Bharat, the brother of Rama, was very humble. When Rama was banished to the forest, Bharat went after Rama to tried and persuade Rama to not leave, because Bharat did not want to rule in Rama's place. However, Rama kept his word and left, as he had promised. Bharat kept Rama's sandals as a token of the true king until Rama's return years later. He ruled faithfully in Ayodhya while Rama was absent from the throne. All of this can be found in Krishna Dharma's "Ramayana," published by Torchlight Publishing.