The royal infant of Pratibandapuram was given the name Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur, He grew up to be taller and stronger day by day. He drank the milk of an English cow, was brought up by an English nanny, was tutored in English by an Englishman and saw nothing but English films. At the age of twenty he became the Maharaja of the state which was under the Court of Wards.