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Bahadurkhanji High School

The  Bahadurkhanji High School was established in Junagadh in 1873 under the Nawab’s patronage and was the State’s sole high school at the time. It was built by the Department of Public Works in an Indo-Saracenic style, with an arcaded façade and a curved bangaldar-style roof over the entrance portico.

Source: British Library

Bahadur Khanji III, Nawab of Junagadh, and state officials.


 

 


Shown above is a War Fund related lottery ticket issued by Junagadh state. It is printed in Gujarati whose English translation is:
 

"The ticket should be held by the person who bought it"
Junagadh State Lucky Bag
War Fund 1940

Aalijaah Daulatmadaar (Richest) Nek(Kind) Naamdaar(Famous) [all of them are salutations] Saheb Bahadur(the king) Manjur Karel(has approved)

Price: 1 Rupee

 

It then mentions first name and surname of person to whom the ticket was issued. At the right hand corner, it carries printed signature of "Sardar Muhammad Khan", Chief Dewan (kind of Chief Minister of state) of Junagadh state.

Emblem of Junagadh, dated 1940


 

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