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'''His Supreme Highness, the Maharajah of Pankot, Zalim Singh''' was the thirteen-year-old son of [[Premjit Singh]] and the prince who ruled over the province of [[Pankot]].
==Biography==
{{Quote|That's the Maharajah? That kid?|[[Willie Scott]]}}
Zalim Singh was born in [[1922]]. He was educated by an [[England|English]] tutor in preparation for his reign as Maharajah of [[Pankot Province]]. While still a child, Singh ascended to the throne following the death of his father [[Premjit Singh|Premjit]] in [[1930]].<ref name="Marshall" />
Singh was secretly controlled by his devious prime minister [[Chattar Lal]] who was a member of the [[Thuggee]] cult. In [[1935]], at the urging of his prime minister, Singh hosted [[the Guardian of Tradition Dinner]] at [[Pankot Palace]] to raise the status of Pankot among its neighboring principalities, and many dignitaries and merchants were invited. Several unexpected guests arrived and were also brought to the banquet: [[Phillip James Blumburtt|Captain Blumburtt]] and [[Indiana Jones]] (Indy). At dinner, both of these men discussed the possibility of a Thuggee revival, and Singh spoke up to proclaim that the Thuggee were a thing of the past, insisting to his subjects that his kingdom would never grant asylum to the cult. However, he was unaware that Lal had been drugging his drinks to make him a participant in the rituals that occurred at the [[Kali]] [[Temple of Doom|temple]] hidden beneath his palace.<ref name="ToD">''[[Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom]]''</ref>
Later, the entranced Singh was responsible for torturing IndyJones by piercing a [[kryta]] doll in his likeness with a pin while the [[archaeologist]] was foiling the [[Chief Guard|chief Thuggee guard]]. When [[Short Round]] (Shorty), Indy's sidekick, noticed Singh disabling Jones with the doll, he climbed up to Singhthe Maharajah's vantage point and wrestledeventually therestrained Maharajahhim. Restraining Singh, Shorty reached for the doll and removed the pin from the doll, allowing Jones to continue fighting the guard (who ultimately wasmet crushedhis toend deathin by thea [[rock crusher]]). Shorty delivered several blows ontoto Singh, but the Maharajah shoved Shortyhim off himaway and pulled out hisa sword,. preparingShort to stab him. ShortyRound grabbed a nearby torch and thrustedthrust it ontointo the Maharajah. Singhwho let out a scream of extreme pain as he was burned and freed from his enslavement by Shorty (just like how Shorty had earlier freed Indy from the same trance). Shortly thereafterHowever, Indy yelled out to Shorty, ordering him to get down in the cart.burn Before Shorty left to rejoin Indy,freed Singh, grateful to Shorty for liberating him from the [[Black Sleep of the Kali Ma]] and the grateful Maharajah, butthough ashamed of himself at the same time, gave Shorty directions for escaping the mines to Shorty. Anxious to further redeem himself for his actions, Singh made his own escape from the mines, contacted Captain Blumburtt and his men, and led them to the bridge (which Indy has destroyed during a confrontation with the Thuggee) where the rest of the Thuggee were attempting to kill Indiana Jones. After the cultists were dealt with, Singh bowed to Shorty in thanks for liberating him, which was returned with a wave of Shorty's cap.<ref name="ToD" />
Anxious to further redeem himself for his actions, Singh made his own escape from the mines, contacted Captain Blumburtt and [[Eleventh Poona Rifles|his men]], and led them to the bridge leading from the palace where the rest of the Thuggee were attempting to kill Indiana Jones. After the cultists were dealt with, Singh bowed to Shorty in thanks, which was returned with a wave of Shorty's cap.<ref name="ToD" />
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