


From left: Letter from H. H. Vishwanath Singh Bahadur to E. M. Forster, dated 12 October 1921, bearing the Maharaja’s personal insignia (courtesy of King’s College Archive Centre, Cambridge, UK); postcard, circa 1920s, bearing a print of the Maharaja’s studio portrait and a stamp of King George V (author’s personal collection); letter from the Maharaja to R. C. Trevelyan, dated 3 December 1920, bearing the coat of arms of the princely state of Chhatarpur (courtesy of the Wren Library, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK).