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'''Maharaja Raol Sir Takhtsinhji Jaswantsinhji''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|GCSI}} <small>KIH</small> (6 January 1858{{snd}}29 January 1896), was [[Maharaja]] of [[Bhavnagar]], a [[Rajput]] chief of the [[Gohil]] clan, and ruler of Bhavnagar state in [[Kathiawar]]. He succeeded to the throne of [[Bhavnagar]] upon the death of his father, [[Jaswantsinhji]], in 1870.

==Life==

Takhtsinhji attended the Delhi Durbar in 1877 and was granted a personal gun salute of 15 guns.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} During his minority studies, which ended on 5 April 1878, he was educated at the [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]] being the first student. Afterward, he studied under an English officer, while the administration of the state was conducted jointly by Mr. [[E. H. Percival]], a member of the [[Indian Civil Service]], and [[Gaurishankar Udayshankar]], C.S.I., one of the foremost native statesmen of India, who had served the state in various capacities since 1822.{{sfn|Bhownagree|1911}}


At the age of twenty, Takhtsinhji found himself the ruler of a territory nearly {{convert|3000|sqmi|km2}} in size. His first public act was to sanction a railway connecting his territory with one of the main trunk lines, which was the first enterprise of its kind on the part of a raja in western (if not all) India. The amount of commerce, trade, economic and social development of the state that came in the wake of this railway confirmed Takhtsinhji as supporting a policy of progressive administration. Further educational establishments, hospitals, dispensaries, trunk roads, bridges, handsome edifices, and other public works projects followed.{{sfn|Bhownagree|1911}}

Takhtsinhji was awarded the [[Empress of India Medal|Empress of India Gold Medal]] in 1877, and knighted as a [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]] in 1881.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} In 1886, he inaugurated a system of constitutional rule, by placing several departments in the hands of four members of a council of state under his own presidency. This innovation—which had the support of the governor of [[Bombay]], [[Lord Reay]]—provoked a virulent attack upon the chief, who brought his defamers to trial at the [[High Court of Bombay]]. The punishment of the ringleaders broke up a blackmailing system to which rajas were regularly exposed. The public spirit toward Takhtsinhji in freeing his brother chiefs from blackmail was widely acknowledged throughout India, as well as by the British authorities.{{sfn|Bhownagree|1911}}

In 1886, he was promoted to [[GCSI]], and five years later his hereditary title of ''[[Thakur (Indian title)|Thakur]]'' was raised to that of ''[[Maharaja]]''. In 1893 he took advantage of the opening of the [[Imperial College London|Imperial Institute]] to visit England in order to pay personal homage to [[Victoria of the United Kingdom|Queen Victoria]], then sovereign of the [[British Empire]]. During that occasion, the [[University of Cambridge]] awarded him the degree of LL.D.{{sfn|Bhownagree|1911}}<ref>{{acad|id=BHNR893|name=Bhaonagar (Bharnagar) Takhtsinhji, Maharajah of}}</ref>

As the first pupil of [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]], Takhtsinhji became its greatest patron and benefactor following his accession to the throne of Bhavnagar. He was also a great benefactor to [[Gujarat College]], [[Fergusson College]], and the [[Wadhwan Girassia School]], as well as several girls' and women's schools. He founded [[Samaldas Arts College]] in 1885, which he named after the later [[Diwan (title)|Diwan]] of State, Samaldas Mehta.<ref>{{cite web | title =About College | work =Samaldas Art College | publisher = Samaldas Art College | url = http://www.samaldasartscollege.org/ | access-date = 2013-11-04}}</ref> During his reign, he undertook intensive developments, reformed the revenue department, erected water works and modern docks, extended medical relief, built a port, bridges, hospitals, and schools and worked to and modernize Bhavnagar. Celebrated as a "model ruler of a model state" during his own lifetime, the Maharaja died at the Moti Bagh Palace on 29 January 1896 at the age of 38.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} He was succeeded as Maharaja of Bhavnagar by his eldest son, [[Bhavsinhji II]].

==Titles==
Over his life, Takhtsinhji was known by the following titles:
*1858–1870: ''[[Maharajkumar]]'' ''[[Shri]]'' Takhtsinhji Jaswantsinhji Sahib [[Gohil]], [[Yuvraj]] [[Sahib]] of [[Bhavnagar]]
*1870–1877: ''[[His Highness]]'' [[Maharaj]] [[Raol]] [[Shri]] Takhtsinhji Jaswantsinhji Sahib, Maharaj Raol [[Thakore Sahib]] of Bhavnagar
*1877–1881: ''His Highness'' Maharaj Raol Shri Takhtsinhji Jaswantsinhji Sahib, Maharaj Raol Thakore Sahib of Bhavnagar, KIH
*1881–1886: ''His Highness'' Maharaj Raol Shri [[Sir]] Takhtsinhji Jaswantsinhji Sahib, Maharaj Raol Thakore Sahib of Bhavnagar, [[Order of the Star of India|KCSI]], KIH
*1886–1891: ''His Highness'' Maharaj Raol Shri Sir Takhtsinhji Jaswantsinhji Sahib, Maharaj Raol Thakore Sahib of Bhavnagar, [[GCSI]], KIH

==Honors==
During his lifetime, Takhtsinhji received the following honors:
*Prince of Wales gold medal: 1875
*[[Empress of India Medal|Empress of India Gold Medal]]: 1877
*[[Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]] (GCSI): 1886<ref>{{cite news | title= ...Second, and Third Classes of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India: - | newspaper =The London Gazette | issue = 25545 | pages =5 | date =1886-01-01 | url =http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/25545/pages/5 | access-date = 2013-11-04}}</ref> (KCSI: 1881)<ref>{{cite news | title= India Office, May 24, 1881 | newspaper =Supplement To The London Gazette | issue = 24976 | pages =2 | publisher = The London Gazette | date =1881-05-24 | url =http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/24976/pages/2674 | access-date = 2013-11-04}}</ref>
*Personal title of ''[[Maharaja]]'': 1891

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{EB1911 |wstitle=Takhtsingji |volume=26 |page=365 |first=Mancherjee Merwanjee |last=Bhownagree |authorlink=Mancherjee Bhownagree}}

==External links==

[[Category:1858 births]]
[[Category:1896 deaths]]
[[Category:Knights Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of India]]
[[Category:Maharajas of Bhavnagar]]
[[Category:Rajput rulers]]
[[Category:Bhavnagar district]]
[[Category:Founders of Indian schools and colleges]]
[[Category:Indian knights]]
[[Category:19th-century Indian philanthropists]]

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