At some point in history India was divided into small territories, which were owned and ruled by the Rajas and the Nawabs. Some of these rulers could be good, some spoilt by the riches and excesses that surrounded them, were prone to vagaries. The following is a humorous incident which happened in the court of the Nawab Nasir-ud-din Hyder, who was once the ruler of Awadh (Oudh).
Nawab sahab had a foot-presser Hussaini, also called as Chichinda by name. Now Hussaini whom the Nawab adored, was a gossip. As he continued to press the royal's legs, he chattered and his idle chatter was a continued feed of scandalous tales of the illustrious people of the court. The Nawab being the Nawab, used to rely on him for these various tit-bits of information.
So all was good for Hussaini, even though a lot of the nobles in the court hated him, Until one day the Prime Minister found out, that Husaini was poisoning the king even against him. Naturally this could not be tolerated, so he decided to to get rid of Husaini once and for all.
