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	nawana8
		1) Maharaj Kumari Ba Shri Harshad Kumari Sahib [Harshad Kumari Sharma].
		2) Maharaj Kumari Ba Shri Mukund Kumari Sahib [H.H. the Maharani of Partabgarh].
		3) Maharaj Kumari Ba Shri Himanshu Kumari Sahib [H.H. the Maharani of Sirohi].
	4dw.net /royalark/India/nawana8.htm (876 words)

	DHRANGADHRA
		Kumar Shri Ranoji Prithirajji, ancestor of the Rulers of Wadhwan.
		Kumari Shri Manba Sahiba, married Maharao DESALJI I GHODAJI of Kutch.
		Kumar Shri Vajesinhji Raghunathsinhji, married 1stly, Kumari Shri Bai Kunwarba Sahiba of Kotharia, married 2ndly, Kumari Shri Subji Kunwarba Sahiba of Kotharia (sister of 1st wife), and daughters of Kumar Shri Jethiji Malubha of Kotharia in Rajkot, married 3rdly, Kumari Shri Rattan Kunwarba Sahiba of Ambedi-Gondal.
	www.uq.net.au /~zzhsoszy/ips/d/dhrangadhra.html (3676 words)

	K S Ranjitsinhji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (10 September 1872–2 April 1933) was an Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the English cricket team.
		Outside cricket, Ranji became Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar in 1907; was Chancellor of the Indian Chamber of Princes; and represented India at the League of Nations.
		Ranji was born in Sarodar, a small village in the western Indian province of Kathiawar, into a wealthy Indian family of princely status.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ranjitsinhji (826 words)

	Informat.io on Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji was a cricketer who played for England.
		He was born on June 13 1905 in Kathiawar one of the Princely states, in India.
		His uncle Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji also played cricket for England.
	www.informat.io /?title=kumar-shri-duleepsinhji (265 words)

	Ranjitsinhji, Kumar Shri, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar - MSN Encarta
		Ranjitsinhji, Kumar Shri, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar - MSN Encarta
		Ranjitsinhji, Kumar Shri, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar
		Ranjitsinhji, Kumar Shri, Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar (1872-1933), Indian-born cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Sussex, and England.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_781530459/Ranjitsinhji_Kumar_Shri_Maharaja_Jam_Sahib_of_Nawanagar.html (79 words)

	Culture and Festivals - Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (1872-1933)
		A Rajput, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji grew up in the Kathiawar peninsula of Gujarat.
		Ranjitsinhji became a sporting hero and acquired celebrity status in turn-of-the-century Britain and around the world, with hoards of admiring fans.
		Many inches of newspaper columns were devoted to Ranjitsinhji, or 'Ranji' as he was known.
	www.movinghere.org.uk /galleries/histories/asian/culture/kumar_shri_ranjitsinhji.htm (582 words)

	KOTHARIA
		Kumar Shri Ravaji Maloji, received Vadali jointly with his brother.
		Kumar Shri Daudabha Maloji, received Vadali jointly with his brother.
		Kumar Shri Jeevansinhji Pratapsinhji, received Nagalpur jointly with his brother, married and had issue.
	www.uq.net.au /~zzhsoszy/ips/k/kotharia_rajkot.html (313 words)

	ranji
		KS Ranjitsinhji or Ranji, was the original prince of the gentleman's game.
		The Prince of Nawanagar (later Maharaja), a small state in Northern India, Ranji was undoubtedly one of the few Indians who dominated the British life.
		Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the Jam Sahib of Nawanagar, earned more respect for his batting in England than any other Indian ever.
	www.geocities.com /cricketromance/ranji.html (512 words)

	Sotheby's - Services & Information - Press Releases (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Inscribed from Louise to Walkley, it is one of a collection of drawings by the princess and her siblings, dedicated to their nurse and nanny, Louisa Walkley, that have been recently discovered.
		Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872-1933) was born in Sarodar, a small village in the western Indian province of Kathiawar.
		During his career, Ranjitsinhji was voted Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1897 and became the first batsman to score 3,000 runs in an English season (1899) — a feat that he repeated in 1900.
	www.shareholder.com /bid/news/20030606-110929.cfm (1189 words)

	Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Inherited title of HH Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Jam Sahib of Nawanagar in 1907
		V Raiji: 1896 And All That - Tribute To Ranjitsinhji (16 Jul 1996)
		Ranjitsinhji demonstrates a shot in his Jubilee Book of Cricket
	www.icc-cricket.com /db/PLAYERS/ENG/R/RANJITSINHJI_KS_01000213 (589 words)

	CHUDA
		Kumar Shri Madhavsinhji Jorawarsinhji, married and had issue.
		Kumar Shri Arjunsinhji Jorawarsinhji Jhala, adopted by the Thakur of Ladhawa.
		Kumar Shri Falgunsinhji Dharmendrasinhji Jhala, resides at Ahmedabad and is an environmentalist having worked as the education officer with the World Wildlife Fund India from 1981 to 1983.
	www.uq.net.au /~zzhsoszy/ips/c/chuda.html (315 words)

	Christie’s spares Ranji's emerald love : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		An emerald and pearl necklace estimated at 1.6 million pounds belonging to Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the erstwhile ruler of Jamnagar, which was supposed to go under the hammer at Christie's in London on September 23.
		When it was made public that the heirloom - a personal favourite of the cricket legend - was to be auctioned, one of his descendants played the sentiment card.
		His advocate Shailesh Mehta confirmed that letters were written to Christie's, the External Affairs Ministry and the Indian high commissioner in England, formally opposing the auction.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1498219,0008.htm (474 words)

	Rajput News, Articles, Indian Resources, Hinduism Resources, Kshtriya Dharma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		He was midsummer night’s dream of cricket Colonel His Highness Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawnagar, GCSI, GBE, KCIE, or Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, or simply ‘Ranji’ as Edwardian England called him and a name that has come to stay, will always be remembered as long as cricket is played anywhere in the world.
		Once in position, one of his first acts was to appoint C B Fry, friend and fellow cricketer, as his private secretary, a position Fry held till Ranji’s death in 1933.
		About a quarter of century that he spent in the Nawnagar gaddi was remarkable for his state, for the Chamber of Princes that he headed, for the League of Nations and for the Empire.
	www.rajputindia.com /resources/showarticle.asp?JournalID=650 (1345 words)

	Love Is An Option \| Stock & Options Trading & Financial Education
		Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji was an Indian who played for the English cricket team
		Some of these, such as Ranjitsinhji and KS Duleepsinhji were greatly appreciated by the British and their names went on to be used for the Ranji Trophy and Duleep Trophy-two of the major domestic tournaments in India.
		In 1911, an Indian team went on their first official tour of England, but only played English county teams and not the English cricket team.
	loveisanoption.com /Indian_cricket_team.html (4112 words)

	The Sunday Tribune - Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The hapless Englishmen not only had to contend with a formidable Australian team, but also with factors like the oppressive heat, bushfire smoke, hectic travelling and their captain’s bad, bad luck with the toss.
		Several Golden Age heroes come alive in the book’s pages, such as Archie MacLaren, Andrew Stoddart and above all Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji.
		The latter, popularly known as Ranji, was a big hit in Australia for his magical batting — the wristy leg glance was his "masterstroke".
	www.tribuneindia.com /2005/20050821/spectrum/book7.htm (706 words)

	Buruma, Ian Criticism and Essays
		In this novel, Buruma's preoccupation with cross-cultural conflict is represented by Colonel Sir Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji.
		This character, based on real-life Indian prince Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji who was maharaja of Nawan̄agar from 1907 to 1933, became famous in England and British India as a world-class cricket player and flamboyant man about town.
		Popularly known as Ranji, he was a progressive ruler who developed seaports, railroads, and irrigation facilities in the city.
	www.enotes.com /contemporary-literary-criticism/buruma-ian (1531 words)

	The forgotten stories of West Indian immigrants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The site allows visitors to see rare photographs from 1869 of emaciated fl slaves in the hold of a ship, and pictures of Fay Sislin, Britain's first fl woman police officer.
		There is a Victorian portrait of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, who arrived from Gujarat in 1880 and became the first Indian to play county cricket in England.
		He went on to captain England and played in 15 test matches between 1896 and 1902.
	www.landofsixpeoples.com /news303/nc308109.htm (744 words)

	Daily Nation On the Web
		In his article carried in the Commonwealth Ministers' {M8L Reference Book 1997/98, Berry rightly observes that elements of racism further hampered the development of the game in Commonwealth.
		"The Victorians held the sincere belief that only the Englishman, at home or abroad, could play the game effectively, (hence Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the master batsman and Rajput was made a honorary Englishman)," Berry wrote.
		Lord Harris, the first England captain in a home Test became the governor of Bombay in the 1890s and was quoted as saying: "To wear down good bowling, and patiently wait for a run here and a run there, is easier for the phlegmatic Anglo-Saxon than for the excitable Asiatic."
	www.nationaudio.com /News/DailyNation/1998/120998/Sports/Sports6.html (888 words)

	Migrant Races (0719069262) SEN - Manchester University Press
		Migrant Races is a study of image, identity and mobility in colonial India and imperial Britain in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
		Focusing on the career of Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, who migrated from India to England as a teenager in the 1880s and returned to India in 1907, the book unravels the significance of this "racial misfit" living in a colonial society.
		While in England Ranjitsinhji rose to the heights of sporting hero, captaining the English cricket team to become one of the best-known athletes in the British empire.
	www.palgrave-usa.com /catalog/product.aspx?isbn=0719069262 (731 words)

	Cricinfo - Schooling Ranji, meeting Bradman
		A misnomer to start off, for it is a school, the college was once the exclusive domain of the princes.
		The most famous of them all, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, Ranji to the cricket-viewing public, studied here.
		More recently, Ajay Jadeja, a descendant of the big man, has been linked with the college.
	content-www5.cricinfo.com /ci/content/story/132601.html (644 words)

	rediff.com: The Cricket section home page
		1896: Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji became the first Indian to appear in a Test match, for England against Australia at Manchester.
		The disgraced South Africa captain's lawyer said he gave an undertaking to the King Commission, and he'll stick to that.
		Dutch coach Emmerson Trotman after the Dutch team won the ICC Trophy final.
	www.rediff.com /cricket/issues/170701.htm (395 words)

	TIME.com: Remarkable Eye, Supple Wrists -- Nov. 24, 1930 -- Page 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, Maharaja Jamsaheb of Navanagar (see map p.
		In 1896 and 1900 "Ranji" was champion cricket batsman for All England, scoring 2,780 runs with an average of 59.91 -figures which Englishmen still ad mire.
		Today the "Ranji" cricket tradition is carried on by his nephew Kumar Shri Duleepsinhji who, as the Cricketers'; Almanac for 1930 observes, "if not so famous as his renowned uncle...
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,740758,00.html (342 words)

	Culture and Festivals
		A full length portrait of Maharaja Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, an Indian cricketer and statesman who made his cricketing debut for Sussex in 1895 (Vanity Fair issue 1504).
		Once it was introduced to the Indian sub-continent by the local British colonists, Asians had to fight for the right to participate in this game classed a gentleman's sport.
		During the colonial era the cricketing prince, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji
	www.movinghere.org.uk /galleries/histories/asian/culture/culture.htm (2562 words)

	Nawanagar - Pearl Jewels \| Perlen und Schmuck des Maharadschas von Nawanagar
		The Jam Saheb above, wears one of his favourite emerald beads necklace....
		But after it was made public that the heirloom - a personal favourite of the cricket legend - was to be auctioned, one of his descendants played the sentiment card.
		Touched by princely concern, it has decided against auctioning the royal jewel.
	www.royal-magazin.de /india/maharaja.htm (534 words)

	TWF India Diaspora (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Predictably, given Indian culture's continuing popularity in England, much of the extensive publicity surrounding the new site, www.movinghere.org.uk, has concentrated on the Indian content.
		Particular attention has been drawn to the story of the first curry house in Britain, opened by Dean Mahomet in London in 1810, and Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, the first Indian to play cricket for England, in 1896.
		Also on the list is a downloadable photo album featuring several pictures taken by Cecil Beaton, who became well known in the 1920s and 1930s for his fashion and society photography.
	www.twfindia.com /diasporaDetail1_01.01.04.asp (1642 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Ranji
		Smith - and later Colonel His Highness Shri Sir Ranjithsinji Vibhaji, Maharajah Jam Saheb of Nawanag
		Ranji, an Indian prince, was probably one of the finest batsmen of all time, not only in terms of runs scored but also because he brought new strokes to the game.
		View the full list of 10 related articles
	www.cricinfo.com /england/content/player/19331.html (598 words)

	World Gold Council > jewellery > Gold News > Cricketer's £1.6m emerald necklace under the hammer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		World Gold Council > jewellery > Gold News > Cricketer's £1.6m emerald necklace under the hammer
		An emerald and pearl necklace once prized by Indian noble and cricket legend, Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji, is going under the hammer at a Christie's auction in London.
		The piece is expected to fetch £1.6 million and will be the centrepoint of the auction on September 23, which will feature a host of gems and jewellery from India.
	www.gold.org /jewellery/news/article/2470 (180 words)

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