Category Archives: Sports

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

After Bradman, it’s got to be Tendulkar

The things Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla will always be remembered for

Horses and jockeys of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla

The immediate aftermath of the victory of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla in the Epsom Derby 1934. Excerpt from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’

Chasing a dream. Prelude to Epsom Derby win of Maharaja Vijaysinhji of Rajpipla. Excerpts from Indra Vikram Singh’s book, ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’

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 with his horse Windsor Lad. Excerpts from Indra Vikram Singh’s book ‘A Maharaja’s Turf’

Indra Vadan Singh…..tea expert and scion of the Rajpipla royal family

Rajpipla railway station, civil hospital and high school among the infrastructure built by the rulers still being used by the public 73 years after merger