During the heyday of ascendancy of some 900 odd Princely States in India, a pretty long period from around the 17th century right through to the end of the British Raj in the mid 20th century, their total wealth was most probably unmatched anywhere else in the world.
When the British left the shores of India, those Princes who did not have sufficient resources and could not 'adjust' to changing times, found themselves slowing being pulled down to impoverished conditions. Fortunately, some led the way to
make good use of their properties, converting their palaces to heritage hotels, their forts and other grandiose monuments became tourist attractions, their huge land reserves, with forests and fauna, continued as protected reserves opened to tourists.
When the British left the shores of India, those Princes who did not have sufficient resources and could not 'adjust' to changing times, found themselves slowing being pulled down to impoverished conditions. Fortunately, some led the way to
make good use of their properties, converting their palaces to heritage hotels, their forts and other grandiose monuments became tourist attractions, their huge land reserves, with forests and fauna, continued as protected reserves opened to tourists.
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