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1907 - 1933 Lieutenant-Colonel H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharaja Jam Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Jadeja [Rawalji II Vibhaji Sahib], Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, GCSI (2.6.1923, KCSI 1.1.1917), GBE (m 30.12.1919). b. at Sarodar, 10^th September 1872, as Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Jivansinhji Jadeja, second son of Kumar Shri Jivansinhji Jhalamsinhji Jadeja, of Sarodar, by his second wife, Kanwarani Shri Namdar Ma Sahib, educ. Rajkumar Coll, Rajkot, Trinity Coll, Cambridge, and Lincoln’s Inn, London. Adopted by H.H. Maharaja Jam Shri Sir Vibhaji Ranmalsinhji, 11^th December 1878. Heir Apparent from 11^th December 1878 until 11^th October 1882. Succeeded on the death of his adopted brother, 3^rd March 1907 and installed on the gadi, at the Darbargarh, Jamnagar, when he assumed the name of Rawalji II Vibhaji, 7^th March 1907. Cmsnd as Lieut Patiala (Rajindra) Lancers 1898, prom Capt 1899, ADC to the Maharaja of Patiala 1899-1900, Hon Maj British Army 1/10/1914, served as a staff officer with the BEF in France and Flanders 1914-1915 (rcvd: MID), Hon ADC 8/6/1915, donated his entire fleet of motor cars and lorries, lent his house at Staines as a fully equipped hospital and sent several squadrons of the Nawanagar Lancers to the war front at his own expense, prom Hon Lieut-Col 1/1/1918. Indian Representative at the League of Nations 1920, Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes 1932-1933. Granted a permanent salute of 13-guns, together with a personal salute of 15-guns, 1^st January 1918. Raised to a permanent salute of 15-guns, 1^st January 1921. He transformed his little state by cosnstructing the modern port at Bedi, a network of roads and railways, extensive irrigation works, hospitals and dispensaries, constructing a number of magnificent public and private buildings, laying out and rebuilding Jamnagar City, and establishing bird and animal sanctuaries. The greatest cricketer of his age, played for Sussex 1895-1897, 1899-1904, 1908, and 1912 (Capt. 1899-1903), Champion batsman for All-England in 1896 and 1900, scoring a total of 2,780 runs with an average of 59-91. Presdt Sussex Cricket Club 1930-1933. Vice-Presdt British Indian Union 1923. Patron Summair Sports Club (Jamnagar) 1929-1933, Jamnagar Rangoon Soc (Burma), etc. Worshipful Master No 59 Kathiawar Masonic Lodge 1917-1919. Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc, MCC, Marlborough Club, Western India Sports Club, Willingdon Sports Club (Bombay), etc. Author “The Jubilee Book of Cricket” (1897), “With Stoddart’s Team in Australia” (1898), “Cricket Guide and how to Play Cricket” (1906), and “Cricket Songs”. Proprietor of Jamnagar House, Staines, Middlesex and Ballynahinch Castle, Connemara, Ireland. Founder of the Nawanagar State Order of Merit in three classes and the Nawanagar State Certificate of Merit 1915. Rcvd: DGBStJ (25.11.1911), Delhi Durbar gold medal (1911), 1914 Star, British War and Allied Victory (1918) medals. He d. unm. of heart failure at the Jam Palace, Jamnagar, 2^nd April 1933 (succ. by his adopted son).

1933 - 1966 Lieutenant-General H.H. Maharaja Jam Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, GCSI (14.8.1947, KCSI 3.6.1935), GCIE (2.1.1939). b. at Sarodar, 18^th September 1895, third son of Maharaj Shri Juvansinhji Jivansinhji, of Sarodar, educ. Rajkumar Coll, Rajkot, Malvern Coll, Malvern, Worcestershire, Univ Coll, London, and the Cadet Training Sch, Indore. Cmsnd as 2^nd-Lieut British Army 1/12/1919, attached 125^th Rajputs (Napier’s) IA 17/7/1920, served with Egyptian Exped Force 1920, prom Lieut 6^th Rajputana Rifles 17/7/1921, served with Waziristan Field Force 1922-1924, prom Capt 5^th/6^th Rajputs (Napier’s) 25/3/1929, resig 1/12/1931, prom Hon Maj 15/2/1936, Hon Lieut-Col 23/9/1936, Hon Col 3/4/1942, and Hon Lieut-Gen 14/2/1947, Hon Col 5^th Battalion (Napier’s), 6^th Rajputana Rifles, IA 16/7/1943-1946, Hon Col The Rajputana Rifles, IA 14/12/1946-1966, Col-in-Chief 1^st (Y Bahadur’s Own) Jaipur Infantry 1948-1952. Hon ADC to the King-Emperor George VI 11/12/1936-1946, and Hon Extra ADC 25/1/1946-1950. Succeeded on the death of his adopted father and paternal uncle, 2^nd April 1933. Installed on the gadi, at Jamnagar, 14^th April 1933. Signed a covenant merging his state into the United State of Kathiawad 22^nd January 1948. Became Rajpramukh and Presdt of the Presidium of the United State of Kathiawad 1^st February 1948, and formally installed as such, at Jamnagar, 15^th February 1948. The union was subsequently renamed the Union of Saurashtra on 15^th April 1948, his term of office extended ‘for life’ in November 1948, and continued to serve as such until 31^st October 1956, when the union merged with the State of Bombay. Chancellor of the Chamber of Princes 1937-1944, Indian Representative on the Imperial War Cabinet and Pacific War Council 1942-1945, Deputy Leader Indian delegation to the UN General Assembly in New York 1948-1951 (Chair UN Admin.Tribunal 1950-1951, and UN Negotiating Cttee on Korean Rehabilitation). Chair Somnath Brd of Trustees Jamnagar 1948. Presdt Cricket Club of India 1937-1938. Vice-Presdt Royal Empire Soc 1951-1958 & Royal Commonwealth Soc 1958-1966. Patron-in-Chief Jamnagar Rifle Club. Patron Summair Sports Club (Jamnagar) 1933-1966, Jamnagar Rangoon Soc (Burma), and Jamnagar Rotary Club. Patron and Hon Mbr Rotary Club of Jamnagar. Patron Aero Club of India 1928, ‘India’s Might’ 1943-1946, etc. Hon Patron Warsaw Bednarska High Sch 1999. Hon Mbr United Service Institution of India. Mbr Bombay Natural History Soc, East India Assoc, Willingdon Sports Club (Bombay), National Sports Club of India (New Delhi), etc. Rcvd: India General Service (with Wazirisan clasp), Silver Jubilee (1935), Coron (1937), 39/45, Africa and Pacific Stars, British War and India Service (1945), and Indian Independence (1948) medals, the Halvad-Dhrangadhra State Rajyabhisek Medal 1^st class and the Halvad-Dhrangadhra Accession to India Medal (25.3.1948), Cdr of the Order of Merit of Poland (posth 10.2.2012). m. at Sirohi, 7^th March 1935, H.H. Deoriji Maharani Shri Kanchan Kunverba Sahiba (b. at Bhuj, Cutch, 26^th September 1910; d. 1994), Regent of the state during her husband’s absences abroad 1941 and 1942-1943, née Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Gulab Kunverba Sahiba, rcvd: Silver Jubilee (1935) and Coron (1937) medals, second daughter of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Sir Sarup Ram Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi, GCIE, KCSI, by his first wife, H.H. Jadeji Maharani Shri Krishna Kunverba Sahib, fourth and youngest daughter of Colonel H.H. Maharajadhiraj Mirza Maharao Shri Sir Khengarji III Sawai Bahadur, Maharao of Cutch, GCSI, GCIE. He d. at Jamnagar, 3^rd February 1966, having had issue, one son and three daughters:

1) Yuvaraj Maharajkumar Shri Shatrushalyasinhji Digvijaysinhji Sahib, who succeeded as H.H. Maharaja Jam Shri ShatrushalyasinhjiDigvijaysinhji Jadeja [Sataji Sahib], Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar - see below.
1) Maharajkumari Ba Shri Harshad Kumari Sahiba [Mrs Harshad Kumari Sharma]. b. at Jamnagar, 1936. Convenor Indian National Trust for Art & Cultural Heritage (INTACH) for Gujarat. m. (first) 1958 (div.) Kumar Shri Narhari Singh, son of Maharaj Shri Fatehsinhji Daulatsinhji Sahib, of Limbdi, by his wife, Raj Kumari Ba Shri Nirmal Kunverba Sahib, daughter of Colonel Raj Kumar Prithisinhji Ramsinhji Sahib, of Rajpipla- see India (Limbdi). m. (second) 18^th December 1970, Shri Rahul Kumar Sharma.
2) Maharajkumari Ba Shri Mukund Kumari Sahiba [H.H. Jadeji Maharani Shri Mukund Kunverba Sahiba 1960-1964]. m. 1960 (div. 1964), H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharawat Shri Ambika Pratap Singhji Bahadur, Maharawat of Partabgarh (b. at Partabgarh, 17^th March 1940), eldest surviving son of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharawat Shri Sir Ram Singhji II Bahadur, Maharawat of Partabgarh, KCSI, by his third wife, H.H. Dhrangadhrawala Maharani Shri Mahendra Kunverba Sahiba, youngest daughter of Major Shri Shaktimant Jhaladap Mahamandleshwar Maharana Shri Raj Sir Ghanishamsinhji Ajitsinhji Sahib, Maharana Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra, GCIE, KCSI. She had issue, on only son - see India (Partabgarh).
3) Maharajkumari Ba Shri Himanshu Kumari Sahiba [H.H. Jadeji Maharani Shri Himanshu Kumari Sahiba, of Sirohi]. b. at Jamnagar, 1943. m. 1969, H.H. Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Raghubir Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi (b. at Manadar, 28^th January 1943), elder son of H.H. Raj Rajeshwar Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Abai Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi, by his first wife, Thakuraniji Shri Ba Champa Kunverba Sahiba, daughter of Thakur Amar Singh, of Pawa, in Jodhpur state. She had issue, one son - see India (Sirohi).

1966 Wing Commander H.H. Maharaja Jam Shri Shatrushalyasinhji Digvijaysinhji Jadeja [Sataji Sahib], Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar. b. at Jamnagar, 20^th February 1939, only son of Lieutenant-General H.H. Maharaja Jam Shri Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, GCSI, GCIE, by his wife, H.H. Deoriji Maharani Shri Kanchan Kunverba Sahiba, sometime Regent of Nawanagar, daughter of H.H. Maharajadhiraj Maharao Shri Sir Sarup Ram Singhji Bahadur, Maharao of Sirohi, GCIE, KCSI, educ. Doon Sch, Dehra Dun, Institut Le Rosey, Rolle, Vaud, Switzerland, and Malvern Coll, Malvern, Worcestershire. Cmsnd as Pilot Officer IAF, served in the Indo-Pak War of 1965, retd as Hon Wing Cdr 25/5/1973. Succeeded on the death of his father, 3^rd February 1966 (recognised by the Presdt of India, 25^th June 1966). The Government of India amended the Indian Constitution to remove his position as a “ruler” and his right to receive privy-purse payments, 28^th December 1971. First class cricketer 1958-1967. Presdt Saurashtra Cricket Assoc 1972. Chair Ranji Memorial Trust since 1972. Convenor of The Sir Peter Scott Inst for Nature. Patron Summair Sports Club (Jamnagar) 1967-1969. Mbr Cricket Club of India (CCI) (Bombay), Bombay Natural History Soc, etc. Dir The Ashoka Hotels Ltd. m. at Jammu & Kashmir House, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi, 28^th November 1960 (div. 1964), Chaitanya Rajya Lakshmi (m. second, 1964, Mohinder Singh Chadha, a Delhi businessman, by whom she had two sons), styled Yuvrani Bharati Kumari Sahiba 1960-1964, youngest daughter of General Supradipta- Manyabara-Nepal-Tara Jyotirmaya-Subikhyat-Tri-Shakti-Patta Suprasidha-Prasidha-Pravala-Gorkha Dakshina-Bahu Maharajkumar Sharada Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, sometime Minister for Education, of Nepal, by his first wife, Sri Rani Sobha Rajya Lakshmi, née Sajan Kunwar, from Bundi. No issue.

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