RANJI'D RULERSHIP.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8049, 5 November 1906, Page 2

RANJI'D RULERSHIP.

A HKcr.Ni cable stated lUut. Prince Kan jitsinh ji is appealing to t he licitisll (ioviTnnicnl to est:ll>lisll liini as riilcr of Nawaiigar. 1 'i-i 11<-« ■ Hiiiijitsinliji was not ol Royal Mood. Me Viiia flic second son ol Jiwiui 1 Siuli ji. lioiu oxiieih thirty-four years | back in the Sojitenibei ot J'-T- and is a Hindu of tlie Rajput race. Ri> . uncle, Sib Vibhaji Rammalji then ruled in Nawangar, and when he had been thirty years Jam (or go- ! verning prince/ he confirmed his ad- ' miration for his nephew Ranjitsinhjl | by adopting liini and naming him 1 conditional heir. To effect this the Jam had disinherited his natural heir, a son who had been born to him by a Mahommedan lady. This •course was taken with the approval of the Gommifcnt of India. The i

lii'iisliij) 111 Ivan jit si 1111 ji was 011 tlir express condition tlmt if any of tlie

1 anees, or wives, should oive birth to I a son the lormer's claim to succeed would lie nullilied. While Kanjitsinhji was being educated for his j prospective succession one of the recognised wives of the .lain gave lii.th ' to a son, and Kanjitsinhji's succession was set aside in favour of the new child, with the approval of t lie. 1 Indian ( ioverninent, an application liy Kan jitsinh ji for an einpiirv on the ground that the mother,of Jarwant was not a Rajput being overruled. This was a serious blow to the I'rinee, who lost, a eousiilei'able portion of his allowance. In ISI IS the old Jain. Sili \ ibhaji, died, and was succeeded by his natural son. Kumar .iarwant's reign, however, lasted only eight years, and as lie died childless, lian jitsinh ji becomes, with the consent of the (ioverninent of India, .lam Sahib of Nawanaga.', one of the largest protectorates in Kathiawar.