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'''[[Maharaja]] [[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Shri]] Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji [[Sahib]] [[Maharaja Bahadur|Bahadur]]''' (26 December 1867 – 10 December 1908) was the '''Maharaja of Porbandar''' belonging to [[Jethwa]] dynasty, who ascended the throne of [[Porbandar State|princely state of Porbandar]] on 15 September 1900 and ruled till his death in 1908.<ref name=b/><br />
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He was the grandson of Rana of Porbandar, Rana Shri [[Vikramatji Khimojiraj]] Sahib. His father, Madhavsinhji Vikramatji was eldest son of Vikramatji, who died in 1869, when Bhavsinhji was still an infant. Bhavsinhji was educated at [[Rajkumar College, Rajkot]] and later served in many administrative posts of [[Porbandar State]]. He ascended the throne on 15 September 1900 upon death of his grandfather, Rana Vikramatji.<ref name=b>{{cite book|title=Forty Years of the Rajkumar College, 1870-1910: An Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rajkumar College, Rajkot by Bhāvsinhjī (Sir H.H., Maharaja of Bhavnagar.), Chester MacNaghten|year=1911|publisher=Hazel, Watson & Viney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cBI2AQAAMAAJ&q=Bhavsinhji+grandson}}</ref><br />
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He administered the state effectively and Porbandar was restored to its position as a First Class with full judicial and administrative powers, which had been relegated to a third class state during reign of his predecessor, Rana Vikramatji.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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In 1903, he attended the Coronation Durbar at Delhi and received the Delhi Durbar gold medal.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<br />
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He died at [[Porbandar]] on 10 December 1908. After, his death his only son, from several marriages, Shri [[Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji]] ascended the throne.{{cn|date=June 2020}}<ref name=b/><br />
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[[Category:Maharajas of Porbandar]]<br />
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