Obviously had to get him. (In spite of fairly unthinkable price tag). If I learn to regret this, I'm blaming all the people on here for encouraging my bad decisions.

@edanderson101 If you think this was an impulse buy and want to get rid of it, please do msg me 😇

@girlpilot_ Nice to hear he's desirable! I'll wait to see how he gets on in the hallway of the house we're about to move into. If we decide to evict him then I'll let you know!

@edanderson101 It’s the maharaja mascot for Air India.

@cookinacurry I know!

@edanderson101 Absolutely. I wonder where the airline had that on display.

@A_S_Jamwal Presumably at a booking office/agency, I guess.

@edanderson101 I feel this is the perfect ornament for all and every hall way ever.

@ZehraMiah That's the plan!

@edanderson101 Place it at the entrance of your home and see visitors reactions 😀🙏🏻🌈

@AdvManinderjit I agree - that's definitely the best place for him!

@edanderson101 I remember this fella being stationed outside a shop in Wolverhampton in the 80s that amongst other things sold tickets for plane journeys.

@joshdhaliwal That's so interesting to hear! I hadn't thought that there might be a diaspora connection to this particular Maharaja, but now you say it, it makes perfect sense.

@edanderson101 Yes 🤩

@edanderson101 Queen is gone, better to buy a ‘Maharaja’

@edanderson101 Yes certainly

@RKDasgupta Too much for an impulse purchase!

@edanderson101 We had a mini one of these in our home growing up …. No idea where it is but wish we kept it. Buy it

@edanderson101 Yeah! As a historian of civil aviation in postcolonial India...yes! please buy it!