The Maharaja of Travancore Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma and The Maharaja of Cochin Sir Sri Rajarshi Rama Varma at the Coronation Durbar in Delhi.
They were close friends albeit during a tense period in the Travancore-Cochin relation, with major issues of contention including the Cochin State Railway which passes through part of Travancore.
Lord Curzon described them in a letter to the queen that many Indian Maharajahs were frivolous but there are two great Maharajah's that of Travancore and Cochin. He described them as "Having the most conservative instincts, but the most liberal views" the polar opposite of what most Maharajahs were.

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