Chapter 5 Governors, Princes, and Networks of Influence

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar History often remembers institutions. It remembers governments, ministries, legislatures, courts, and constitutions.

SOVEREIGN Part LXXV The Women Who Built a New Court for a New Generation While Preserving the...

By Prince DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Every coronation creates two governments. The first is visible.

Chapter 4 When Empire Came to Rajpipla

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar History is often imagined as something that happens in capitals. We picture governments, parliaments, and battlefields.

Happy Pride Month A Letter to Humanity

By Prince DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Every June, the world becomes louder. Rainbow flags appear on city streets and country roads.

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By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Chapter 3 British Political Agents and the Rewa Kantha Agency

To understand Rajpipla's relationship with British India, one must understand the Rewa Kantha Agency. The word agency may sound administrative, almost ordinary.

Maharana Raisinhji and the Challenge of Governing a Kingdom Between Independence and Maratha Power

By Prince DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Some kings inherit peace. Some inherit victory.

The Conversations That Built Civilization Why the Oldest Questions Still Shape the Future

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar There are moments when history stops feeling like the past and begins speaking directly to the present. Those moments are rare, but when they occur, they reshape...

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Community Is Not Something We Attend. It Is Something We Build Together.

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar For much of modern LGBTQIA history, our community has gathered through moments. A Pride celebration.

SOVEREIGN Part LXXIII The Women Who Welcomed a New Generation While Letting Another Leave

By Prince DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar History often records the day a king is crowned. It rarely records the morning after.

The Constitution Was Written for Difficult Times

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Every generation believes it is living through extraordinary times. In truth, every constitution was written with that belief in mind.

Rajpipla and the Diplomacy of Princely India

Chapter 2 By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar If Bombay represented the commercial engine of nineteenth-century western India, Rajpipla represented another equally important reality of the subcontin...

SOVEREIGN Part LXXII THE CORONATION OF MAHARANA RAISINHJI AND THE NEXT GENERATION OF RULE

By Prince DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Some coronations celebrate victory. Others reassure a kingdom that it still exists.

A City Becoming an Empire's Gateway

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar To understand the Breach Candy Swimming Bath Trust, one must first understand Bombay in 1876. It is easy to look back at nineteenth-century Bombay and describe it...

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The Hidden Economy of Queer Visibility: KASHISH, Mumbai, Geopolitics, and the Numbers India Still...

By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar History has traditionally measured power through armies, elections, trade agreements, natural resources, and financial markets. Nations have long been evaluated by...

The Breach Candy Swimming Bath Trust, Rajpipla, and the Responsibilities of Stewardship

Working Paper Inheriting History By DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar Introduction History is often treated as something behind us. We preserve it in museums, archive it in libraries, and commemorate...