The tiger king prevented a British officer from fulfilling his desire, the Maharaja stood in danger of losing his kingdom itself. Once, a high-ranking British officer, who was very fond of hunting tigers, visited Pratibandhapuram. He expressed his wish to hunt tigers in Pratibandhapuram. But, Maharaj refused permission. The British officer’s secretary sent word to the Maharaja through the dewan that he only wanted a photograph with the dead tiger. The Maharaja could do the actual killing. But the Maharaja would not agree even to this proposal. He thought that if he relented now, he would be in a difficult situation if the other British officers turned up for tiger hunts. So, in order to please the British Officer

And retain his kingdom he had to gift expensive diamond rings worth three lakh rupees to the lady of the British officer.

When the king was born, the astrologer made a prophecy that someday the king would be killed by the hundredth tiger while encountering it. The king made every effort to disprove the astrologer’s prophecy. To ensure, he killed a hundred tigers. Astonishingly, the prophecy can’t be indisputably disproved as the king was ultimately killed by a tiger, though neither by a real one nor by the hundredth one. The hundredth tiger, which was weak and lifeless, escaped the Maharaja’s bullet by fainting at the shock of the bullet whizzing past. It was the “tiny little wooden tiger” from the toy shop that caused the death of Tiger King. Hence, its death is a matter of great interest.

The king of Pratibandhapuram came to be known as the ‘Tiger king’ because his whole life revolved around the tigers and their killing. When he was born, the astrologers made a prophecy about his death. They said that the Maharaja’s death would be caused by the hundredth tiger. When the Maharaja got to know about it, he was determined to kill hundred tigers to belie the astrologer’s prophecy. This shows that the Maharaja also believed in the superstition. Unconsciously, the fear of death had given him the courage to prove the prophecy wrong.
After killing all the tigers in his kingdom, he decided to marry a princess whose state had a large tiger population so that he could get hundred tigers to kill. As luck would have it, he shot the hundredth tiger but didn’t ensure that the tiger was dead. That tiger was still alive. Ironically, his death was caused by a wooden tiger. The Maharaja bought a wooden tiger to gift his son. While playing with his son and his wooden tiger, a rough surface pierced the Maharaja’s hand causing an infection that later led to his death. The superstitious belief prevailed as the hundredth tiger became the reason behind the Maharaja's death.

When the Maharaja was born, the astrologer had predicted that he would be killed by a tiger. After he grew up, the astrologer made a prediction that he would be killed by the hundredth tiger. The Maharaja proclaimed that he would disprove this prediction. But, he was threatened deep down the heart. His belief in superstition urged him to kill a hundred tigers. He started killing the tigers in his kingdom. Soon, he succeeded in killing them all.

In fact, he married a girl from a kingdom that had a high tiger population so that he could have more tigers to kill and on account of reaching the count of the number. After he shot the hundredth tiger, he was assured that he had killed 100 tigers and so now he was safe. As luck would have it, he had only wounded the 100th tiger. The biggest irony was that he was killed by a wooden tiger while playing with his son. His arm became septic after it was injured by a rough surface protruding out. Eventually, the infection spread rapidly and the king died. Destiny avenged the death of all the tigers the Maharaja had killed.