Rajpipla After 1971
The title of Maharaja of Rajpipla passed on to Maharaja Vijaysinhji's eldest son Rajendra Singhji, and after his demise in 1963 to Raghubir Singh. The Indian princely order was finally abolished in 1971. Raghubir Singh runs a heritage hotel at Vijay Palace in Rajpipla. His only son Manvendra caused a sensation when he openly declared that he is gay. Raghubir Singh also has a daughter Minaxi who is married to Kunwar Digvijay Chand of Chenani. They have a son Ranajay Chand and a daughter Dharini.
Maharaja Vijaysinhji's second son Maharajkumar Pramod Singhji joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and served in the Orissa cadre.
Another scion of the Rajpipla family, Indra Vikram Singh, grandson of Maharaja Vijaysinhji and elder son of Maharajkumar Indrajeet Singhji is a sports writer and author of several books, including a collector's edition 'A Maharaja's Turf' on his grandfather's Epsom Derby 1934 triumph, 'Don's Century' which is a biography of Don Bradman and a panorama of batting from the 1860s to the present times, and 'The Big Book of World Cup Cricket'.
The well known cricketer K.S. Duleepsinhji, nephew of the famous H.H. Maharaja Jam Saheb K.S. Ranjitsinhji of Nawanagar or Ranji, married Maharaja Vijaysinhji's cousin Rajkumari Jayaraj Kunverba of Rajpipla.
The major part of the erstwhile princely state of Rajpipla now forms the Narmada district in Gujarat, with Rajpipla town as its headquarters, while some portions fall in Vadodara and Bharuch districts.
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