The maharajah of an interior Indian province decreed that no wild animals could be killed by the populace. Soon the country was overrun by man-eating tigers, lions, panthers, elephants and boars.
The long-suffering people finally couldn't stand it any longer and gave the ruler the old heave-ho. As the noted Indian sportsman, Mufti Considine points out, it was the first instance on record where the reign was called on
account of game.
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