See also:

• TAKHTSINGJI (1858-1896)

TAKHTSINGJI (1858-1896)  , Maharaja of See also:

• BHAUNAGAR, or BHAVNAGAR

Bhaunagar, a See also:

• RAJPUT

Rajput See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Gohel See also:

• CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan, and the ruler of a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in See also:

• KATHIAWAR, or KATTYWAR

Kathiawar, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 6th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1858, and succeeded to the See also:

• THRONE

throne of Bhaunagar on the See also:

• DEATH

death of his See also:

• FATHER

father, Jaswantsingji, in 1870 . During his minority, which ended in 1878, he was educated at the See also:

• RAJKOT

Rajkot See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and afterwards under an See also:

• ENGLISH

English officer, while the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the state was See also:

• CON

con-ducted jointly by Mr . E . H . See also:

• PERCIVAL, JAMES GATES

Percival, a member of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• CIVIL

Civil Service, and Azam Gowrishankar Yodeyshankar, C.S.I., one of the foremost native statesmen of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India, who had served the state in various capacities since 1822 . At the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of twenty See also:

• TAKHTSINGJI (1858-1896)

Takhtsingji found himself the ruler of a territory nearly 3000 square See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles in extent . His first public See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act was to See also:

• SANCTION (Lat. sanctia, from sancire, to decree or ordain)

sanction a railway connecting his territory with one of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• TRUNK (Fr. tronc, Lat. truncus, cut off, maimed)

trunk lines, which was the first enterprise of its See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind on the See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• RAJA

raja in western, if not in all, India . The See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce and See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, and the economic and even social development of the state, which came in the See also:

• WAKE (A.S. wacan, to " wake " or " watch ")
• WAKE, THOMAS (1297-1349)
• WAKE, WILLIAM (1657-1737)

wake of this railway, confirmed Takhtsingji in a policy of progressive administration, under which educational establishments, hospitals and dispensaries, trunk roads, See also:

• BRIDGES
• BRIDGES, ROBERT (1844– )

bridges, handsome edifices and other public See also:

• WORKS

works See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew apace . In 1886 he inaugurated a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of constitutional See also:

• RULE

rule, by placing several departments in the hands of four members of a See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of state under his own See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency . This innovation, which had the warm support of the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Bombay, See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord Keay, provoked a virulent attack upon the chief, who brought his defamers to trial in the High See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of Bombay . The See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment of the ringleaders See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke up a system of blackmailing to which rajas used to be regularly exposed, and the public spirit of Takhtsingji in freeing his See also:

• BROTHER

brother chiefs from this evil was widely acknowledged throughout India, as well as by the See also:

• BRITISH

British authorities . In 1886 he was created G.C.S.I.; and five years later his hereditary See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of thakore was raised to that of maharaja .

In 1893 he took the occasion of the opening of the Imperial See also:

• INSTITUTE (from Lat. instituere, to establish or set up)

Institute by See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen See also:

• VICTORIA
• VICTORIA (or VITTORIA), TOMMASSO LUDOVICO DA (C. I540-C. 1613)
• VICTORIA [ALEXANDRINA VICTORIA]

Victoria to visit See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to pay See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to the See also:

• SOVEREIGN

sovereign of the British See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, on which occasion the University of See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge conferred on him the degree of LL.D . He died in 1896 .