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Gopal, The Jester, Again!!

Gopal was the jester at Raja Krishnachandra’s court. He was a barber by profession but entertained the king a lot with his sharp wit, that the king made him his jester. The Raja had a peculiar habit that he believed that his day being good or bad depended on who he saw first in the […]

Gopal, the Jester

There are lots of stories in India about wise men who won the hearts of kings with their wit and humour. Birbal, of Akbar’s court and Tenali Rama of Krishnadevaraya’s court are of course the two people we can never forget. But there was a person by name Gopal Bhand, who was in the court […]

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