Thakur Sahib Karansinhji II Vajirajji
CSI (10 January 1846 – 8 August 1924) was the 12th ruler of the non-salute
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
of
Lakhtar
During the British Raj period, Lakhtar State, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat, was a non-salute princely state and was governed by members of a Jhala
Jhala (Hindi: झाला, ) is a term in Hindustani classical music which denote ...
.
Life
Karansinhji became ruler of Lakhtar on 15 June 1846, aged five months.
He attended the 1911
Delhi Durbar
The Delhi Durbar ( lit. "Court of Delhi") was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was ...
, and in the
1911 Delhi Durbar Honours was appointed a Companion of the
Order of the Star of India
The Most Exalted Order of the Star of India is an order of chivalry founded by Queen Victoria in 1861. The Order includes members of three classes:
# Knight Grand Commander (GCSI)
# Knight Commander ( KCSI)
# Companion ( CSI)
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(CSI). He died on 8 August 1924 after a long reign of .
His reign was one of the
longest reigns in Indian history and the fifth longest of any verifiable ruler.
References
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1846 births
1924 deaths
19th-century Indian monarchs
20th-century Indian monarchs
Companions of the Order of the Star of India