King Leopold II and Kashi Naresh

As a kid, seeing gifts from King Leopold II of Belgium in now destitute Ramnagar Fort in Benares made me think of an era of coordination between the kingdom and Belgium. It was only in adulthood that I could learn what sort of coordination the Maharajah could've offered as gratitude for the Order of Leopold II he had received.

http://www.historytoday.com/tim-stanley/belgiums-heart-darkness
http://www.royalark.net/India/benares3.htm