Samudra Mahal: Mumbai’s abode of swashbuckling scions, scoundrels

With the Arabian Sea waves gently kissing its regal foundations, a cool salty breeze or gales — depending on the season — enveloping it round the year, Mumbais famed Samudra Mahal is again in the headlines.

A veritable playgrounds of the royalty, Richie riches, high-and-mighty and a few shady characters, too, the ‘Sea Palace’ was once owned by the Gwalior Kingdom’s rulers — the Scindias, a Hindu Maratha family with roots in Maharashtra — and many of its descendents continue to rule the roost in modern political era.

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