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When the British royal family saw Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla winning the Epsom Derby of England in 1934. Excerpts from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’

What The Racing Gazette wrote about Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla in November 1921

The reincarnation of Hardik Pandya

How ‘the threatened fragmentation’ of India was averted by the rulers of sovereign Indian States by signing the Instrument of Accession and Standstill Agreement just before independence. Excerpt from ‘The Story of the Integration of Indian States’ by V.P. Menon

On this day, 6th June in the year 1934, Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla won the blue riband of the turf, the Epsom Derby of England. He wrote about the enthralling event in the Sporting Times a couple of months later

Exotic Flavoured Tea in gift packaging by TURYAGA

The two sides of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, the oriental and the occidental

After Bradman, it’s got to be Tendulkar

The position of sovereign Indian States on the eve of independence, ultimately leading to integration with the Union of India later

The things Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla will always be remembered for