> His father sued him for a greater share of the family wealth. His aunt sued him. Eventually the ranks of litigants would swell to several thousand descendants of the seven previous nizams. Then, in 1971, the Indian government cut off the nizam’s allowance and abolished the royal court’s titles.
That combination of events would be tough to get through! Family legal squabbles are rough, emotionally and financially.
A gradual weaning or reform of government funding would have probably been successful in the long run.
It's fascinating when people with historical fortunes, titles, and rigid social expectations of them suddenly have the latter two disappear. Usually followed by the former. Most of my enjoyment of Downton Abbey was of the unraveling and restitching of the social contact.
Warm ending to this story that he had the humility to ask his ex-wife (Princess Esra) to attempt to preserve and share the hereditary legacy. And that she apparently did an extremely capable job. Kudos!
Preserving and presenting history, good, bad, or ugly, is important.