Politician and Academic
From 1948 to 1952, Meghrajji served as Uprajpramukh (Deputy Rajpramukh) of the state of Saurashtra, also serving briefly (in 1949) as president of its state bank. In 1953, he attended the coronation of Elizabeth II. In 1967, he became a Member of the Gujarat State Assembly, representing Surendranagar. He then served as a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha for Jhalavad from 1967 to 1971. Working to keep the tradition of royal India's monarchies alive, Meghrajji simultaneously held the chair of Intendant-General for the Consultation of Rulers of Indian States in Concord for India until 1971.
In the 1950s, Meghrajji studied at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took a B.Litt in 1958. He also studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and at the Institute for Social Anthropology at Oxford.
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