Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja
| Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji | |||||||||||||||
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Digvijaysinhji in 1935 | |||||||||||||||
| Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar State | |||||||||||||||
| Reign | 2 April 1933–15 August 1947 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ranjitsinhji | ||||||||||||||
| Successor | Monarchy Abolished | ||||||||||||||
| Jam Saheb of Nawanagar (Titular ruler) | |||||||||||||||
| Reign | 1948–3 February 1966 | ||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Ranjitsinhji | ||||||||||||||
| Successor | Shatrusalyasinhji | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 September 1895 Sadodar, Nawanagar State, British India (now Jamnagar District, Gujarat, India) | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 February 1966 (aged 70) Bombay, India | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Maharajkumari Baiji Raj Shri Kanchan Kunverba Sahiba
(m. 1923) | ||||||||||||||
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| House | Nawanagar | ||||||||||||||
| Military career | |||||||||||||||
| Service | British Indian Army | ||||||||||||||
| Years of service | 1919–1947 | ||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1933–1934 | Western India | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 8 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||
| 4th President of BCCI | |||||||||||||||
| In office 1937–1938 | |||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Sir Hamidullah Khan | ||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | P. Subbarayan | ||||||||||||||
Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja GCSI GCIE (18 September 1895 – 3 February 1966), known widely in Poland as the Good Maharaja (Polish: Dobry Maharadża) was the Maharaja Jam Sahib of Nawanagar from 1933 to 1966, succeeding his uncle, the famed cricketer Ranjitsinhji.
In the midst of World War II, Jadeja is personally credited for saving around a thousand Polish orphans between 1942 and 1946, following the Invasion of Poland. While serving as the Hindu delegate to the British war cabinet he convinced members of the Red Cross and Anders' Army to transport the orphans to Jamnagar, where he provided them with food, shelter, clothes, education, and medical care in the nearby coastal village of Balachadi. Following the Surrender of Germany, the orphans were forced to return to Poland.
In 2011, Jadeja was posthumously bestowed the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit by the President of Poland, and is honoured at the Good Maharaja Square in Warsaw.