Contents

      Cover

      About the Book

      About the Author and Translator

      Title Page

      Copyright

      Note to the Reader

 

      A Note on the Translation
         L. Somi Roy

 

      A Princess Remembers: The Making of a Memoir
         Nahakpam Aruna

 

      Foreword

  1. My Mother Tampak, Maid of Chongtham

  2. The Younger Queens

  3. Maharaja Churachand's Daughters

  4. My Mother's Royal Quarters

  5. Our Older Sister, the Princess Tamphasana

  6. Ibemcha, Maid of Ngangbam

  7. When Ibemcha became the Maharani, the Lady Ngangbam

  8. The Pavilion of the Maharani, the Lady Ngangbam

  9. The Cultural Activities of the Maharani, the Lady Ngangbam

  10. Maharaja Churachand's Favoured Retainers, Landriba and Mukta

  11. Many are the Stories of My Sovereign Father's Eccentricities

  12. My Good Natured Elder Brother, Crown Prince Bodhchandra

  13. Maharaja Churachand's Close Friends

  14. The Sportsman Maharaja Churachand and his Sportsmen

  15. Parikhya, the Brahmin

  16. Preparing for the Elephant Hunt

  17. The Beast of Tripura

  18. The Supreme Elephant

  19. Going to the Delhi Durbar

  20. My Scattered Memories of Our Close Bonds with Assam and Shillong

  21. English Bye in Shillong

  22. The Lady in White on Her Wedding Night

  23. When Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Paid Tombiyaima a House Call

  24. My Sovereign Father Sends Me to School in Shillong

  25. My Uncle Paramananda When I was Studying in Shillong

  26. Maharaja Churachand's Interest in Birds and Animals

  27. My Uncle Paramananda Once Again

  28. Maharaja Churachand's Small Two-storied Building

  29. Our Cousin, Ibohal the Tailor

  30. Love in the Time of Heartbreak

  31. When the Maharani of Tripura, the Rani of Dhaka, Came for the Hand of Tombiyaima

  32. Maharaja Churachand's Last Journey from Manipur

  33. End Piece

  34. A Few Words I Want to Say

      Notes

 

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