Honolulu Record, August 26, 1948, vol. 1 no. 4, p. 4
Bombay, India—Could you spend $10 million in six weeks?
Well, hard as it sounds, the Maharaja of Baroda did just that last spring, according to the Baroda legislature, which is demanding that the 42-year-old ruler abdicate and repay the nation from his numerous foreign investments. Premier Jivraj Mehta pointed out that the Maharaja's misuse of state funds went on while his three milion countrymen faced famine. The Maharaja has reportedly been in New York since July 28, where he continued his lavish spending in Broadway night clubs.