Himmatsinhji | |
---|---|
1st Deputy defence minister of India and 1st Lieutenant-Governor of Himachal Pradesh | |
In office 1 March 1952 –31 December 1954 | |
Preceded by | Office created |
Succeeded by | Bajrang Bahadur Singh |
Personal details | |
Born | 1897 British India |
Died | 9 January 1973 Republic of India |
Military career | |
Allegiance | British India (1917-1947) India (after 1947) |
Service/ | British Indian Army |
Years of service | 1917–1931,1939-1946 |
Rank | Major-General |
Battles/wars | World War I World War II |
Awards | CIE (1946) |
Major-General Kumar Shri Himmatsinhji Jadeja CIE (1897 - 9 January 1973) was the first Deputy defence minister of India and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Himachal Pradesh. A descendant of the rulers of Nawanagar State,he served with the Indian Army,reaching the rank of major-general. He was later a member of the two most recent predecessors of the lower house of the Parliament of India –the Central Legislative Assembly and the Constituent Assembly. He also played several first-class cricket matches and was the nephew of Ranjitsinhji and brother of Duleepsinhji,both of whom played Test cricket for England.
Himmatsinhji was born at Sarodar a village in Nawanagar State on Gujarat's Kathiawar peninsula. Himmatsinhji's brother Duleepsinhji,a Test cricketer for England,and Digvijaysinhji,who succeeded the brothers' uncle,Ranjitsinhji,as ruler of Nawanagar. Rajendrasinhji,was India's first Chief of the Army Staff.
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||
Role | Batsman,wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1933–1937 | Rajputana | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Source:CricketArchive,24 September 2014 |
A keen sportsman,like many in his family,Himmatsinhji was introduced to cricket during his education in England,where he boarded at Malvern College in Worcestershire. [1] By his last year at the college,1916,he was considered good enough to open the batting (and occasionally keep wicket) for the school team,with his best score an innings of 84 runs against Cheltenham College. [2] Later in the season,he captained a combined Public Schools team against a team from the Royal Horse Artillery. The match,played at Lord's and umpired by Himmatsinhji's brother,Digvijaysinhji,included six other (future and former) first-class cricketers:for the Public Schools,Lionel Hedges and Nigel Atkinson,and for the Artillery team,Edward Lee,Graham Doggart,Frank Orr,and Peter Remnant. [3] Himmatsinhji remained in England until at least the following year,when he played a charity match for an Indian XI against an Australian XI,for the benefit of war widows and orphans. [4]
Having returned to India,Himmatsinhji played several matches at first-class level during the 1930s. [5] His debut came for a Viceroy's XI against the Roshanara Club in February 1932,where he kept wicket but scored a duck in his only innings. [6] Himmatsinhji's remaining matches came for Rajputana representative sides,predecessors of the current Rajasthan cricket team,including a match against the touring English team during the 1933–34 season and a match against a touring Australian side led by Frank Tarrant during the 1935–36 season. He also twice played at Ranji Trophy level,during the 1936–37 and 1937–38 editions of the tournament. [5] [7] Himmatsinhji's two highest first-class scores,innings of 20 and 39 runs,came during the first of these matches,which Rajputana lost to Central India by 125 runs. [8] He played his last match at first-class level in the following season's tournament,again against Central India,and recorded a pair. [9]
In World War I,Himmatsinhji received a temporary commission in the British Indian Army and saw service in Mesopotamia. Two of his relatives also served overseas during the war –a cousin,Savaisinhji Devisinhji,was wounded in African campaign,while a brother,Dajirajsinhji,was killed in action in France in 1917. [10] By the end of the war,Himmatsinhji had been promoted to captain. On 26 March 1919,Himmatsinhji received a substantive commission in the British Indian Army as a second lieutenant,with date from 21 September 1918. [11] He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 September 1919, [12] and to captain on 26 March 1924. [13]
His brothers,Pratapsinhji and Digvijaysinhji,with their uncle,Ranjitsinhji,the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar,regularly vacationed together at Ballynahinch Castle,his residence in County Galway,Ireland. [14] In 1930,the three brothers were recalled from the Indian Army to take up roles in the armed forces of Nawanagar,with Himmatsinhji named Commander-in-Chief. [15] As a result,Himmatsinhji relinquished his British commission on 14 June 1931. [16] However,his time in this position was short. Ranjitsinhji died in April 1933,having named Dijvijaysinhji as his heir. [17]
After a brief period in the diplomatic service,Himmatsinhji returned to the army,seeing service in the Second World War. A war-substantive lieutenant-colonel at the war's end,he eventually reached the rank of major-general. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1946 New Year Honours. [18] He was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly,India's pre-independence lower house,in 1946,and was later a member of the Constituent Assembly,the transitional body established after independence. A member of the Indian National Congress,he was a party whip before being appointed Deputy Minister of Defence in Jawaharlal Nehru's first ministry. [19] In this position he chaired a committee responsible for recommended improvements to India's defences along its border with what was then the Kingdom of Tibet,prior to China's invasion and eventually annexation. [20] Upon retirement,Himmatsinhji was appointed the first lieutenant-governor of Himachal Pradesh,a newly created Part C state of India. He served in the position from 1952 to 1954,when he was succeeded by Bajrang Bahadur Singh. Himmatsinhji died at Jamnagar on 9 January 1973. [21]
Colonel H. H. Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji II,Jam Saheb of Nawanagar,,often known as Ranji or K. S. Ranjitsinhji,was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Nawanagar from 1907 to 1933,as Maharaja Jam Saheb,and a noted Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,and county cricket for Sussex. He is widely known as the "Father of Indian Cricket",as he was one of the earliest top-class Indian cricketers to play the sport.
The Ranji Trophy is the premier domestic first-class cricket championship played in India. The Board of Control for Cricket in India annually organise it. The teams representing regional and state cricket associations participate. BCCI founded the championship in year 1934,since then it is annually organised across various grounds and stadiums in India.
Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji was a cricketer who played for England. Playing in the era before the Indian cricket team,he is considered one of India's first great batsmen,alongside his uncle Ranjitsinhji,who also represented England. Born in present-day Gujarat,he was educated at the Rajkumar College,Rajkot,before moving to England as a boy,where he attended Cheltenham College,and Cambridge University. The Duleep Trophy,long one of the premier competitions in Indian first class cricket,is named after him.
Nawanagar was an Indian princely state in the historical Halar region,located on the southern shores of the Gulf of Kutch. It was ruled by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty and became the part of newly formed India. The city is now known as Jamnagar. It had an area of 3,791 square miles (9,820 km2) and a population estimated at 336,779 in 1901. Its rulers,who use the title of "Jam Saheb" are of the same clan as the Rao of Kutch. They were entitled to a 13-gun salute. The state flag was a rectangular red flag with a white elephant,near and facing the hoist. During the British,the state was part of the Kathiawar Agency,within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency.
Ajaysinhji Jadeja,known as Ajay Jadeja,is an Indian former professional cricketer,who was a regular member of the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000. He played 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals for India. He also captained Indian Cricket Team.
Jadeja is a Rajput clan that inhabits the Indian state of Gujarat. They originated from pastoral communities and laid a claim on the Rajput identity after marriages with Sodha Rajput women by adopting a process called Rajputisation.
Sarobindu Nath"Shute" Banerjee was a cricketer who represented India in one official and five unofficial Test matches. He was right-arm medium pace bowler and a lower order batsman.
Hanumant Singh ( )(29 March 1939 –29 November 2006) was an Indian cricketer. He played in 14 Test matches for the Indian cricket team from 1964 to 1969. He was later an International Cricket Council match referee in 9 Tests and 54 One Day Internationals from 1995 and 2002.
Kumar Shri Indrajitsinhji Madhavsinhji was an Indian cricketer who played in four Test matches from 1964 to 1969 as a wicketkeeper-batsman.
Dinkar Balwant Deodhar was an Indian cricketer. He played first-class cricket from 1911 to 1948.
General Maharaj Shri Rajendrasinhji Jadeja,also known as K.S. Rajendrasinhji, was the first Chief of Army Staff of the Indian army,and the second Indian,after Field Marshal K. M. Cariappa,to become Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army.
Kumar Shri Ghanshyamsinhji Daulatsinhji Jhala of Limbdi,often known as K. S. Limbdi during his cricket career,was an Indian nobleman and first-class cricketer. He was a cousin of England Test batsman Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji and brother-in-law of Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji,the Jethwa ruler of the Princely State of Porbandar.
This article describes the history of cricket in British India from the 1918–19 season until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja was the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar from 1933 to 1966,succeeding his uncle,the famed cricketer Ranjitsinhji.
Alfred Graham Skinner was an English cricketer. Skinner was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Calcutta and educated at Oundle School in England.
H.H. Jamsaheb Shatrusalyasinhji Jadeja is a former first-class cricketer and the last person to hold the title of Maharaja of Nawanagar.
The 1936–37 Ranji Trophy was the third season of the Ranji Trophy. It was contested between 17 teams in a knockout format. Nawanagar won the title in their first appearance defeating Bengal in the final.
Rajkumar Shri Indravijaysinhji Dilawarsinhji Jadeja was an Indian cricketer. A descendant of the ruling family of Nawanagar State,and a nephew of Ranjitsinhji,who played Test cricket for England,Indravijaysinhji was introduced to cricket at the Rajkumar College,Rajkot where most of his family had been educated. He went on to play Ranji Trophy matches for Western India,Nawanagar,and Saurashtra,captaining Nawanagar. He also appeared for several combined teams against touring international sides,and finished his career with 28 first-class matches and a single first-class century.
Rajkumar Shri Sukhdevsinhji Rajendrasinhji Jadeja,known professionally as R. K. Sukhdevsinhji,is an Indian businessman and former cricketer. Sukhdevsinhji played a single first-class match for Baroda during the 1953–54 season,aged 17. His father,General Rajendrasinhji,was descended from the ruling family of Nawanagar State,and many other members of his family played cricket at high levels. Sukhdevsinhji later studied economics at St. Stephen's College,Delhi,and has held a variety of positions with companies in India's oil and gas sector,most notably as chairman of Bharat Petroleum.
Abdul Aziz Durrani was an Afghan-born Indian cricket coach and first-class cricketer. He played as a wicket-keeper and batsman for Sind and Nawanagar in the Ranji Trophy. He was the father of India Test cricketer Salim Durani.