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Thakur Shri Karansinhji II Vajirajji CSI
Photo of Karansinhji II Vajirajji (early 20th century)
Thakur of Lakhtar
Reign15 June 1846 – 8 August 1924
PredecessorVajirajji Prithvirajji
SuccessorBalvirsinhji Karansinhji
Born(1846-01-10)10 January 1846
Died8 August 1924(1924-08-08) (aged 78)
DynastyJhala Rajput
ReligionHinduism

Thakur Sahib Karansinhji II Vajirajji CSI (10 January 1846 – 8 August 1924) was the 12th ruler of the non-salute princely state of Lakhtar.

Life

Karansinhji became ruler of Lakhtar on 15 June 1846, aged five months. He attended the 1911 Delhi Durbar, and in the 1911 Delhi Durbar Honours was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI). He died on 8 August 1924 after a long reign of 78 years, 1 month and 24 days. His reign was one of the longest reigns in Indian history and the sixth longest of any verifiable ruler.

References

  1. ^ Lethbridge, Roper (1900). The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon. London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. p. 314.
  2. "No. 28559". The London Gazette. 8 December 1911. p. 9358.
  3. The ruling princes, chiefs and leading personages in the Western India States Agency. Rajkot: Western India States Agency Press. 1928. p. 261.
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