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Having already gifted an aircraft to the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla during the First World War, Maharaja Vijaysinhji donated three [[Spitfire]] fighter planes, named 'Rajpipla', 'Windsor Lad' and 'Embargo', and a [[Hawker Hurricane]] aircraft 'Rajpipla II' when the Second World War was at its zenith. He was awarded the Knight Grand Cross (GBE).{{cn|date=June 2020}} | Having already gifted an aircraft to the Imperial Aircraft Flotilla during the First World War, Maharaja Vijaysinhji donated three [[Spitfire]] fighter planes, named 'Rajpipla', 'Windsor Lad' and 'Embargo', and a [[Hawker Hurricane]] aircraft 'Rajpipla II' when the Second World War was at its zenith. He was awarded the Knight Grand Cross (GBE).{{cn|date=June 2020}} | ||
Maharaja Vijaysinhji built an aerodrome in Rajpipla on a 125-acre site on the banks of the River Karjan in the late 1920s. This became defunct since merger of Rajpipla State with the Union of India in 1948. But after the building of the Statue of Unity in close proximity to Rajpipla, Government of Gujarat decided to revive this in 2018, and build a new Rajpipla airport there. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-government-plans-airport-at-rajpipla-for-better-connectivity-with-statue-of-unity-5450707/|title=Gujarat: Government plans airport at Rajpipla for better connectivity with Statue of Unity}}</ref> | Maharaja Vijaysinhji built an aerodrome in Rajpipla on a 125-acre site on the banks of the River Karjan in the late 1920s. This became defunct since merger of Rajpipla State with the Union of India in 1948. But after the building of the Statue of Unity in close proximity to Rajpipla, Government of Gujarat decided to revive this in 2018, and build a new Rajpipla airport there.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/gujarat-government-plans-airport-at-rajpipla-for-better-connectivity-with-statue-of-unity-5450707/|title=Gujarat: Government plans airport at Rajpipla for better connectivity with Statue of Unity}}</ref> | ||
The Maharaja also had surveys carried out to build four dams across the Narmada, and also the Karjan, at places where both banks of the rivers fell in Rajpipla territory, to facilitate irrigation and generate electricity, and was in the process of raising investment for them. These were precursors to the present-day gigantic [[Sardar Sarovar]] project and Karjan dam. | The Maharaja also had surveys carried out to build four dams across the Narmada, and also the Karjan, at places where both banks of the rivers fell in Rajpipla territory, to facilitate irrigation and generate electricity, and was in the process of raising investment for them. These were precursors to the present-day gigantic [[Sardar Sarovar]] project and Karjan dam. | ||