Meghrajji III

Meghrajji III

Maharaja Mayurdwajsinhji Meghrajji III (3 March 1923 – 1 August 2010) was the last ruling Maharaja of Dhrangadhra Halvad. He was a well-known academic, politician, member of several distinguished academic bodies, and one of the last surviving rulers of the former princely states of the Indian Empire. He was also the last surviving knight of the Order of the Indian Empire and the last of either of the chivalric orders of British Indian Empire.

Read more about Meghrajji III:  Early Life, Maharaja of Dhrangadhra-Halvad, Politician and Academic, Personal Life, Later Life, Death

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