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Digvijaysinhji
Maharana
Thakore of Limbdi
Reign30 September 1940Template:SndashTemplate:Avoid wrap
PredecessorDaulatsinhji
SuccessorChhatrasalji
Born(1896-04-10)10 April 1896
Died6 January 1941(1941-01-06) (aged 44)
Wife
  • Nand Kunverba
    (
    m. 1910)
Issue
Detail
  • Ramrajendrasinhji
  • Prem Kunverba
  • Dharmendra Kunverba
  • Chhatrasalji
FatherDaulatsinhji
MotherBaluba
Education
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Digvijaysinhji (10 April 1896Template:Sndash6 January 1941) was Thakore of Limbdi from 30 September 1940 until his death in 1941.

Early life, family, and education[edit | edit source]

Digvijaysinhji was born on 10 April 1896 at Jamnagar to Daulatsinhji and his wife Baluba.[1][2] He was first educated at Rajkumar College in Rajkot and then at Eton College in Eton.[1][3] He married twice.[1] Firstly, in 1910, to Nand Kunverba, the only daughter of Kesarisinhji, the Maharaja of Idar.[4][5] This marriage was proposed by Pratap Singh.[1] To mark this marriage, his father established several scholarships to help aid students.[5] By his first wife, he had one son, Ramrajendrasinhji, and two daughters, Prem Kunverba and Dharmendra Kunverba.[1][2] By his second wife, he had a son, Chhatrasalji.[2] He attended the Delhi Durbar of 1911 with his father.[6]

Reign[edit | edit source]

Upon the death of his father on 30 September 1940, he succeeded him to the rank, dignity and title of the Thakore of Limbdi.[2][7] However, his reign was short-lived, as he died 3 months and 7 days after his accession to the throne.[7]

Death[edit | edit source]

He died on 6 January 1941 and was succeeded by Chhatrasalji as the Thakore of Limbdi.[2][8]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Sharpe, Elizabeth (1931). Thakore Sahib Sir Daulat Singh of Limbdi, Kathiawar: A Biography. London: John Murray. pp. 28, 55, 106–109, 123.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Soszynski, Henry. "LIMBDI". members.iinet.net.au. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  3. Forty Years of the Rajkumar College: An Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rajkumar College, Rajkot. Printed and bound by Hazell, Watson and Viney. 1910. pp. 194, 244, 293, 305–306, 349, 348.
  4. Khosla, K.R.; Chatterjee, R.P. (1937). His Imperial Majesty King George V and the Princes of India and the Indian Empire (Historical-Biographical). Lahore: The Imperial Publishing Co. p. 132.
  5. 5.0 5.1 Solomon, R. V.; Bond, J. W. (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services. p. 683. ISBN 978-81-206-1965-4.
  6. Coronation Durbar, Delhi 1911: Official Directory, with Maps. Superintendent Government Printing, India. 1911. pp. 222–223.
  7. 7.0 7.1 McLeod, John Edmond (31 July 2023). Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the State of Western India, 1916-1947. BRILL. pp. 204–205. ISBN 978-90-04-64479-3.
  8. Not Available (1942). Who S Who Among Indian Princes Rajas And Chiefs Nobles 1941 - 42. p. 1282.