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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Jaiwant Singhji Ranmal Singhji Vaghela
| title = [[Maharana]] of [[Sanand]]
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| native_lang1 = [[Gujarati]], [[Hindi]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Urdu]]
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| birth_date = 1904
| birth_place = [[Sanand]], [[Baroda State]], [[British Indian Empire]]<br/>(now in [[Gujarat]], [[India]])
| death_date = 17 June 1980 (age 76)
| death_place = [[Sanand]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
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| predecessor = [[Ranmal Singhji Vaghela]]
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| successor = [[Rudradutt Singhji Vaghela]] (titular)
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| royal house = [[Vaghela dynasty]]
| father = [[Ranmal Singhji Vaghela]]
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| religion = [[Shaktism]]
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'''Jaiwant Singhji Vaghela of Sanand''' (1904  – 17 June 1980),<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Journal of the Indian Musicological Society |date=1980 |volume=11-12 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X8gJAQAAMAAJ&q=jaiwant+sanand |page=56}}</ref> also known as '''Sanand Bapu''', was an Indian [[Maharana|king]], [[Spirituality|spiritual leader]], [[Hindustani classical music|classical vocalist]], [[Rudra Veena|beenkar]], and [[Musicology|musicologist]] belonging to the [[Mewati gharana]] (musical apprenticeship lineage). He is known for being the [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] of [[Sanand]] and guru of [[Pandit Jasraj]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Indian Council for Public Relations |journal=Cultural News from India |date=1980 |volume=21 |page=16 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H8E5AQAAIAAJ&q=jaiwant+sanand}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.harmonyindia.org/people_posts/the-masters-voice/|title=The master's voice « Harmony Magazine}}</ref> His legacy includes contributions of compositions (performed and recorded famously by [[Maniram|Pandit Maniram]] and Pandit Jasraj), new [[Raga|raags]], and an integrationist approach to [[music philosophy]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Glory of India: A Quarterly on Indology |date=1980 |volume=4 |page=104 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXIfVsvG9awC&q=jaiwant+sanand|title=Glory of India }}</ref>

==Background==
Born into a family of music connoisseurs, Vaghela demonstrated interest in music from a young age. His grandfather, [[Bhagavat Singhji Vaghela]], played the [[jaltarang]] and sang [[Krishna]] devotionals. His father, [[Ranmal Singhji Vaghela]], appreciated music and dance and played the [[pakhawaj]] and [[tabla]], which he studied from Ustad Nasir Khan Pakhawaji of [[Punjab gharana]] and Ustad Bachchu Khan of [[Delhi Gharana]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vaghela |first1=Jaiwant Singhji Ranmal Singhji |editor1-last=Pandit |editor1-first=Jasraj |title=Shree Sangeet Saurabha |date=1976 |publisher=Pratham Sanskaran |location=Sanand, Gujarat}}</ref>

Vaghela studied music with Lakshmishankar of [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]]. At [[Gujarat College]] in [[Ahmedabad]], he studied singing, [[sitar]], and [[vichitra veena]] with Govindprasad Gopal, a disciple of Ustad Faiz Ahmed Khan. At [[Sanand]], he received training from his family's court musician, [[Munavvar Khan]] of the [[Mewati gharana]], in singing and [[rudra veena]].

==Legacy==
Vaghela was considered like a [[Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma]] of North India.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Karnani |first1=Chetan |title=Form in Indian Music: A Study in Gharanas |date=2005 |publisher=Rawat Publications |isbn=9788170339212 |page=140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dGIJAQAAMAAJ&q=jaiwant+sanand}}</ref> He wrote and composed many songs that were made famous by recordings and performance of [[Pandit Jasraj]]. These include [[Niranjani Narayani (song)|"Niranjani Narayani"]] (Raag [[Bhairavi (Hindustani)|Bhairavi]]), [[Mata Kalika (song)|"Mata Kalika"]], [[Jagadamb Jagadamb (song)|"Jagadamb Jagadamb"]], and others.

Vaghela also composed new raags including Raag Jaiwanti Todi, Raag Jaiwant Sarang, Raag Gyankali, Raag Rajrajeshwari, Raag Bagkauns, and Raag Bhavani Bahar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thedailyguardian.com/pandit-jasraj-the-sanand-family/|title=Pandit Jasraj & the Sanand family|first=Anshu|last=Khanna|date=20 August 2020}}</ref>

In 1957, he established a [[boarding school]] for [[Rajput]] boys at [[Sanand]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/ahmedabad/report-rajmata-of-sanand-passes-away-townsmen-bereaved-1878727|title=Rajmata of Sanand passes away, townsmen bereaved|website=DNA India}}</ref>

==References==
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