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Yes, of course, there is an element of irony in the way the Maharaja died. It was predicted that he might die by the hundredth tiger. He killed ninety-nine tigers within many years. The hundredth tiger was brought from Madras by the Diwan because no more tigers were left. The Tiger King fired at the tiger and it fell down on the ground. But he had missed the target and the tiger had just fainted and was not dead. The tiger was then killed by one of the hunters.
Then the Maharaja got a wooden toy-tiger as a birthday gift for his son. While playing with it alongwith his son the silver pierced his right hand. The next day, infection spread in the Maharaja’s right hand. In four days it developed into a pus-generating sour which spread all over the arm.
Three famous surgeons were called from Madras. They performed the operation, but the Maharaja could not be saved. The irony is that though he killed ninety-nine tigers, yet he died because of a little wooden toy-tiger, which was the hundredth. Thus, something totally unexpected happened, which is the element of an irony in the story.