What had started as a mark of comfort soon evolved into a sign of prestige; even in motion, the Nawab's royal aura was unblemished.

India’s history is filled with remarkable stories of kings and nawabs who lived with unimaginable luxury. We have often heard tales of palaces made with gold, thrones encrusted with diamonds, and an entire lifestyle that embodied what it meant to live royally. But of all of these tales of luxury, one stands alone — that of Nawab Hamid Ali Khan of Rampur. A Nawab who lived not in luxury but also reimagined what luxury could mean in his era.

For most people in those days, a train was simply a means of locomotion — a movement of marvel connecting towns and cities across India. But for Nawab Hamid Ali Khan, it was something much greater than this: a form of stat

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