Narandevji

He was born on 3 September 1840 to Ramdevji and his wife, the daughter of Gumansinhji, Maharawal of Chhota Udaipur.^[1][2]

He ascended the throne at the young age of 19 on 26 January 1860.^[1][3] He was regarded as a very intelligent and capable ruler, and his rule was considered beneficent.^[3][4] He made significant improvements in the administration of the state by introducing new and appropriate laws to improve people's lives.^[3] British Government in 1862 granted him a sanad, giving him and his successors the right to adopt under Hindu law if there was no natural heir.^[3][5] He found the arrangement of auctioning the British share of transit duties in his state annually to the highest bidder distasteful.^[5] In 1869, he expressed a desire to take over its permanent management.^[5] He also offered to remit his dues on all through traffic with Khandesh, provided the British Government did the same.^[5] Besides that, he proposed to make his own arrangements for collecting import and export duties to encourage freedom of trade.^[5] The management was granted to him in 1870.^[5] In 1875, when Edward VII visited India, he was one of the Indian rulers invited to Mumbai to meet him.^[3] There, he received a medal and a khalat.^[3] He attended the Delhi durbar of 1877, where he was presented with a banner bearing the state coat of arms^[4] and was granted a personal salute of nine guns, along with the style of His Highness.^[3][5] This salute of nine guns was made permanent in 1878.^[5] In 1890, his personal salute was increased to 11 guns.^[4]