Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, known widely in Poland as the Good Maharaja, was the ruling Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, succeeding his uncle, the famed cricketer Ranjitsinhji. He ruled Na
Digvijaysinhji in 1935
Maharaja Jadeja with Polish children on Christmas Eve
Memorial in Warsaw. The nearby "Good Maharaja's Square" was named after Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji in recognition of his help to Polish refugees during World War II.
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Colonel Kumar Sri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II, often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji, was an Indian cricketer who later became ruler of his native Indian princely state of Nawanagar, from 1907 to
Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja
…Maharaja (Polish: Dobry Maharadża), was the ruling Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (present day Jamnagar), succeeding his uncle, the famed cricketer Ranjitsinhji. He ruled Nawanagar from 1933 to 1947, when Nawanagar was merged into the United State of Kathiawar, after which he held his title nominally. Jadeja…
Ranjitsinhji c. 1908
Ranjitsinhji caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1897
Ranjitsinhji c. 1900.
Ranjitsinhji c. 1905.