No man was more carefully respected by his neighbors in the four Indian provinces south of New Delhi than the proud Thakore clansman, Man Singh. Great maharajas and rich, land-owning zamindars came by the score to attend the wedding feast he gave his grandson. Local villagers expressed their admiration for him in reverently hushed voices. Even a government committee set up to examine his affairs in 1952 declared that Man Singh was a man "of no private vices." Nonetheless, the government of Madhya Bharat province could not overlook a police file which recounted in more than one...
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