5-697: HH Maharaniji Sa Jadejiji Janak Kanwarji Saheba d.of Thakore Balsinhji of Khirasra in Dhrol State HH Maharaniji Sa Jadejiji Shri Prabhat Kanwarji Saheba of Rajpur in Jamnagar State Hon Colonel. HH Raj Rajeshwar Bharat Dharma Prabhakar Maharaja Shri Sawai Sir Jai Singhji Veerendra Shiromani Dev Bahadur GCSI GCIE (14 June 1882 – 19 May 1937), was the Naruka Kachwaha Rajput ruler of
10-733: The First World War . Recognising his services, he was appointed a Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (GCIE) by the British in 1919. He features in the oil on canvas painting by Douglas Chandor , Prime Ministers of the Imperial Conference (October 1923) . Dhrol State Dhrol State was one of the 562 princely states of British India . It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to
15-628: The Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency . Its capital was in the town of Dhrol , located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar . Dhrol State was founded in 1595 by Jam Hardholji, a brother of Jam Rawal, the founder of Nawanagar State . The royal family belonged to the Jadeja clan of Rajputs who are the descendants of Samma tribe of Sindh . The Khirasra state was an offshoot of Dhrol. Dhrol State became
20-500: The Princely State of Alwar from the year 1892 to 1937. The only son of the previous ruler, Sir Mangal Singh Prabhakar Bahadur , Sir Jai Singh initially was noted as brilliant, erudite and charming. However, he was later forced into exile. He died in 1937 at the age of 54. He was succeeded by a distant relative, Tej Singh Prabhakar Bahadur . He was educated in the prestigious Mayo College , Ajmer , in which his late father
25-459: Was the first to take admission. He was highly regarded an absolute Indian English orator and scholar. He assisted the farming community with the construction of a number of bunds (irrigation dams). Sir Jai Singh took pride in his State's infantry regiments and had them sent to China during the anti-Christian uprising in China and in the following relief operations . Alwar Lancers units served in
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