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{{Short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2013}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2013}}
{{Indian name|Manoharsinhji|Pradyumansinhji|Jadeja|(DADA)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Manoharsinh Jadeja
|image =
|nationality = [[India]]n
|birth_date = 18 November 1935
|birth_place = [[Rajkot]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|death_date = 28 September 2018 (aged 82)
|death_place = [[Rajkot]], [[Gujarat]], India
|family = [[Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji|Lakhajirajsinhji]] (grandfather),<br>[[Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji|Pradyumansinhji]] (father)
|alma_mater = [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot|Rajkumar College]]<br>[[Elphinstone College]]
| office = [[15th]] [[Thakore Saheb]] of [[Rajkot State]]
| term_start = November 1973
| term_end = September 2018
| predecessor = [[Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji| Pradyumansinhji Jadeja]]
| successor = [[Mandhatasinhji Jadeja]]
|office2 = Cabinet [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of [[Finance]], [[Health]], and [[Youth]] Services in [[Gujarat]]
|term_start2 = 1980
|term_end2 = 1985
|constituency2 = [[Rajkot South]]
|office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] of [[Gujarat State]]
|term_start3 = 1967
|term_end3 = 1971
|constituency3 = [[Rajkot West]]
|term_start4 = 1980
|term_end4 = 1985
|constituency4 = [[Rajkot South]]
|term_start5 = 1990
|term_end5 = 1995
|constituency5 = [[Rajkot West]]
|module =
{{Infobox cricketer
|embed = yes
|batting = Right-handed
|club1 = [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]]
|year1 = 1956–1963
|columns = 1
|column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
|matches1 = 14
|runs1 = 614
|bat avg1 = 29.23
|100s/50s1 = 1/4
|top score1 = 144
|deliveries1 = 356
|wickets1 = 5
|bowl avg1 = 58.40
|fivefor1 = 0
|tenfor1 = 0
|best bowling1 = 2/33
|catches/stumpings1 = 3/-
|date = 12 December
|year = 2012
|source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40512/40512.html CricketArchive
}}}}
'''Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Jadeja''' (18 November 1935 – 27 September 2018) was an Indian nobleman and [[politician]].

== Early life ==
The eldest son of [[Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji, 14th Thakore Saheb of Rajkot|Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji]], the 14th [[Thakore Saheb]], Manoharsinhji was born at the Ranjit Villas Palace in [[Rajkot]]. He was educated at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot|Rajkumar College]], Rajkot, and at [[Elphinstone College]], Mumbai. Manoharsinhji had a bachelor of arts honours degree, a bachelor of laws degree. He was awarded a Master of Laws degree from the University of London.<ref name=who>{{cite book |last1=Assembly |first1=Gujarat (India) Legislative |title=Who's who |date=1968 |publisher=GuJsett Legislature Secretariat. |page=38 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9u0HAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref>

==Cricketing career ==
Like his father and grandfather (the [[Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji, 12th Thakore Saheb of Rajkot|12th Thakore Saheb]]), Manoharsinhji was a keen [[cricket]]er, and made his [[first-class cricket|first-class]] debut for [[Saurashtra cricket team|Saurashtra]] against [[Gujarat cricket team|Gujarat]] in the 1955–56 [[Ranji Trophy]], scoring 59 runs in his first innings.<ref name="trophy">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21863.html Saurashtra v Gujarat], Ranji Trophy 1955/56 (West Zone) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 December 2012.{{subscription required}}</ref> Manoharsinhji served as captain of the team from the 1957–58 season onwards, and was a regular in the team until his retirement after the 1963–64 season. Usually playing as a top order batsman, his highest first-class score (and only century) was an innings of 144 runs against Gujarat in December 1957.<ref name="trophy" /> Overall, Manoharsinhji played 14 first-class matches, scoring 614 runs at an [[Batting average (cricket)|average]] of 29.23.<ref name="cricket">[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40512/40512.html Thakore Saheb of Rajkot] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 December 2012.{{subscription required}}</ref>

== Political career ==
Standing for the [[Indian National Congress]] in the constituency of Rajkot, Manoharsinhji was elected to the [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] in 1967, and served until 1971. Upon the death of his father in November 1973, he acceded to the title of Thakore Saheb.<ref name="cricket" /> The title had afforded no extra powers or privileges since [[Indian independence movement|Indian independence]] in 1947, and serves merely as a [[courtesy title|courtesy]], although property attached to the title remains with the Thakore Saheb. Manoharsinhji served two further terms as a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for the Rajkot (I) constituency—from 1980 to 1985 and 1990 to 1995—and occupied a number of positions in cabinet, including Minister for Finance, Minister for Youth Services, and Minister for Health.<ref>[http://rajkotcityguide.com/english/interviews/shri-manoharsinh-jadeja.html Shri Manoharsinh Jadeja] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128090340/http://rajkotcityguide.com/english/interviews/shri-manoharsinh-jadeja.html |date=28 November 2012 }} – Rajkot City Guide. Retrieved 12 December 2012.</ref> From 1998, he has served as a vice-president of the [[Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee]], the state division of the Indian National Congress.{{cn|date=June 2020}} Politically, Manoharsinhji is generally known under the name "Manoharsinh Jadeja", deriving from his family's dynastic name.<ref>{{cite news |title=Manoharsinh ends ''sanyas'' after son denied BJP ticket|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-26/rajkot/35365859_1_bjp-ticket-mandhatasinh-jadeja-rajkot-east|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126044531/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-26/rajkot/35365859_1_bjp-ticket-mandhatasinh-jadeja-rajkot-east|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=12 December 2012}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Manoharsinhji married Mankumari Devi Sahiba, the second daughter of [[Tej Singh Prabhakar|Tej Singh Prabhakar, Maharaja of Alwar]], in 1949, and had one son and three daughters.{{cn|date=June 2020}} In November 2010 he purchased the [[Rolls-Royce Phantom II#Bodywork|Star of India]], a vintage Rolls Royce car custom-built for his grandfather Dharmendrasinhji Lakhajiraj in 1934. The car had been outside of the family for 42 years, as a part of Bill Meredith-Owens' Collection and was once the most expensive car in the world.<ref>{{cite news |title=42 years on, Star of India returns home |url=http://www.rediff.com/business/slide-show/slide-show-1-42-years-on-star-of-india-returns-home/20101130.htm |accessdate=27 September 2018 |work=Rediff Business |date=November 30, 2010}}</ref>

== Death ==
Manoharsinhji died at his house at the Ranjit Vilas Palace on 27 September 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Guj finance minister Manoharsinh Jadeja dead|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ex-guj-finance-minister-manoharsinh-jadeja-dead/articleshow/65985092.cms |accessdate=27 September 2018 |work=The Times of India}}</ref>

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[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Gujarat MLAs 1990–1995]]
[[Category:Elphinstone College alumni]]

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