Narandevji

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Narandevji
Maharana of Dharampur
Maharana of Dharampur
Reign20 January 1860 – 7 August 1891
PredecessorRamdevji
Successor Mohandevji
Born(1840-09-03)3 September 1840
Died7 August 1891(1891-08-07) (aged 50)
Issue
Names
Narandevji II Ramdevji
House Drapeau Dharampur.png Dharampur
Dynasty Sisodia
FatherRamdevji

Narandevji II Ramdevji was the Maharana of Dharampur from 1860 until his death in 1891.

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Birth

He was born on 3 September 1840 to Ramdevji and his wife, the daughter of Gumansinhji, Maharawal of Chhota Udaipur. [1] [2]

Reign

He ascended the throne at the young age of 19 on 26 January 1860. [1] [3] He was regarded as a very intelligent and capable ruler, and his rule was considered beneficent. [3] [4] He made significant improvements in the administration of the state by introducing new and appropriate laws to improve people's lives. [3] British Government in 1862 granted him a sanad, giving him and his successors the right to adopt under Hindu law if there was no natural heir. [3] [5] He found the arrangement of auctioning the British share of transit duties in his state annually to the highest bidder distasteful. [5] In 1869, he expressed a desire to take over its permanent management. [5] He also offered to remit his dues on all through traffic with Khandesh, provided the British Government did the same. [5] Besides that, he proposed to make his own arrangements for collecting import and export duties to encourage freedom of trade. [5] The management was granted to him in 1870. [5] In 1875, when Edward VII visited India, he was one of the Indian rulers invited to Mumbai to meet him. [3] There, he received a medal and a khalat. [3] He attended the Delhi durbar of 1877, where he was presented with a banner bearing the state coat of arms [4] and was granted a personal salute of nine guns, along with the style of His Highness. [3] [5] This salute of nine guns was made permanent in 1878. [5] In 1890, his personal salute was increased to 11 guns. [4]

Personal life

He married and had four sons: Dharamdevji, Mohandevji, Baldevji, and Prabhatdevji. [2] He also had several daughters, including Nand Kunverba, who married Bhagvatsinhji. [2] [6]

Death

He died on 7 August 1891 and was succeeded by his son Mohandevji as the Maharana of Dharampur. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Wright, Arnold (1922). Indian States; a Biographical, Historical and Administrative Survey. Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Company. pp. 675–678.
  2. 1 2 3 Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1900). The Golden Book of India. A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated, of the Indian Empire. With an Appendix for Ceylon. S. Low, Marston & Company. p. 63.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ACL-ARCH 00269 Indian Princes And The Crown. p. 176.
  4. 1 2 3 Dumasia, naorji M. (1928). Dharampur A Brief Sketch Of Its History And Administration. pp. 1–2.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Dept, India Foreign and Political (1909). A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads, Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries. Superintendent Government Printing, India. pp. 95–96.
  6. ↑ Not Available (1933). Whos Who Among Indian Princes And Chiefs. p. 1128.
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