Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Explained

Manoharsinh Jadeja
Nationality:Indian
Birth Date:18 November 1935
Birth Place:Rajkot, Rajkot State, British India
Death Date:28 September 2018
(aged 82)
Death Place:Rajkot, Gujarat, India
Family:Lakhajirajsinhji (grandfather),
Pradyumansinhji (father)
Alma Mater:Rajkumar College
Elphinstone College
Office:15th Thakore Saheb of Rajkot State
Term Start:November 1973
Term End:September 2018
Predecessor:Pradyumansinhji Jadeja
Successor:Mandhatasinhji Jadeja
Office2:Cabinet Minister of Finance, Health, and Youth Services in Gujarat
Term Start2:1980
Term End2:1985
Constituency2:Rajkot South
Office3:MLA of Gujarat State
Term Start3:1967
Term End3:1971
Constituency3:Rajkot West
Term Start4:1980
Term End4:1985
Constituency4:Rajkot South
Term Start5:1990
Term End5:1995
Constituency5:Rajkot West
Module:
Embed:yes
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:Saurashtra
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:14
Runs1:614
Bat Avg1:29.23
100S/50S1:1/4
Top Score1:144
Deliveries1:356
Wickets1:5
Bowl Avg1:58.40
Fivefor1:0
Tenfor1:0
Best Bowling1:2/33
Catches/Stumpings1:3/–
Date:12 December
Year:2012
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40512/40512.html CricketArchive

Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Jadeja (18 November 1935 – 27 September 2018) was an Indian politician.

Early life

The eldest son of Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji, the 14th Thakore Saheb, Manoharsinhji was born at the Ranjit Vilas Palace in Rajkot. He was educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot, and at Elphinstone College, Mumbai. Manoharsinhji had a bachelor of arts honours degree and a bachelor of laws degree. He was awarded a Master of Laws degree from the University of London.[1]

Cricketing career

Like his father and grandfather (the 12th Thakore Saheb), Manoharsinhji was a keen cricketer, and made his first-class debut for Saurashtra against Gujarat in the 1955–56 Ranji Trophy, scoring 59 runs in his first innings.[2] Manoharsinhji served as captain of the team from the 1957–58 season onwards, and was a regular in the team until his retirement after the 1963–64 season. Usually playing as a top order batsman, his highest first-class score (and only century) was an innings of 144 runs against Gujarat in December 1957. Overall, Manoharsinhji played 14 first-class matches, scoring 614 runs at an average of 29.23.[3]

Political career

Standing for the Indian National Congress in the constituency of Rajkot, Manoharsinhji was elected to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in 1967, and served until 1971. Upon the death of his father in November 1973, he acceded to the title of Thakore Saheb. The title had afforded no powers or privileges since Indian independence in 1947, and serves merely as a courtesy, although property attached to the title remains with the Thakore Saheb. Manoharsinhji served two further terms as a member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly for the Rajkot (I) constituency—from 1980 to 1985 and 1990 to 1995—and occupied a number of positions in the cabinet, including Minister for Finance, Minister for Youth Services, and Minister for Health.[4] From 1998, he served as a vice-president of the Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee, the state division of the Indian National Congress. Politically, Manoharsinhji is generally known under the name "Manoharsinh Jadeja", deriving from his family's dynastic name.[5]

Personal life

Manoharsinhji married Mankumari Devi Sahiba, the second daughter of Tej Singh Prabhakar, Maharaja of Alwar, in 1949, and had one son and four daughters.[6] In November 2010 he purchased the Star of India, a vintage Rolls-Royce car custom-built for his grandfather Dharmendrasinhji Lakhajiraj in 1934. The car had been outside of the family for 42 years, as a part of Bill Meredith-Owens' Collection and was once the most expensive car in the world.[7]

Death

Manoharsinhji died at his house at the Ranjit Vilas Palace on 27 September 2018.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Assembly . Gujarat (India) Legislative . Who's who . 1968 . GuJsett Legislature Secretariat. . 38 . en.
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21863.html Saurashtra v Gujarat
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40512/40512.html Thakore Saheb of Rajkot
  4. http://rajkotcityguide.com/english/interviews/shri-manoharsinh-jadeja.html Shri Manoharsinh Jadeja
  5. News: Manoharsinh ends sanyas after son denied BJP ticket. https://archive.today/20130126044531/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-11-26/rajkot/35365859_1_bjp-ticket-mandhatasinh-jadeja-rajkot-east. dead. 26 January 2013. The Times of India. 12 December 2012.
  6. News: PM Modi offers tribute: Manoharsinh Jadeja, the Dada of Gujarat politics, passes away . 8 July 2024 . Indian Express . 28 September 2018.
  7. News: 42 years on, Star of India returns home . 27 September 2018 . Rediff.com Business . 30 November 2010.
  8. News: Ex-Guj finance minister Manoharsinh Jadeja dead. 27 September 2018 . The Times of India.