Nohar
m wil
lbedonetot heast
rol
oger
.becausetheki
nghadchall
engedtheast
rol
oger
whenhewasangry.butaf
terkil
li
ngt
hehundredtiger
skingmustbeveryhappyandhewoul
d
for
giv
etheast
rol
oger.

No,
theprophecywasnoti
ndi
sput
ablydi
spr
ovedbecauset
heki
ngwasnotsuccessf
uli
nki
l
li
ng
t
hehundredti
gerashi
sshotwasmissed.

Ver
yshor
tquest
ions-answer
s
Q1.Whoi
sthewr
it
eroft
hest
oryTheTi
gerKi
ng?

Ans:
Kal
kii
sthewr
it
eroft
hest
oryTheTi
gerki
ng.

Q2.Whoi
stheTi
gerKi
ng?

Ans:
TheMahar
ajaofPr
ati
bandapur
am Ji
l
ani
JungJungBahaduri
stheTi
gerKi
ng.

Q3.Whydoest
heTi
gerKi
nggett
hisname?

Ans:
Astheki
ngwasmadaboutki
l
li
ngt
iger
sandev
enhadki
l
ledahundr
edt
iger
shegothi
s
name.

Q4.Whati
sthenat
ural
desi
reamongmenr
egar
dingt
heTi
gerKi
ng?

Ans:Thenat
ural
desi
reamongmenr
egar
dingt
heTi
gerki
ngi
stomeethi
mforhi
sindomi
tabl
e
cour
age.

Q5.Whycant
henat
ural
desi
ret
omeett
heTi
gerki
ngnotbef
ulf
il
led?

Ans:
Thenat
ural
desi
ret
omeett
heTi
gerKi
ngcoul
dn'
tbef
ulf
il
ledbecauset
heki
ngwasdead.

Q6.Whatdoest
heast
rol
ogerf
oret
ell
aboutt
heki
ng?

Ans:
Theast
rol
ogerf
oret
oldt
hatt
heki
ngwoul
dbeki
l
ledbyt
iger
.

Q7.Whatdi
dthechi
efast
rol
ogercaut
iont
het
igerki
ngaf
terhehadki
l
ledhi
sfi
rstt
iger
?

Ans:Aft
ertheTigerki
nghadki l
ledhi
sfi
rstt
igerthechi
efast
rol
ogercaut
ionedthatt
heki
ng
mightki
llni
net
yni net
iger
s,butheshoul
dhav etobecaref
ulwit
hthehundredti
ger.

Q8.Whatdi
dthechi
efast
rol
ogerpr
ofesst
odoi
ftheTi
gerki
ngki
l
ledt
hehundr
edt
iger
?

Ans:
Thechiefast
rol
ogerprof
essedthati
ftheTigerkingki
ll
edt
hehundret
hti
gerhewoul
dcut
of
fhist
uft
,cr
ophishairshi
rt
.t
earupandsetfir
eallhisbooksonast
rogyandhewoul
dbecome
ani
nsur
anceagent
.

Q9.Whatwast
hepr
iceoft
hewoodent
oyt
iger?

Ans:
Thepr
iceoft
hewoodent
oyt
igerwasonl
ytwoannasandaquat
er.

Q10.Howmuchdi
dtheMahar
ajapayf
ort
het
oy?

Ans:
TheMahar
ajapai
dthr
eehundr
edr
upeesf
ort
het
oy.

Q1.Whatdi
dther
oyal
inf
antut
teri
nhi
sli
tt
lesqueakyv
oice?

Ans:Theroyali
nfantut
teri
nhisli
ttl
esqueakyvoi
cet
hatnooneneedsanypr
edi
cti
onf
ordeat
h
forweallknowonewhot akesbi
rth,
diesoneday,
Butt
heastr
ologywi
ll
makesomesensei
fthat
coul
dtell
himt hemannerofhisdeath.

Q2.Whatexpl
anat
ionwasgi
venbyt
hechi
efast
rol
ogert
othequer
yoft
hel
i
ttl
eti
gerki
ng?

Ans:Theexplanat
iont
hatt
hechiefast
rologergav
etothequer
yoftheli
tt
leTi
gerKingwast
hat
theTigerKi
ngwasborninthehourofthebull
.Asthebul
landthet
igerar
eenemieshencet
he
king'
sdeathwouldcomefr
om theti
ger.

Q3.Whatdi
dtheTi
gerki
ngpr
onouncewhenhehear
dthathi
sdeat
hwoul
dbecausedbyat
iger
?

Ans:
WhentheTigerKi
ngheardt
hathisdeathwoul
dbecausedbyat
iger
,hehadadeepgr
owl
andwit
hter
ri
fi
cwordsheaskedthet
igerstobewar
e.

Q4.Whatwaseasi
ert
ofi
ndt
hant
iger
s,af
tert
heTi
gerKi
ngki
l
ledt
heni
net
yni
ntht
iger?

Ans:TheTigerkingwascarriedonwithhisvow.Toprovethepredict
ionoft
hechiefast
rologer
wrong,
hestartedkil
l
ingti
gers.Aft
erkil
li
ngtheninet
ynint
htiger,
TheTigerKi
ngbecamer estl
ess
tocomplet
ehisv ow.Hewassear chi
ngf ort
hehundrethti
ger.Atthatti
mehetol
dt hati
twas
easi
ertofi
ndt i
ger'
smilkthanalivet
iger.

Q5.Whower
eKhaderMi
anSahebandVi
rasami
Nai
ker?

Ans:KhaderMianSahebandVi
rasamiNai
kerar
etheTi
gerKi
ng'
scour
ti
erswhower
efamous
fort
heirabi
li
tyt
oeatawholesheepatati
me.

Q6.Whatwast
hehappynewsf
ort
heTi
gerKi
ngaf
teral
ongt
ime?

Ans:TheTigerki
ngawait
edfort
hehundr
edtigerf
orav eryl
ongtime.Butsomet
imelat
erhegot
agoodnewst hati
nhisownstat
esheepbegantodisappearfr
equent
lyfr
om ahi
ll
sidev
il
lage.
Andevery
onesuspecteditt
obetiger
.

Q7.Whywast
her
enoobj
ect
iont
otheki
l
li
ngoft
iger
?

Ans:
Whent
heTi
gerKi
ngwasbor
n,t
hechi
efast
rol
ogerhadpr
edi
ctedt
hathewoul
dbeki
l
li
ngby
theti
ger.Andwhent heki
nggr ewupandcamet oknowabouti t,
hethoughtforhi
sdefenceand
secur
ityandt henhedeci
dedtokil
lthet
igerssothattheti
ger
scouldnotkillhi
m.Healsoknew
theol
dsay ing,Youmayki
llev
enacowi nselfdefence.Sohethoughtthatt
herecoul
dcer t
ainl
y
benoobj ecti
ont oki
l
li
ngti
gersinsel
fdefence.

Q8.Whatwer
ethev
ari
ousdanger
sfacedbyt
heTi
gerki
ngi
nhi
shunt
ingspr
ee?

Ans:TheTi gerkingfacedmanydanger sinhishuntingspree.Somet i

meswhenhemi ssedthe
tar
getl eptuponhi m andhehadt ofightwit
ht hebeastwithhisbarehands.Atonet i
mehewas
evenindangerofl osinghisthrone.AhighrankingBr i
ti
shofficer
,whowasv er
yf ondofti
ger
hunti
ng, camet ov i
sitPrat
ibandapuram.Butt heTigerkingdidnotgiv
epermissiontotheoffi
cer.
Andf ort hatreason,
thathighrankingoffi
cergotangr ywiththekingandthekingwasi ndanger
oflosinghi skingdom.

Q9.Whatdi
dtheMahar
ajadot
oappeaset
heBr
it
ishof
fi
cerwhom hepr
event
edf
rom hunt
ing
t
iger
s?

Ans:Maharajahadt oappeaset heBr i

tishof f
icerwhom hepreventedfrom huntingtigersinhis
stat
eMahar aj
ahaddel iberat
ionov erthisissuewi t
hhisdewan.Theydi spatchedat elegram t
oa
famousBrit
ishcompanyofj wel l
ersinCal cutta,
andaskedthem tosendsomesampl esof
diamondri
ng.Somef i
ft
yr i
ngswer esentandMahar aj
asentall
fift
yringstot heBrit
ishof fi
cer
s
goodlady
.Butt heladyaccept edalloft hem.Thought heMaharajalostthreelakhrupeesbuthe
managedtor et
ainedhiskingdom.

Q10.Whatwi
l
lhappent
otheast
rol
ogerwhent
heki
ngt
houghtt
hatt
hepr
ophecyhasdi
spr
oved?

Ans:Nohar m wi
ll
bedonet otheastrol
oger,
becauset hekinghadchal l
engedt heastrologer
whenhewasangr y.Butnowashebel i
evesthathehadcompl et
edhi svow,hemustbev er
y
muchhappyandwoul dforgivetheastr
ologer.No,theprophecywasnoti ndisputablydisprov
ed
becausethekingwasnotsuccessfulinkil
li
ngthehundr et
htigerashisshothasmi ssed.The
ti
geronlybecameunconcious,butt
heki ngthoughthehadki l
leditandlefttheplace.Itwashis
hunteronl
ywhohadki l
l
edt heti
ger.

Longquest
ionsanswer
s
Q1.Howdi
dthet
igerKi
ngf
inal
l
ydi
e?

Ans:Thepredi
cti
ont hatt
hechiefastr
ologermade,cametrue.Mahar ajawant edtogive
somethi
ngspecialtohisli
tt
lesononhi sthir
dbirt
hday.Hesearchedf orsomet hi
ngspeci al
ever
ywhereintheshoppingcentreofPrati
bandapuram.Final
l
yhef oundawoodent igerinatoy
shopandthoughtittobeperfectgi
ftforhisson.Heboughtthatandgav ethattohisson.The
toywasmadebysomeunski ll
edcarpenterthathadaroughsurfaceandpi ercedtheTi gerKing'
s
handwhil
ehewaspl ayi
ngwiththetoywithhisson.Thustheinfect
ionspr eadalloverthehand
oft
heki
ng.Thr
eef
amoussur
geonswer
ebr
oughtf
rom Madr
ast
ooper
atet
heki
ngbutt
heki
ng
di
ed.

Q2.Dr
awasket
choft
hechar
act
eroft
heTi
gerKi
ng?

Ans:
TheTi
gerkingofPr
ati
bandapur
am Si
rJi
l
ani
JungJungBahadurhadgotmanynames.But
hewaswel
lknownastheTigerKi
ng.

Whenhewasbor n,
thechiefast
rol
ogerpredi
ctedt
hattheki
ngwouldbekil
ledbytheti
ger.
The
ki
nggrewupinthepalace.Hewaspr ov
idedthemilkofanEngli
shcow.Anengl
ishnanny
br
oughthi
m up.Hewast aughtengli
shbyanengli
shteacherandhehadseenonlytheengl
ish
movi
e.

Whenhewast went
yyearsold,
het ooktor
eignhi
ski ngdom.Hestart
edhiscampaignoft i
ger
hunt
ing,andwi t
hint
enyearshehadki ll
edsevent
ytigers.Thenhemarri
edagir
lofast atewhi
ch
hadalar geti
gerpopul
ati
on,sothathecancompl et
ehi svowofkil
l
inghundr
edtigers.Thushe
hadkil
ledt hehundr
edt
htigertoo,buti
twasactuall
ykill
edbyhishunter
s.

Theki
ngwasver
ymuchconcer
nedforhi
sst
ateal
so.Onceheev
engav
eabr
ibeoft
hreel
akht
o
abri
ti
shof
fi
cert
oret
ainhi
ski
ngdom.

Whil
ehewascampaigni
ngt
heti
gerhunt
ing,heoncedecl
aredathreeyearexampt
ionf
rom al
l
t
axesfort
hev
il
lager
swhoinf
ormedhim abouthavi
ngatigeri
ntheirv
il
lage.

TheDewan,
whohadal
wayshel
pedandobeyedt
hekingi
nev
ery
thi
ngwast
hreat
enedbyt
he
ki
ngwhenhewasnotabl
etofi
ndthehundr
etht
iger
.

TheTigerkinghadtodiebecauseofacutthathegotfr
om awoodentoyti
ger.Andthusthe
predi
cti
onoft hechi
efast
rol
ogerhappenedtocomet r
ue,t
hehundr
edt
htigert
ookitsrevenge
andkil
ledtheking.

Q3.Descr
ibet
hei
ronyr
egar
dingt
hedeat
hoft
heMahar
aja?

Ans: Theendoft hestor

y"TheTigerKi
ng"isverymuchir
oni
cal.Theauthorgiv
esaver
ybri
ll
i
ant
fl
av ourofironywhil
edescr
ibingt
hemanneroftheki
ng'
sdeath.TheMahar aj
awhohadkil
l
ed
ninetyninet i
ger
sandwasonl yonest
epaheadtocomplet
ehisv ow.Buthi
sDewanmanaged
thehundr edthti
gerfort
heking.

Aft
ershoot
ingt
hehundredt
ht i
ger
,t
heki
ngthoughtt
hathehadki
l
ledt
hatact
ual
l
yfai
ntedand
fel
ldownandwhichwasactual
lyki
ll
edbyhi
shunter
s.

Thekingwaskill
edbyawoodent oyti
ger
.Iti
sverymuchir
onical
thathehadki
l
ledninet
yni
ne
ti
ger
s,butonetoyti
gerhadtakenrevengeupontheki
ng.
Oneofsilver
sofwoodpier
cedther
ight
handofthekingandcausedinfecti
on,
whichul
ti
matel
ybroughthi
sdeath.
Thet
igerki
ngext
raquest
ionsanswer
s

Q1.Whywasi
tcel
ebr
ati
ont
imef
oral
lthet
iger
sinhabi
ti
ngPr
ati
bandapur
am?

Ans:Itwascelebr
ati
onti
mef oral
ltheti
ger
sinhabitinginPrati
bandapuram becausethestat
e
bannedtigerhunt
ingbyanyoneexceptt
heTigerKinghi mself
.Aproclamati
onwasal soissued
thati
fany onedar
edtoevenfli
ngastoneatatiger
, all
hiswealthandpropertywouldbe
confi
scated.

Q2.Howwast
heki
ngf
eel
i
ngaf
terki
l
li
ngt
hehundr
edt
hti
ger?

Ans:TheTigerkingtot
all
yfil
l
edwit
hjoywhenhethoughtthathehadli
ter
all
ykil
ledthe
hundredt
htiger.Hewasev enmorehappyatt
hethoughtt
hathisv owwasfulf
il
led.Hewas
over
joyedforthedangerofhisl
i
fewasgoneforever
.Andhet houghtt
hathewoul dgi
veal
lof
hi
sattenti
ontohi sf
amilyandhi
ssonandhiski
ngdom fr
om thetimeonwards.

Q3.Whatpl
andi
dtheki
ngmakewhent
het
igerpopul
ati
oni
nhi
sst
atebecameext
inct
?

Ans:Whentheti
gerpopul
ationinhisstatebecameexti
nctandhehadlef
tthi
rt
ymoreti
gersto
ki
llt
oful
fi
ll
hisvow,TheTigerkingplannedthathewoul
dmar r
yinaroy
alfamil
ywhosestat
ehas
anumberofti
gerpopulat
ion,sothathecouldcomplet
ehisvow.

Q4.Whyandwhendi
dtheMahar
aja'
sanxi
etyr
eachaf
everpi
tch?

Ans:TheMahar aj
awasdet er
mi nedtocompl etehisvow.Thereforehestartedhuntingti
gers.I
n
thatduecoursehehappenedt okil
lninetyninet i
gerssuccessful
ly.Ther
ewasonl yoneti
gerleft
tobekil
led.Butbythatt
imetigerpopulationinhisst atebecameext i
nctandev eninhisfat
herin
l
aw'skingdom too.I
tbecamei mpossibletof i
ndat igeranywhere.Evenitseemedt hatti
ger'
s
milkwaseasiertofi
ndthanar ealt
iger.Foral l
theser easonstheking'
sanxietyreachedafever
pit
ch.

Q5.Whatdi
dtheBr
it
ishof
fi
cer
ssecr
etar
ytel
ltheMahar
aja?

Ans:TheBrit
ishof
fi
cer'
ssecret
arysentamessagetotheMaharaj
at hroughhisDewan,
sayi
ng
thatMaharaj
aneednotgivehim per
missiontoki
l
lti
ger
s,theMaharajahimselfcoul
ddothe
actualki
l
li
ngbutheshouldlett
hesecretaryt
ogethi
mselfphot
ographholdingagunstandi
ng
overtheti
ger
scarcass

Q6.Whydi
dtheDewanwar
ntheMahar
ajanott
odoubl
ethel
andt
axf
ort
hwi
th?

Ans:Whent heMaharaj
aorderedtodoublet
helandtaxoutofhi
sanger,
HisDewanwarnedhim
nottodothat.
Becausethatmightmakethepeopler
isei
nr ev
olt
.Thenasresul
t,
thei
rst
atewoul
d
fal
lapreytotheI
ndianNationalCongr
ess.

Q7.Whatweret
heotherdanger
sthatt
heki
ngf
acedapar
tfr
om t
hedangerofl
osi
nghi
s
ki
ngdom,whi
l
ehist
igerhunt?
Ans:
Apartf
rom t
hedangerofl
osinghi
ski
ngdom,t
heTi
gerKi
ngf
acedsever
alotherdangersin
hi
smissi
onofti
gerhunt
.Someti
meswhenhisbull
etmi
ssedt
het
arget
,t
heti
gerhadleapttothe
ki
ngandhehadtofi
ghtwithi
twithbar
ehands.

Q8.Whatdi
dtheDewandot
osav
ehi
sjob?

Ans:Maharajawasv erymuchexcitedt okil

lthehundredthtiger
.Hewai t
edal otoftimetoki l
li
t.
Buthisanxi
etyhadr eachedafeverpitch.Hewasv er
ymuchangr yasthehundr edt
ht i
gerwas
yett
obeki l
l
edandi twasnotshowi ngup.Event heDewanal sohadgotscoldedbyt heking.He
gottoknowt hathecouldlosehisjobifthetigerwasnotf ound.Andtheref
ore,hebroughtat i
ger
fr
om thePeople'sParkinMadrasandkepthi ddeni nhishouse.Then,atmidni
ghthedr aggedt he
ti
gertotheforestwheretheTigerKingwaswai t
ingforthehundredthti
ger.

Thet
igerki
ngi
mpor
tantquest
ionsanswer
s

Q1.Whoi
stheTi
gerKi
ng?

Ans:
TheMahar
ajaofPr
ati
bandapur
am i
sknownast
heTi
gerki
ng.

Q2.Whydoest
heTi
gerki
nggethi
sname?

Ans:TheMaharaj
aofPr ati
bandapur
am isknownbyvar
iousname.Heisi
dent
if
iedashi
s
HighnessJamadarGeneral
,Khil
edarMajor
,SataVy
aghraSamhari
,Mahar
ajaVi
svaBhubanaet
c.
Butthi
snameisshortenedtotheTigerki
ng.

Hegetst
hisnameashewast
her
ulerofat
igerdomi
nat
edar
eaandhi
smai
ngoal
wast
oki
l
l
hundr
edt
hti
gers.

Q3.Whatdi
dthechi
efast
rol
ogerpr
edi
ctaboutt
heTi
gerki
ng?

Ans:Whent heast
rol
ogersfor
etoldthatonedayt heTigerki
ngwouldhavet odi
e,amiracl
etook
pl
ace.Thetendayoldroyali
nfantspokecl earl
yandf i
rml
yinasqueakyvoiceaboutthe
pr
edict
ion.Thenthechi
efastr
ologerpredictedthatthedeat
hoftheTigerKingwouldcomef r
om
ati
gerbecausehewasbor ninthehouroft hebul
l.Thebull
andtheti
gerareenemies.

Q4.Howdi
dtheTi
gerKi
ngcel
ebr
atet
heki
l
li
ngoft
hehundr
edt
hti
ger
?

Ans:
TheTigerKingwasover
whelmedwit
hjoywhenhekil
l
edthehundr
edt
htiger
.Tocelebrat
e
hi
svict
ory,
heorderedhi
smentobri
ngtheti
gert
othecapi
tal
inagrandpr
ocessi
on.Thetiger
wasburi
edandat ombwaserect
edoveri
t.