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Shree Bhagvat Sinhjee. The Maker of Modern Gondal

1934

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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Pages
409
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.145155
Segment Pages Author Actions
Cover
i-i Nihal Singh view
Frontmatter
i-ix Nihal Singh view
Chapter I. First Impressions
1-12 Nihal Singh view
Chapter II. Heritage
13-21 Nihal Singh view
Chapter III. Schooling
22-31 Nihal Singh view
Chapter IV. Early Ideas and Aspirations
32-56 Nihal Singh view
Chapter V. Minority Regime
57-65 Nihal Singh view
Chapter VI. Investiture
66-82 Nihal Singh view
Chapter VII. Tasks Ahead
83-102 Nihal Singh view
Chapter VIII. Beginnings
103-122 Nihal Singh view
Chapter IX. Medical Studies
123-135 Nihal Singh view
Chapter X. Railway Building
136-148 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XI. Sunshine and Shadow
149-169 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XII. Indian Medical Genius
170-175 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XIII. End of Serfdom
176-185 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XIV. Protection of Life and Property
186-193 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XV. Speedy Justice
194-199 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XVI. An Educational Experiment
200-218 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XVII. Trying Times
219-237 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XVIII. A Rani’s Ideas
238-243 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XIX. Lever of uplift
244-ii Nihal Singh view
Chapter XX. Wedding Festivities
251-257 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXI. Twenty-five Years’ Rule
258-i Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXII. Building up Finance
273-i Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXIII. Works of Public Utility
283-v Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXIV. Agricultural Advancement
297-306 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXV. The dawn of Industry
307-ii Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXVI. Medical Relief
313-i Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXVII. The Fiftieth Milestone
321-338 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXVIII. Forcing the Pace of Literacy
339-347 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXIX. Fitting Education to Gondal Needs
348-357 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXX. Across the Thorny Tract of Life
358-368 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXXI. A Gujarati Lexicon
369-373 Nihal Singh view
Chapter XXXII. At Seventy
374-380 Nihal Singh view

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