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SAHIBZADI ZOHA JUNG OF is the daughter of Nawabzada Saad Bin Jung and Begum Sangeeta Jung and belongs to the Paigahs of Hyderabad, as well as the royal families of and (her grandmother was the princess of Bhopal, and the wife of the senior Nawab of Pataudi, Iftikhar Ali Khan). The younger sister of Shaaz Jung (pg 162), Zoha, like her brother, attended the Utrecht University School of Economics in the Netherlands. She continued on to Monaco, to study business and luxury brand management. Back in Bengaluru brie!ly, she says, “I’m currently working with my father and brother, and am the marketing director of The Bison Resort [in ], which

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NAWABZADA HAIDER ALI KHAN OF RAMPUR just graduated from the University of Essex after completing a degree in international relations and politics. He’s putting the knowledge accrued to good use by diving straight into politics—he’s planning to contest in the next election from DEO AND SHAA AND DEO his state. The son of Nawab Kazim Ali Khan and Begum Yaseen Ali Khan, Haider says, “Rampur is one of the oldest princely states in India, and I’d like to J

maintain its name just like my grandfather did.” HAN B MAHARAJKUMARI AKSHITA BHANJDEO is the daughter of Praveen Chandra Bhanjdeo, the 47th ruler of the Bhanja dynasty, of the erstwhile princely state of Mayurbhanj, now part of Orissa; her mother, Rashmi Rajyalaxmi Bhanjdeo is from the royal family of Jaisalmer. Currently in her third year studying political science and human rights at Bard College, New York, her future plans include “working on social and humanitarian issues, or working with international organisations.” ASAOA " FORASAOA AKSHITA P HOFER ALI " FOR SAMA #. JOSEPH Z LAT G AXIMILIAN M

RAJKUMARI SAMA ALI OF KOTWARA hails from Kotwara, in the Terai region of Uttar Pradesh. Sama’s parents are Raja Syed Muza$ar Ali and Rani Meera Ali, who own the successful couture label, Kotwara. Currently in London, Sama is in the !inal year of her fashion design and development ASAOA.

undergraduate degree at London College of Fashion. “I have a close relationship with Kotwara, as I have spent a lot of time there growing up. Now, I feel P MAHARAJ KUMAR SURYAJIT SINGH is a scion of the royals of Kapurthala, Punjab, and his father is LVMH’s Tikka Shatrujit responsible for certain aspects of its well-being, and would like to work towards developing and upgrading facilities available to the locals.” Singh. Born in New , Suryajit studied at The Doon School, after which he enrolled in Franklin and Marshall College, Pennsylvania, SAHIBZADA SHAAZ JUNG OF HYDERABAD runs his family’s luxury tented camp called The Bison Resort on the banks of the Kabini River to get a degree in economics. After graduating in 2012, much like the apple and the proverbial tree, he moved to New York, to work at in Karnataka, and mobile and permanent safari camps in East Africa. Like his sister, he shares the same pedigree of being a scion of Paigahs of Hyderabad, Louis Vuitton. Suryajit is a music and soccer a!icionado and is going to Brazil this year to catch his third World Cup. “This should be a as well as the royal families of Bhopal and Pataudi. An avid wildlife photographer, he has spent the last !ive years tracking and photographing elusive thrilling experience and I hope the home team wins,” he says, adding, “My father does too. He is someone I am very close to and draw HOTOGRAPH: JOSEPH HOTOGRAPH: P animals. “The forest is my life, and I spend close to 10 months a year running camps in the wilderness, tracking big cats and clicking them.” THE CLARIDGES, NEW COURTESY DELHI. " FOR HAIDER ALI # . LOCATION: TSERING TOPGYAL PHOTOGRAPH: a lot of inspiration from.”

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PRINCESS SHIVANGINI JHALA OF DHARANGADHARA is the daughter of Ranisaheb Sushma Singh, from the royal families of Jaisalmer and Sehaspur Bilari, and her father, Rajkumar Devraj Singh Jhala is from the Dharangadhara family of Gujarat. While Shivangini loves to visit all the principalities she belongs to when she can, her life is rooted in Delhi where she lives and works currently as a senior brand manager for data business with MTS Telecom. A former national-level swimmer, the princess is an independent woman. “I love and respect my heritage, but I also love standing on my own two feet and living life on my own terms.” She’s also a !ierce animal

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