Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker (c. 1867 – c. 1902), was Chief Treasurer of the
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
Limbdi under
Jhala Rajput rule. He was the younger brother of
Pranjivan Vishwanath Thaker
Pranjivan Vishwanath Thaker, (c. 1860 - 1920), was Diwan of Saurashtra, Gujarat, the highest executive office under Rajput rule. He was the brother of Mahashankar Vishwanath Thaker, Chief Treasurer of the princely state of Limbdi.
Today, h ...
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Diwan of the
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
Vadia.
He died young at the age of 35 but had five sons, one of whom was
Dhirajlal Thaker, Paymaster General of the
Port of Karachi.
People from British India
People from Gujarat
1860s births
1902 deaths
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