The three curse

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Cherrapunji is the second most important city in Meghalaya located at an high altitude, on the north eastern state of Bharat, that is India. Cherrapunji receives highest rainfall annually, hence is also known as the “Wettest place on the earth”. The people living in Cherrapunji are the Khasi tribe.

12 year old Zenley stays in Mawlynnong village, the cleanest place in Cherrapunji. She loves her grandfather a lot and lovingly calls him “Dada”. Every night before she goes to sleep it has become a routine for Zenley to request’s her Dada to either sing a song or recite a story. She is very fond of stories. Her Dada a 90 year old man has travelled far and wide covering most of Bharat during his youth for work. He is a wood cutter and along with his other villagers travelled in search of work. They stayed in remotest of places and forest, hence has lot of tales to tell as well he recites his true life experiences.

“Dada, you said last week, you will tell me the story of the “The three curse of Alemalamma””

“Yes dear, but please bear with me I do not recollect the entire story, whatever I remember I will tell you”.

“Yayyyyy, thank you Dada” saying she happily hugged him

This is a story of the Maharaja’s of Mysore, after Tipu Sultan’s death in 1799 Rajmata, the queen dowager requested the British officials to coronate Krishnaraja Wodeyar III as the king. During that period the Mysore region was under British control. But in 1831 the British dethroned the king giving irrelevant and frivolous reasons, the same they have done in many other regions to gain control of kingdom offering the king yearly pension.

In 1848 Lord Dalhousie became the Governor General?and introduced an annexation policy called “Doctrine of lapse”. The?Doctrine of lapse was an annexation policy implemented by the British East India company in India. According to this policy, any Indian princely state under the realm of the British East India company would have its princely status abolished and therefore be annexed into British India if the ruler was either administratively incompetent or died without a male heir. It roughly stated that any kingdom with poor administration or heirless .i.e. without a male child would be seized by the British.

Since Krishnaraja Wodeyar did not have a heir for the throne this policy was applied on the Kingdom. The king understanding the implications of being annexed was petrified. He had already lost the authority of administration. He desperately wanted to save it from being annexed for the upcoming successors. Realizing his kingdom was slipping away from his hands, Krishnaraja Wodeyar reveals them about the curse... read the full story here The Three Curse

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