The Tiger King by Kalki
The Tiger King by Kalki When Maharaja Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur was born, the chief astrologers had foretold that one day the king would actually have to die. The ten day old Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur asked them to tell the manner of his death. Everyone stood stunned. An infant born just ten days ago was talking in such a manner .The chief astrologer told the Prince that he was born in hour of the bull. As bull and tiger were enemies therefore his death would come from tiger. The Maharaja grew stronger and took to tiger hunting. He was overjoyed when he killed the first tiger. When he told the chief astrologer about that, the chief astrologer told him that he may kill 99 tigers but he must be careful with the hundredth one. He banned the killing of tigers in Pratibandhpuram . In ten years he killed 70 tigers. The tiger population had become extinct at Pratibandhpuram. So the maharaja married to a