"In 1954, I was invited to a tea party hosted in honour of the Queen in Bangalore. She came with her husband to the party held at the Vidhan Soudha. I was keen to meet the Queen personally. I conveyed my desire to Vijayalakshmi Pandit, sister of India's first premier Jawaharlal Nehru, who was present. She immediately facilitated a meeting with the Queen for me and my wife Radhadevi."
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Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma
Sree Padmanabhadasa Sree Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma (March 22, 1922 – December 16, 2013) was the titular Maharaja of Travancore.
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