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 Dictionary of Indian Biography G to I

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Date transcribed2011-04-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surnames  Idar    
First Name(s)  Pratapsinghji    
Titles  Sir    
Year of Birth  1845    
Entry  Son of Maharaja Takhtsinghji, of the Ahmadnagar branch of the Idar family (Maharaja of Jodhpur, 1841-73) : born at Jodhpur, 1845 : brought up, 1866-78, under his brother-in-law, H.H. the Maharaja Ramsinghji of Jaipur : Prime Minister of Jodhpur, 1878-95 : on the death of his elder brother H.H. the Maharaja Jaswantsinghji of Jodhpur, he was appointed Regent and continued so until, in 1898, the present Chief of Jodhpur was installed : was early in 1902 selected by right and merit to succeed to the vacant gadi of Idar : installed Feb. 12, 1902 : appointed, in 1878, Member of the Indian Government's Mission to Kabul : made C.S.I : in 1885, K.C.S.I : in 1887, attended Queen Victoria's Jubilee : A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales (now H.M. the King-Emperor Edward VII) : Hon. Lt-Colonel in the British Army : helped, in 1889, to found the Imperial Service Troops : formed the Jodhpur Lancers : in 1897, attended Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee : made G.C.S.I : decorated by Her Majesty in person : LL.D. of Cambridge : in 1897-8, joined the Mohmand expedition, with an escort of the Jodhpur Lancers for General Elles, and the Tirah campaign as A.D.C. to Gen. Sir W. Lockhart : wounded in the latter campaign : C.B. and Colonel : joined the China expedition in 1900-01 with the Jodhpur Lancers : in 1902 attended the Coronation of H.M. the King-Emperor : commanded the Indian Imperial Service Force contingent : K.C.B. for China service : Maj-General and A.D.C. to H.M. : Hon. Commandant of the Indian Imperial Cadet Corps.     
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