Narandevji
| Narandevji | |||||
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| Maharana of Dharampur | |||||
| Maharana of Dharampur | |||||
| Reign | 20 January 1860 – 7 August 1891 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ramdevji | ||||
| Successor | Mohandevji | ||||
| Born | 3 September 1840 | ||||
| Died | 7 August 1891 (aged 50) | ||||
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| House |  Dharampur | ||||
| Dynasty | Sisodia | ||||
| Father | Ramdevji | ||||
Narandevji II Ramdevji was the Maharana of Dharampur from 1860 until his death in 1891.
Birth
[edit]He was born on 3 September 1840 to Ramdevji and his wife, the daughter of Gumansinhji, Maharawal of Chhota Udaipur.[1][2]
Reign
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]He died on 7 August 1891 and was succeeded by his son Mohandevji as the Maharana of Dharampur.[1][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Wright, Arnold (1922). Indian States; a Biographical, Historical and Administrative Survey. Foreign and Colonial Compiling and Publishing Company. pp. 675–678.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c d e f g ACL-ARCH 00269 Indian Princes And The Crown. p. 176.
- ^ a b c Dumasia, naorji M. (1928). Dharampur A Brief Sketch Of Its History And Administration. pp. 1–2.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i 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.
- ^ Not Available (1933). Whos Who Among Indian Princes And Chiefs. p. 1128.