Possessed of the firm conviction that the future of Gondal was inseparably bound up with the prosperity of its peasantry the Maharaja Shree pursued a policy of light assessment which during the half-century of his administration has improved immeasurably the condition the outlook and the hopes of this important section of the community. [...] Practically everthing that can be devised to make the life of the inhabitants of both towns and villages safe healthy and comfortable has been introduced and even the casual observer must at once be impressed by the clean and orderly appearance of the streets the number of stone-built houses in the villages and the handsome often magnificent — structures erected for the service of the publ [...] He has done much to dispel the cloud of illiteracy which darkened the lives of the people and has himself compiled a lexicon of the Gujarati language — a remarkable achievement for a Ruler who devotes so much of his time to the details of administrative work and to the personal welfare of his subjects. [...] It had in fact been built in the seventies of the last century to serve as the residence of a British officer appointed by the Government of Bombay to administer the State during the minority of the present Ruler. [...] The gods and goddesses of the Hindu Ruling Dynasty are enshrined within the fort almost under the shadow of the minarets from which the muezzin calls five times a day upon the followers of the Prophet of Islam to pray.
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- 409
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- India
- SARF Document ID
- sarf.145155
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Cover
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i-i | Nihal Singh | view |
Frontmatter
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i-ix | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter I. First Impressions
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1-12 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter II. Heritage
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13-21 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter III. Schooling
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22-31 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter IV. Early Ideas and Aspirations
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32-56 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter V. Minority Regime
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57-65 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter VI. Investiture
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66-82 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter VII. Tasks Ahead
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83-102 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter VIII. Beginnings
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103-122 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter IX. Medical Studies
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123-135 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter X. Railway Building
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136-148 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XI. Sunshine and Shadow
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149-169 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XII. Indian Medical Genius
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170-175 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XIII. End of Serfdom
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176-185 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XIV. Protection of Life and Property
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186-193 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XV. Speedy Justice
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194-199 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XVI. An Educational Experiment
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200-218 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XVII. Trying Times
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219-237 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XVIII. A Rani’s Ideas
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238-243 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XIX. Lever of uplift
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244-ii | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XX. Wedding Festivities
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251-257 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXI. Twenty-five Years’ Rule
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258-i | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXII. Building up Finance
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273-i | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXIII. Works of Public Utility
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283-v | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXIV. Agricultural Advancement
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297-306 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXV. The dawn of Industry
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307-ii | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXVI. Medical Relief
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313-i | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXVII. The Fiftieth Milestone
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321-338 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXVIII. Forcing the Pace of Literacy
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339-347 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXIX. Fitting Education to Gondal Needs
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348-357 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXX. Across the Thorny Tract of Life
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358-368 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXXI. A Gujarati Lexicon
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369-373 | Nihal Singh | view |
Chapter XXXII. At Seventy
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374-380 | Nihal Singh | view |