The “Tiger King” here is Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur , the Maharaja of the fictional state of Pratibandapuram in the Class 12 English story “The Tiger King.”

Why he is called “Tiger King”

  • At his birth, astrologers predicted that the prince would one day die because of a tiger.
  • Even as a ten‑day‑old baby, he supposedly spoke and demanded to know how he would die, astonishing everyone.
  • When told a tiger would be the cause, he growled and declared “Let tigers beware!”, deciding that he would kill tigers instead of being killed by one.
  • When he grew up and became Maharaja, he made it his mission to hunt and kill one hundred tigers to “defeat” his fate. This obsession with hunting tigers earned him the name “Tiger King.”

Mini story-style recap

Once upon a time in Pratibandapuram, a royal astrologer announced that the newborn prince’s death would come from a tiger.

The tiny prince, far from being scared, practically challenged destiny itself and vowed that tigers should fear him instead.

Years later, as king, he turned this vow into a life mission: tracking, shooting, and counting tiger after tiger, determined to reach a total of one hundred.

Because his whole identity, power, and pride revolved around tiger hunting, people began to call him the “Tiger King.”

TL;DR: Jilani Jung Jung Bahadur is called the Tiger King because a prophecy said a tiger would cause his death, so he obsessively hunted tigers—up to a planned hundred—and that tiger-obsessed life earned him the title.

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