Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?

The Tiger King is the shortened name of the hero of the story titled, The Tiger King. He is the Maharaja of Pratibandapuram.

When he was born, the astrologers announced that he would die one day. The ten-day-old prince suddenly spoke and asked the astrologers how he would die, baffling them. He was told that his death would be caused by a tiger. The infant prince then growled and uttered:” Let tigers beware!” He was then named ' Tiger King'. Also the prince grows up to become a tiger-killer and spends most of his life in pursuit of his ambition of killing 100 tigers.