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The Alumni In Memoriam of The Rajkumar College, Rajkot

Alumni In Memoriam: list here any starter ideas: click on edit this page tab in center top.







Pages in Wikipedia associated with RKC- save a few at the end of the list

  • Like-minded schools anti-date to the Indian-subcontinental public schools built under Macaulay's Doctrine... to educate the princelies to in turn let them educate the masses: The list below can be illuminating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fowler%26fowler/List_of_historic_schools_on_the_Indian_subcontinent_founded_between_1757_and_1900

  • The Public School Conference schools and similarly Placed Schools the World over-Resources and possibilities-e.g. USA Online School for Girls

see Atlanta Girls' School, in Atlanta, Georgia - listed in the Girls' school page in red .. meaning a page needs to be created so this public schooler will do that.... 

link ready to start a page... see in edit mode


Alumnus ARVIND M PATEL is working on the following article/page for Alumni listed below; contributions from all in appropriate places is welcome or can participate via E-mail in Alumni circuit. Full, completed, open version of articles/pages to be unveiled on organization of some content.

      • As an example of one of the techniques in preparation, besides using user:page format, the following page preparation points might help. This page for /Maritime history Kathiawar was started on receiving request from an RKCian to help colleagues who wanted to write about /Maritime history Kathiawar.

*So, to see article development in progress: Click below >>


Alumni Listing- General Topics & Instructions edit

General Instructions- click on [Show] on right->

All Alumni listed are to have an article page created; creation can be done by self, another alumnus or anybody familiar with the subject. All Alumni listed in red do not have a page; page creation is encouraged. You may click on the link in blue above to see an article creation in progress. All Alumni can list themselves or other Alumni, with short description after a dash. Development in progress for this page. Alumni are requested to populate all data in Alumni website at Rkcalumni.com which will be the main source to pull info for Wikipedia, besides direct entry on special list in the page by following this link above. Be bold; remember every RKCians will be a Wikipedian as prelude to phenomenon becoming a general school culture; RKCians will simply be the pilots at the leading edge.

All listed in red need an article page:

Pages are being worked on for each of the alumni shown in red and some others originally tagged to their Principality of their Rule; -> -> designates the page link in Blue and under User:Patelurology2

RKC ALUMNI LIST PAGE edit

Only Notable Alumni to be Listed : Without much effort, simply list yourself or another Notable Alumnus in the Alumni-Others category just below; periodic recategorisation will be done. A full page needs to be created in short order, preferably before listing, though this is not an absolute requirement. Only notable alumni are to be listed, rest are encouraged to list on Alumni website as ususal, and use discussion/talkpage under discussion tab of this page or Alumni E-mail circuit. All without a page and Confirmed Notability are likely to be deleted.


  • Whereas, History of College is more than a century old, and cataloging rather a slow process, establishing Notability of Alumni a rather subjective and difficult task especially with those In Memoriam, efforts should be made to represent the values both of the College and Wikipedia.
  • Using as an example, some the title name of article about Alumni, some In Memoriam have non standardized usage and to confirm to brevity, some truncation of titles have been used e.g. Kumar Shree, a large category in titles, would be K.S. Name adjustment will be done using piping function.
  • Some of the abbreviation used, especially in Public & Military service, need recognition. e.g.
    • IAS Indian Administrative Service
    • IFS Indian Foreign Service
    • IAF Indian Air Force
    • INS Indian Naval Service
  • Some of the abbreviation used commonly used in multiple categories, as the College's Heritage of Rulers who constitute a large category amongst the Alumni dating back 140 years.
    • TS Thakor Saheb
    • MKS Maharajkumar Shree
    • KS Kumar Shree

RKC edit

For house table with badge colours

Notable alumni edit

RKC Presidents edit

Presidents, Board of Trustees click


Alumni RKC Teachers edit

Former RKC Teachers-Notables edit

... use * star to insert a new name,,, worry not about errors.. experiment and see what is done and do likewise e.g. not sure then you can put any info in between the following marks and it will not show up, but will be available for review by the next person editing; will edited periodically. marks are left < exclamation mark! then 3 dashes --- then the text then three dashes --- followed by right arrow >. Try You can add info next to any name; add names as appropriate.


  • Prabhashankar Pattani - Sir Prabhashankar Dalpatram Pattani KCIE(Gujarati: સર પ્રભાશંકર પટ્ટણી) (15 April 1862 – 16 February 1938) was the Prime Minister or Diwan of Bhavnagar State- teacher during Bhavsinhji's school days
  • Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi - Served as a Headmaster of the Princes' School at Sadra and later joined the Rajkumar College, Rajkot. He then became the Chief Justice of Rajkot State and then Chief Education Secretary of 'Gujarat area' ...[2]
  • Dalpatram Kavi was the father of Nanalal ....see in edit mode


  • Balavantrai K Thakor -Gujarati
  • Miss. Rati Cooper [4]
  • Bharat Singh
  • Mr.Datta
  • Mrs. E. Collie


Alumni Educators-Schools, Colleges & Other Institutions (SystemRKC Multipliers) edit

Alumni in Princely State & then National Govt Services edit

Preamble: Whereas the Princes and Kings are recognised for their deeds to care for their kingdom, your subjects and alumni ( Chiefs, Patvi Kumars, Fantaya Kumars and Bhayats) who helped with the kingdom and more so helping other kingdoms with their management are especially recognised and considered as fetching a feather for their original kingdom.

  • Maharaja Ranjitsinhji of Jamnagar , who served as India's delegate to League of Nations


resources can be screened for alumni who helped other kingdoms :The Ruling Chiefs of Western India and the Rajkumar College [5]

Alumni-Public & Military Services edit

Alumni-Corporates edit

Alumni-Sports edit

Alumni-Literary, Cultural & Artists edit


Alumni-Naturalists & Environmentalists edit

Alumni-Others edit

User:Patelurology2/RKC Rajkot Alumni

Board of Trustees edit

Darbar Saheb Shri Mahipalsinhji Vala of Jetpur - President 2013

2009-2010

HH Thakor Saheb Shri Chaitanyadev of Wadhwan - Former President

HH Maharana Shri Digvijaysinhji of Wankaner - Trustee

HH Nawab Sidi Shah Mehmoodkhanji of Janjira & Jafrabad - Trustee

HH Thakor Saheb Shri Chhatrasalji of Limbdi - Trustee

Thakor Saheb Shri Jitendrasinhji of Muli - Trustee

Desai Shri Karnisinhji of Patdi - Trustee Patdi State


Principals edit

Years Name Page-Creation Effort
1870 – 1896 C. Macnaghten M.A. (Cantab.) User:Patelurology2/Chester Macnaghten
1896 – 1903 C. W. Waddington C.I.E., M.V.O., M.A. (Oxon) User:Patelurology2/C. W. Waddington
1903 – 1923 Coryton Mayne C.I.E, M.A. (Oxon) School Song,

Son: Peter Mayne, English travel writer who wrote about his experiences in North Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Greece: After attending school in England, Mayne returned to India. Following Partition, he served as deputy secretary to Pakistan's Ministry of Refugees and Rehabilitation. In 1949, he moved to Morocco Bio: Son

User:Patelurology2/Coryton Mayne
1923 – 1930 J. T. Turner M.A. (Cantab.) BOMBAY OFFICE LETTER MR TURNER AND RAYNER JUL 1924
1930 - 1933 A. C. Miller O.B.E., M.A. (Cantab.) Appointment document 1930 Appointment by educ dept Bombay 1930...
1933 – 1938 E. A. W. Plumtre B.A. (Cantab.) links to WWI period...see in edit mode .
1938 – 1945 H. Barrit O.B.E., M.A. (Cantab.) - Founding Principal of The Public Schools' Conference
1945 – 1948 E. Sprawson D.F.C., M.A. (Cantab.) - Representing Founding Head Master of The Public School Conference 1938
1948 – 1963 Mark Alexander Wynter Blyth M.A. (Cantab.) - Former Headmaster of The Laidlaw Memorial School extended into Junior College inclusive in Ketti, Tamil Nadu then a House master at a Prep School also house master at Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
1963 – 1991 Peter Rogerson O.B.E., M.A. (Cantab.) User:Patelurology2/Peter Rogerson
1992 – 2000 Rati F. Cooper M.A. New York, L.T.C.L. London
2000 – 2000 TS Mahipatsinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja of Devpur M.A., B.Ed.- Alumnus, The Rajkumar College, Rajkot, The Founder of The White Eagle School , Devpur Jakhwali, Kutchh User:Patelurology2/TS Mahipatsinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja of Devpur
2000 – 2008 KS Ayaazkhan I. Babi, Pajod B.A., B.Ed.-Alumnus -Alumnus, The Rajkumar College, Rajkot User:Patelurology2/KS(DS) Ayaazkhan Imamuddinkhan Babi of Pajod -
2008 – 2013 V. K. Thakkar M.Sc. (Zoology), M.Sc. (Botany), B.Ed. Some Certain Thoughts around Education
2013-2022 Sankar Singh Adhikari M. A., B. Ed., Former Vice Principal and son of Former Principal of The Rajkumar College, Raipur
2022- Yash Saxena Former, Vice Principal, The Lawrence School, Sanawar



Founders'(and On going) Helpers edit

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  • Authors who wrote about RKC; every past authors be recognized by distribution by alumni group by distribution of new literary work by any such author.
    • Some such works: We appreciate our writers..

(1839-1885)-The Physician, Leprosy Researcher, Botanist and a Social Reformer of Colonial India A K Mukhopadhyay Received : 14.07.2019]


  • Forty years of the Rajkumar college, 1870-1910 [6]

an account of the origin and progress of the Rajkumar college, Rajkot / prepared and abridged from the papers of the late Chester MacNaghten and other sources ; comp. by H.H. Sir Bhavsinhji.

  • The Ruling Chiefs of Western India and the Rajkumar College [7] Nawabzada Nasrullah Khan Claridge, 1904 - Education of princes - 200 pages
  • Perspectives of Female Researchers: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Gujarati Identity...chapter by Aarti Bhalodia : Bhagavatsinhji of Gondal


  • 2 The Making of the Genealogy of the Jhallesvars - De Gruyter ...author John McLeod

[8]› downloadpdf › book by J McLeod - ‎Related articles Meghrajaji was President of the Rajkumar College, Rajkot, which had been founded as a school .... Askunvarba, daughter of Khimoji Jethva Bhanji of Chhaya. 4. ...... Soma or Umabai, married Mandlik Chudasama III, Ra of Junagadh (ruled 1451-.

John McLeod :2 The Making of the Genealogy of the Jhallesvars In 1983, I was an undergraduate at the University of Toronto. I had recently embarked on a new project to occupy what little spare time I had between my studies and my duties as a member of Canada’s army reserves: to compile genealogies and short histories of the families that ruled the princely and chiefly states of modern India and Pakistan. Today, much of this information is readily available on the internet. That was not the case 34 years ago, when it had to be extracted from old books, archival records, and personal correspondence with members of the ruling families. The John P. Robarts Library at the University of Toronto has an outstanding collection of published materials that helped me enormously in my quest, and I began planning future trips to archives in Britain and India.

comment: whereas some searchable write up existed pre-independence the period thereafter had fewer article and write up about the princely order and to this day effort like above have been inspiring...

  • Some students who went to England returned with excellent finish; entire experience of RKCians around Cambridge was shadowed by a guardian in Revd. Louise Barissow M.A., Chaplain, Trinity College, Cambridge Univ

All those who helped running of the princely state while the young prince was at school are recognised and follow the example to list these and possibly horos these with a Wikipedia page as appropriate -- in the example below Mr Oza has page and a page likewise for E.h. Percival be charted.

  • Mr E H Percival of The Bombay Civil Service. His title ‘Joint Administrator of the State’ needs explaining. When Jaswantsingji, the Maharaja of Bhavnagar died in 1870, his son and successor Takhtsingh (1858-96) was only twelve years old, too young to handle the affairs of his state. Until 1878 when he attained his majority, his kingdom was administered by two men[4]: Gaurishankar Udayashankar (1805-1892), a senior and experienced administrator of Bhavnagar, and EH Percival of the Bombay Civil Service. Takhtsingh became a fine ruler of Bhavnagar, executing many useful projects that benefitted his subjects for a long time. https://gujarat-travels.com/tag/british-empire/


  • Prabhashankar Pattani - Before his death, Bhavsinhji II had requested Pattani to look after his young son and instill similar values in him, which Pattani did until Prince Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji became King in 1931.
  • Prince of Gujarat: The Extraordinary Story of Prince Gopaldas Desai, 1887-1951 [9][10]
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