Jam Shri Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Jam Shri Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja, Maharaja Jam Saheb of Nawanagar NPG x151803

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Bassano Ltd

Born at Saroda, Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji was educated at the Rajkumar College, Malvern College and University College London. Commissioned as second lieutenant in the British Army in 1919, his military career spanned over two decades. Attached to the 125th Napier's Rifles (The Rajputana Rifles) in 1920, he received honorary promotions in the Indian Army until 1947, reaching the rank of lieutenant-general. He succeeded his uncle, the famed cricketer Ranjitsinhji who had adopted him as his heir, as Maharaja of Nawanagar from 1933 to 1948. He was... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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