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Harisinhji
Maharana
Maharana of Danta
Reignc. 1860 – 1 December 1876
PredecessorSardarsinhji
SuccessorJaswantsinhji
Bornc. 1817
Died1 December 1876
DynastyParmar
FatherNaharsinhji

Harisinhji (1817 – 1 December 1876) was the Maharana of Danta from 1860 until 1876.

Biography

Harisinhji was born in 1817 to Naharsinhji, the Maharana of Danta.[1] He married and had issue: four sons, Jaswantsinhji, Mohobutsinhji, Ratansinhji, and Bhimsinhji.[1][2] When his nephew Sardarsinhji died in 1860, he succeeded him as the Maharana of Danta.[1][3] He built many tanks and public buildings.[2] He died on 1 December 1876 and was succeeded by Jaswantsinhji.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Soszynski, Henry. "DANTA". members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 2026-02-25.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Master, Framroz Sorabji (1922). The Mahi Kantha directory. University of California Libraries. Rajkot : [s.n.] p. 160.
  3. ↑ Mehta, Manu Nandshankar (1896). Hind Rajasthan. p. 93.
  4. ↑ Lethbridge, Roper (1893). The golden book of India, a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Macmillan. p. 106.
  5. ↑ Campbell, James MacNabb (1883). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Cornell University Library. Bombay : Gov. Central Press. p. 416.