Bhagvat Singh
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Bhagvatsinhji (24 October 1865 – 9 March 1944) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 until his death in 1944, upon which he was honoured with an 11-gun salute. He was the only ruler from princely states of Kathiawar Agency, in Bombay Presidency of British India, to have taken a medical degree, among other qualifications.
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- India
- Active from
- 1941-02-08
- Active to
- 2011-10-10
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- male
- Citizenship
- British Raj
- Place of birth
- Dhoraji
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- Gondal
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- writer
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- Gujarati
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- 1944-03-05
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- 1865-10-24
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Bhagvatsinhji (24 October 1865 – 9 March 1944) was the ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Gondal from 1869 until his death in 1944, upon which he was honoured with an 11-gun salute. He was the only ruler from princely states of Kathiawar Agency, in Bombay Presidency of British India, to have taken a medical degree, among other qualifications.
==Early life== Bhagvatsingh was born Kumar Sri Bhagvatsinghji Sangramsinhji Sahib, Yuvaraja Sahib of Gondal, on 24 October 1865 at Dhoraji, the third and the youngest but only surviving son of Thakurani Bai Shri Monghiba Sahiba, daughter of Jhala Shri Rartansinhji Sahib of Minapur, the third wife of Thakore Sagramji II, the Thakore Sahib, or chieftain, of Gondal, a small princely state that was an offshoot of the Jadeja dynasty.
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