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GEO. WALSH IN THIS IS THE LIFE
HUGE GIFT MADE
BY INDIAN PRINCE
$7,000,000 DONATED FOR FOUNDING OF WOMEN'S EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
LONDON—(Correspondence of The Associated Press)—One of the greatest charitable gifts in the history of India has just been announced at Delhi. The Maharajah Kumar of Tikari, one of the wealthy native princes, has executed a deed of trust devoting his entire personal estate to founding an institution for the education of Indian Dependents. Dependents have already been provided for by separate funds, and all liabilities of the estate are duly secured. The scheme is for a strictly "purdah" residential institution, where the girls will be trained and educated on the best modern principles from the age of five to 18. There will be no question of caste or creed.
The property concerned is valued at about $7,000,000. The much greater purchasing power of money in India, it is believed, will accomplish as much proportionately as a gift of nearly 10 times the size in England or America.
Gift Inspired by Wife
The gift owed its inspiration largely to the Maharajah's wife, who has been one of the foremost of her sex in the crusade for the improvement of the lot of Indian women. The Maharajah himself was one of the first native princes to fight in France, and has spent over two years on the battlefield. He was brought up by English tutors in India and has been a great traveler. 