KUMAR SHRI DULEEPSINHJI JADEJA

 About:

Name:

• KUMAR SHRI DULEEPSINHJI JADEJA
• Popularly known as Mr. Smith

Date & Place of Birth:

• June 13, 1905 at Kathiawar, Gujarat, India.

Date & Place of Death:

• December 5, 1959 at Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.

Activity / Profession / Trait / Objective:

• Politics, Cricket

Nationality:

• Indian

Introduction:

• Maharaja of Navanagar (Jamnagar), Gujarat
• Cricketer played for England

Personal and family

• Nephew of the great Ranjitsinhji, the man behind Ranji Trophy.

Achievements

• He played cricket for England; regarded as the best cricketer ever played for England.
• He went on to achieve great success as a batsman for Cambridge University, Sussex and eventually England in a career cut short by recurrent illness. His Test average of 58.5 ranks him among the best batsmen to have played Test cricket.
• Following his playing career, and based on his experience as High Commissioner of India in Australia and New Zealand, Duleepsinhji was made Chairman of the Public Service Commission in the State of Saurashtra after his return to India.
• As Maharaja of Navanagar (Jamnagar) he took lot of interest in the well being of his subjects and the State governing.
• The Duleep Trophy is named in his honour.
• His uncle Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji, after whom the Ranji Trophy is named, also played cricket for England.

Accolades, Awards and Recognitions

• Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1930
• The Duleep Trophy is named in his honour.

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External Links

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumar_Shri_Duleepsinhji

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