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submitted 1 year ago by Madbrad200@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.ca

As per the treaty signed in 1842 the British were allowed to use the forests and their natural products against which they had to pay around 3,000 silver coins to the five kings. Currently the kings receive a monthly political pension by the Government of India, which is the main source of their income. This payment is continued even though all privy purses for the Princely states of India were stopped in 1970 since the agreement was between then monarchy of Dangs and the British

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[-] Silv@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Where's my Dang money?

[-] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Woah. That’s epic.

[-] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Smart to make the contract in silver. It’ll keep up with inflation.

this post was submitted on 15 Jul 2023
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