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1st Deputy defence minister of India and | |||
1st [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Lieutenant-Governor]]<br>of [[Himachal Pradesh]] | |||
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[[Major-General]] [[Kumar]] [[Shri]] '''Himmatsinhji [[Jadeja]]''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (1897 - January 1973) was the first [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Lieutenant-Governor]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. A descendant of the rulers of [[Nawanagar State]], he served with the [[Indian Army]], reaching the rank of [[major-general]]. He was later a member of the two most recent predecessors of the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] – the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] and the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]. He also played several [[first-class cricket]] matches, and was the nephew of [[Ranjitsinhji]] and brother of [[Duleepsinhji]], both of whom played [[Test cricket]]. | [[Major-General]] [[Kumar]] [[Shri]] '''Himmatsinhji [[Jadeja]]''' [[Order of the Indian Empire|CIE]] (1897 - January 1973)was the first Deputy defence minister of India and the first [[List of Governors of Himachal Pradesh|Lieutenant-Governor]] of [[Himachal Pradesh]]. A descendant of the rulers of [[Nawanagar State]], he served with the [[Indian Army]], reaching the rank of [[major-general]]. He was later a member of the two most recent predecessors of the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] – the [[Central Legislative Assembly]] and the [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]. He also played several [[first-class cricket]] matches, and was the nephew of [[Ranjitsinhji]] and brother of [[Duleepsinhji]], both of whom played [[Test cricket]]. | ||
==Early life and family== | ==Early life and family== |