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{{Short description|Maharana of Dharampur from 1921 to 1952}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name = Vijayadevji
| title = [[Maharana]] of [[Dharampur State|Dharampur]]
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| succession = [[Maharana]] of [[Dharampur State|Dharampur]]
| reign = 26 March 1921 – 5 May 1952
| predecessor = [[Mohandevji]]
| successor = Sahadevji
| suc-type =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1884|12|3|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|5|5|1884|12|3|df=yes}}
| spouse = {{ubl|Rasik Kunverba|Manhar Kunverba}}
| spouse-type = Spouses
| issue = {{ubl|Nahardevji|Dhanvant Kunverba|Jasvant Kunverba}}
| full name = Vijayadevji II Mohandevji
| house = {{flagicon image|Drapeau_Dharampur.png}} [[Dharampur State|Dharampur]]
| father = [[Mohandevji]]
| dynasty = [[Sisodia dynasty|Sisodia]]
}}
'''Vijayadevji II''' was the [[Maharana]] of [[Dharampur State|Dharampur]] from 1921 until his death in 1952.

== Early life, family, and education ==
He was born on 3 December 1884 to [[Mohandevji]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Epstein |first=M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EkvODQAAQBAJ |title=The Statesman's Year-Book: Statistical and Historical Annual of the States of the World for the Year 1935 |date=2016-12-28 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-27064-0 |pages=174 |language=en}}</ref> He was educated at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite book |last=Thos. Peters |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3611/ |title=The Royal coronation number and wh oʼs who in India, Burma and Ceylon |date=1936 |publisher=Poona, The Sun Publishing House |pages=58}}</ref> After finishing his college studies, he worked in various offices of the state to gain experience in state administration and was appointed as Revenue Commissioner by his father, [[Mohandevji]].<ref name=":2" /> He married Rasik Kunverba, the daughter of Maharana Gambhirsinhji of [[Rajpipla State|Rajpipla]], in 1905.<ref name=":4" /> After her death, he remarried in 1907 to Manhar Kunverba, the daughter of Kumar Samantsinhji of [[Palitana State|Palitana]].<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.107205 |title=Who S Who Among Indian Princes Rajas And Chiefs Nobles 1941 - 42 |date=1942 |pages=1248, 1292}}</ref> She died in 1939.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Sir Stanley |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NP0TAAAAIAAJ |title=Indian and Pakistan Year Book and Who's who |date=1948 |publisher=Bennett, Coleman. |pages=468 |language=en}}</ref> He had three children: a son, Nahardevji,<ref name=":0" /> and two daughters, Dhanvant Kunverba<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Dumasia |first=naoroji M. |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.127296 |title=Dharampur A Brief Sketch Of Its History And Administration |date=1928 |pages=29, 18, 25, 62, 64–66, 67–74}}</ref> and Jasvant Kunverba.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_wB_aqQ5ZrAC |title=History and Administration of Dharampur State (Prant Ramnagar): From 1262 to 1937 |date=1939 |publisher=President, State Council |language=en}}</ref>

== Reign ==
He succeeded his father as [[Maharana]] of [[Dharampur State|Dharampur]] with full ruling powers on 26 March 1921.<ref name=":5">{{Cite book |last=Not Available |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35384 |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1938 |date=1938 |pages=33}}</ref> Since his time as Revenue Commissioner and during his tours in India and abroad, he developed the idea of forming a [[museum]] for the people of [[Dharampur State]].<ref name=":3" /> This idea became a reality in 1928 when he established the [[Lady Wilson Museum]], which was opened by [[Leslie Wilson (politician)|Leslie Wilson]].<ref name=":3" /> He contributed rare and valuable objects to the museum.<ref name=":3" /> He undertook the plan to convert the Pangarbari Hills plateau into a hill station called [[Wilson Hills, Gujarat|Wilson Hills]],<ref name=":2" /> named after [[Leslie Wilson (politician)|Leslie Wilson]], who performed its opening ceremony.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Alam |first=Afroz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=98bPDwAAQBAJ |title=Contemporary Research on Bryophytes |date=2020-01-10 |publisher=Bentham Science Publishers |isbn=978-981-14-3376-4 |pages=81 |language=en}}</ref>

He was granted a personal [[Gun salute|salute]] of eleven guns as a distinction, along with the title of [[Highness]], on 1 January 1932.<ref name=":5" />

== Personal interests ==

=== Travelling ===
He was fond of traveling abroad and visited many countries.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Pillai |first=S. Devadas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZscAAAAMAAJ |title=Rajahs and Prajas: An Indian Princely State, Then and Now |date=1976 |publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=978-81-7154-057-0 |pages=32, 37–40, 61–62, 101 |language=en}}</ref> He visited [[Australia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Cuba]], [[Denmark]], [[England]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Iceland]], [[Indonesia]], [[Iraq]], [[Japan]], [[New Zealand]], [[Norway]], [[Panama]], [[Palestine]], [[Philippines]], [[Poland]], [[Russia]], [[Scotland]], [[Sweden]], [[Syria]], the [[Federated Malay States]] and the [[United States]].<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" /> From 1924 to 1938, he visited [[Europe]] five times.<ref name=":5" /> By 1936, he had traveled about 120,000 miles around the world.<ref name=":2" />

=== Music ===
Vijayadevji was a lover and patron of the [[The arts|arts]] and [[music]], and he is remembered for this.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":1" /> He was a well-known [[musician]] with equal mastery of both [[Indian classical music|Indian]] and [[Classical music|Western classical music]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UXboh5fmcAgC |title=Bhārata Kī Janagaṇana, 2001: Gujarāta. Śr̥ṅkhalā 25 |date=2004 |publisher=Controller of Publications |pages=iii |language=en}}</ref> He was a renowned [[flutist]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wKLiAAAAMAAJ |title=Gujarat State Gazetteer |date=1989 |publisher=Director, Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State |pages=48 |language=en}}</ref> He has written the famous [[treatise]] on [[music]] titled Sangit Bhāva,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Museums |first=Gujarat (India) Department of |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BoIIAQAAMAAJ |title=The Heritage of Musical Instruments: A Catalogue of Musical Instruments in the Museums of Gujarat |date=1990 |publisher=Department of Museums, Gujarat State |pages=242 |language=en}}</ref> which consists of six volumes and includes notations in [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], and [[Hindi]].<ref name=":7">{{Cite book |last=Dilipkumar |first=Patel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BM-zCAAAQBAJ |title=Eco-Tourism in South Gujarat- A Study |date=2015-04-21 |publisher=EduPedia Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-1-5119-2834-2 |pages=49, 52–53 |language=en}}</ref> ''The Music Magazine'' was published under his patronage,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Delhi |first=All India Radio (AIR), New |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZoqrEAAAQBAJ |title=THE INDIAN RADIO TIMES: Vol. IX, No. 24 ( 7 DECEMBER, 1935 ) |date=1935-12-07 |publisher=Prasar Bharati Central Archives |pages=1768 |language=en}}</ref> and in it, [[John Foulds]] published a series of four articles titled ''The Present and Future of Music in India'' between 1936 and 1937.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ghuman |first=Nalini |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BkVZAwAAQBAJ |title=Resonances of the Raj: India in the English Musical Imagination, 1897-1947 |date=2014 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-931489-8 |pages=284 |language=en}}</ref>

== Death ==
He died on 5 May 1952 in [[Mumbai]] and was succeeded by his grandson, Sahadevji, as the [[Maharana]] of [[Dharampur State|Dharampur]].

== References ==
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[[Category:20th-century male musicians]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian male musicians]]

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