Category Archives: Sports

On the 133rd birth anniversary of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla, an article by his friend and writer V.C. Buckley, days after his Epsom Derby win of 1934

Rajpipla and some glorious years of polo

Road to the Cricket World Cup 2023. Stunning upset by minnows Ireland over West Indies in a huge run chase. Excerpt from Indra Vikram Singh’s forthcoming book ‘World Cup Odyssey’

Many of Don Bradman’s records likely to stand the test of time

Windsor Lad, the Epsom Derby 1934 winning horse owned by Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla. “One of the greatest thoroughbreds”.

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

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

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