king of pratibandapuram^
This story is a satire
It attempts to mock at Sir Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur
he is also called sata vyaghra samhari
king of Pratibandapuram
It highlights the grave issue of hunting innocent animals for prize or possession
here the king is shown with a very egoistic and
showy nature
The king passed orders that enabled
only him to hunt
He started killing tigers ruthlessly
sometimes facing them himself
Once, when a british official came
to his kingdom, he wanted to hunt tigers
He was starkly refused by the king
In order to save his throne, the king sent diamond rings to
wife of official and hence payed a bill of lakh rupees
The king was happy to save his throne
He wasn't even concerned that that money came from his
revenue
The author recounts how he as an infant had
starled all by speaking
astrologer's predictions were questioned by
him and he asked them bout his death
When he was told that his death comes from
a tiger, he growled and said
"Let Tigers Beware"
all this happened when he was only ten days old
As the prince grew up to 20
he got to the throne
He started getting rumour on the
astrologer's predictions and hence decided to kill tigers
After killing the first tiger , he showed it|
to the astrologer
the astrologer told him tobe beware of
the hundreth tiger
Just to satisfy his ego , king took a vow to kill
100 tigers
Willfully he ignored all his duties
The king was very anxious
about the last tiger
by now no tigers were left in his father-in-law's
kingdom also
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The king killed 70 tigers
But then , no tigers were left in his kingdom
The king ordered his dewan to find
a girl from a state of many tigers
Everytime he went to his father-in-
law's kingdom he killed some tigers
In this manner 99 tigers were killed