1922 INDIA 2 prestigious MYSORE invites from Maharaja to durbar + Diwan Banerji

PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE EPHEMERA FROM THE BRITISH RAJ -KRISHNA RAJA WADIYAR IV (Nalwadi, Maharaja of Mysore, b.1884-d.1940); BANERJEE (Albion Rajkumar, Indian civil servant and administrator who served as Diwan of Mysore kingdom from 1922 to 1926, signed the Kaveri accord in 1924, b.1871-d.1950).Two rare original prestigious invitations, from the Maharaja of Mysore to the Durbar Bukshi in September 1922, and from the Diwan of Mysore to a garden party in October 1922.Two original printed invitations on card with manuscript insertions. The maharaja's invite with his gilt embossed crest at the head. Size: (of invites, excluding mounts) maharaja's - 15.2cm x 11.5cm / diwan's - 15.4cm x 11.5cm. Mounted back to back on clipped album card. Both addressed to Ponsonby (see below).Very Good. Some foxing to the diwan's invite. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.Two rare original invitations, one from the Maharaja of Mysore and the other from the Diwan of Mysore, both addressed to Major-General Sir Ponsonby, the Governor of Madras District from 1922-1926.Provenance: extracted from Ponsonby's personal scrap album compiled during his time in India.⁂ Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Mysore from 1902 until his death in 1940. He is regarded as one of the most celebrated rulers among the Indian States when India was still under British rule.At the time of his death, he was also one of the world’s wealthiest men, with a personal fortune estimated in 1940 to be worth $400 million which would be equivalent to $7 billion today.He was a philosopher–king, compared to the Emperor Ashoka by the English statesman Lord Samuel. Mahatma Gandhi called him Rajarshi, or "saintly king", and his kingdom was described by his followers as Rama Rajya, an ideal kingdom akin to the rule of Lord Rama.Krishna IV was the 24th ruler of the Wodeyar dynasty of Mysore that ruled over Mysore State from 1399 to 1950. key words: