Read about this Maharaja,I bet you will swell with Pride::

Maharaj Dr. Bhagvat Sinh Jadeja of Gondal: was the 1st Maharaja in India to become a qualified doctor.
He abolished all the taxes, customs, & export duties in the state making Gondal the only state to be tax-free.

He not just removed the purdah system for women, but 'Zananas' or restricted women's wing were no longer built in subsequent palaces. He found no reason for women to be confined in House & promoted swayamvar pratha for Women like Kshatriya women had the right to chose the partner

By 1918, Gondal was the only state in the Western India to have state sponsored compulsory & free education for girls in all villages.
HeOrganised several prgrams 4 women upliftment & gatherings where he would talk about need to give them theirRightful place as ancient India had.

Gondal became 1st state to establish an asylum that would provide shelter for the blind, maimed, the crippled, the infirm — any one and every one who was incapable
of standing by himself or herself, regardless of age,
sex, creed, rate or nationality — whether friend or foe

Bhagvat Sinh ji improved the regional livestock through modern animal husbandry, built dams, irrigation networks, introduced sewage,plumbing, rail systems, telegraphs, telephone cables and electricity lines.He not only worked in his state bt collaborated with other states as well

Bhagvatsingh was educated at The Rajkumar College, Rajkot. He then studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1892, where he graduated as a medical doctor in 1895 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, the only princely ruler ever to do so.

He later rose to become Vice-President of the IMA. Most Indians who went to Europe for the study of western medicine were young and
unacquainted with India's past. They returned with prejudices, belittling their ancestors' medical accomplishments. Bhagvat Sinh ji was different.

Europeans, then,belittled ancient Indian history of Medical knowledge,Bhagvat Sinh ji wrote articles, books & speeches talking about Indian ancient Medical Advancements, this created a stir in Britain,latr many britishers did agreed to his writings & acknowledged Indian Medicine.

In October 1934, on the 50th anniversary of his accession to the throne he gave his weight in gold charity to Brahmins and poor. He wrote of the debts of people to the crown and gave large sums for charities apart from this, renovated many public buildings on this occassion.

Bhagvatsingh reformed the state administration, developed its resources, erected schools, colleges and hospitals, provided free and compulsory education for both men and women through university, built technical schools for engineers and training facilities for labourers.

Bhagvatsingh also published the first ever dictionary of Gujarati and a Gujarati encyclopedia, "Bhagavadgomandal" in 1928. Dictionary spreads over 9500 pages in 9 volumes and includes the meaning and description of over a 281,377 words. It took 27 years to compile the dictionary.

Bhagvat Sinh ji died on 9 March 1944 in his eightieth year after a 75-year reign, cementing his reputation as one of the most progressive monarchs in Indian history.
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My Take: While everyday Leftists weep about position of women in Indian society degrading our past, they should look into our history and popularise works of Indian rulers like Bhagvat Sinh ji, Fateh Singh ji and others. We have people like Nehru who was ashamed of Indian heritag

while at the same time we had Bhagvat SInh ji who popularised the importance of ancient Indian medicine in Europe, to an extent that Britishers agreed to it in their medical journals of that time. @rohini_sgh @anubhavsinha @anuragkashyap72