Ranjitsinhji
Videos
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
Ranjitsinhji c. 1908
Ranjitsinhji caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1897
Ranjitsinhji c. 1900.
Ranjitsinhji c. 1905.
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
Ranjitsinhji
…Ranjitsinhji c. 1908 Maharaja of Nawanagar, (present day Jamnagar) Reign 11 March 1907 – 2 April 1933 Predecessor Jashwantsinhji Vibhaji II Successor Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Born 10 September 1872 Sadodar, Kathiawar, Kathiawar Agency, British Indian Empire Died 2 April 1933 (aged 60) Jamnagar Palace, Nawanagar State, Kathiawar…
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.