Jamnagar Royal Antiques Stolen

Looters are on the prawl in Jamnagar and this time they stole antiques worth over Rs four crore from Jamnagar Royal Family.

The list also features a very high priced antique cricket bat of Ranjitsinhji Maharaj.

The news broke out when security personnel of the Royal Palace informed police about the robbary. Crime scene investigation reveals that the thieves could be inside the palace since a fortnight.

The booty stolen by unidentified men is worth 4 crores.

[Update]

Jamnagar Police had confirmed that Ranjitsinh's famous bats are safe. A team of special officers and a DIG level official confirmed the news.

Although the officials confirmed the burglary, but said that the bat and other heirlooms of the Cricket King is safe.


Shashidhar told TOI the burglars did not touch the section where the bats or gemstones were kept. According to him, the burglary happened at least 15 days back. "The burglars removed a huge glass pane and just walked into the palace," he said.



Shashidhar said that the damage was not assessed because the scion of the royal family, Shetrushailyasinh Jadeja, was away in Mumbai.



Police have also found chilly powder, bottles of soft drinks and knives, which shows that burglars may have been living on the terrace of the palace for some time.



Save these historic bats: Gill



Sports minister MS Gill was saddened by the news of burglary in Ranjitsinhji's palace in Jamnagar. Even though it was learnt on Tuesday that the bats and some other valuables are now safe, Gill sounded angry that such priceless bats and other artifacts had been left to rot.



"It is painful to see that such priceless items are not being cared for. They are our nation's treasure and should be in a museum," Gill told TOI.



Gill, who had visited the palace some years ago, said that he had written earlier that the cricket board (BCCI) should look into issue and convince the owner to let them take care of it, or let the Ambanis care for it. Gill said: "I went to the new palace and felt terrible after seeing valuable historic bats, photographs and paintings rotting in empty halls."

Jamnagar 10 th 2009 Results - Toppers List

Jamnagar Toppers List
Rank	Student Detail	Obtained Marks	Percentage	School
1	Jhaveri Diti Amit Seat No.:C691818	607/650	93.38	St.ann's High School R N Marg St.ann`s High School Pandit Nehru Marg Dist - Jamnagar 361008
2	Surani Himali Narbheram Seat No.:C688836	604/650	92.92	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
3	Rathod Nirav Babulal Seat No.:C690052	601/650	92.46	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
3	Rimmie Duraisamy Seat No.:C692059	601/650	92.46	St.ann's High School R N Marg St.ann`s High School Pandit Nehru Marg Dist - Jamnagar 361008
4	Kantariya Dipenkumar Satishbhai Seat No.:C682113	600/650	92.31	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Highschool Jamjodhpur Dist-jamnagar Jamjodhpur Dist - Jamnagar 360530
4	Gosai Surabhi Jayeshgiri Seat No.:C691054	600/650	92.31	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
4	Shah Riddhi Manish Seat No.:C692056	600/650	92.31	St.ann's High School R N Marg St.ann`s High School Pandit Nehru Marg Dist - Jamnagar 361008
4	Badiyani Shivam Nareshbhai Seat No.:C692094	600/650	92.31	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalay Amar Vilas Palace Dist - Jamnagar 361008
5	Kagathara Deepkumar Dhirajlal Seat No.:C675396	599/650	92.15	Shri B M Patel Madhyamik Shala Vankiya Dist-jamnagar At & Po Vankiya Tal Dhrol Dist - Jamnagar 361210
5	Pandya Madhavi Bharatbhai Seat No.:C689589	599/650	92.15	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
6	Bhensdadiya Maulik Jasamatbhai Seat No.:C689730	598/650	92.0	Shri Pranami High School Jamnagar Ranjitnagar At-po.jam Nagar Dist - Jamnagar 361005
7	Kapta Yash Dwarkeshbhai Seat No.:C691414	597/650	91.85	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
8	Pancholi Atal Bipinbhai Seat No.:C687948	596/650	91.69	The Sunshine School Saatrasta Plot No 31 Walkeshwar Nagari Jamnagar 361008
9	Yagnik Birju Rajendrabhai Seat No.:C688145	595/650	91.54	Shree Satya Sai Vidyalaya Amar Vilas Complex Palace Road Jamnagar 361008
9	Choksi Vishwa Pankajkumar Seat No.:C715211	595/650	91.54	St.ann's High School Vadinar Dist-jamnagar Vadinar Dist - Jamnagar 361010
10	Nariya Pragati Hemrajbhai Seat No.:C690292	593/650	91.23	Matushri Avalbahen Becharbhai Virani Kanya Vidyalaya Jamnagar Sumer Club Road Ranjit Nagar-jamnagar Dist - Jamnagar 361005

Cricketer Ranjitsinhji's Royal Antiques Recovered

Thieves who stole royal antiques of famous cricketer Jam Ranjit Sinhji from Jam Saheb Bunglow were caught yesterday.

Surendranagar LCB and Rajkot RR cell arrested all five members of the loot gang. They call themselves the "Devipujak Gang". Several precious jewellery, gems, antiques and cash of around Rs 5 lakh has been recovered. All identified are from Porbandar / Jamnagar district, mostly lives in Surendra nagar.

Surendranagar SP said that they were arrested during regular vehicle inspection on the Rajkot-Limbdi highway. Few stolen items were in the vehicle and rest at their place. The looters didn't knew what they had looted.

What is disturbing that this gang has been stealing regularly from the palace since seven - eight months and looted the palace almost 25 times, Current king and scion of Jamnagar Royal family and descendant of cricketing legend Jam Ranjitsinhji, Jam Saheb Shatrushailya will send an inventory list to police and then police will value the recovered booty.

List of Items recovered

• Four precious gems 
• An antique pearl necklace 
• Two gold chains 
• Seven gold rings 
• A carpet woven with gold and silver threads 
• 23 silver items including elephant ornaments, decanters, photo frames, lighter, tray, cigarette case, clock and silver spoons.

Ghumli Temple Renovation

An ancient temple in Ghumli holds special place as it stood as last symbol of Jethwa dynasty, Jethwa dynasty was crushed by Jam kings whose name marks the name of the Jamnagar province.

This almost a ruin temple is now looked upon by archaeological survey of India; recently some renovation work has been initiated in this part.
This place was capital of the Jethwa dynasty and was constructed by prince ShalyaKumar, this strategic location near Barda hills provided perfect cover from enemies, Ghumli flourished and became world renowned for trade in international markets. Jam kings attacked Ghumli in 1309 and in 1313, and they destroyed the town.
Ghumli is now a collection of only few huts of herdsmen, ASI will complete the works within 2 months and it will bring memories back of the Jethwa kings. Today ruins of Navlakha Palace (palace with a million statues), Bhan Gate etc can be seen.

Palace Robbery : Man set himself ablaze

A Convict in question is a middle aged man , just caled in , in connection with the recent Ranjitsinhji Palace robbery.

A person named Devish Godhadiya, suffered 70 per cent burns and was rushed to G G Hospital.

Godhadiya set ablaze himself and few Police spotted him near the police station, Godhadiya has earlier been accused in theft brass parts theft cases in Jamnagar.

Appeal to citizens, keep the city clean.

Since childhood, I have seen jamnagar as it is today, same dust, crippled infrastructure, no access to public utility, very tough public transport and above all the only visiting place in city, Lakhota palace and lake in totally dismal condition.

Have left the city since last 13 years or so, every time I visit Jamnagar, I always had one hope, this time the road from railway station to city will at least be pothole free, Lakhota will be clean and the walls around it will be mended, all the near by gardens will have some signs of nature, those gardens won't be a open gambling place. Like new buildings of
State and city administration, i could see at least cleaned up and un-fractured public utility places.

And every time, my expectations managed to exceed ground reality, the ground reality is same in every "growing" city in India.

Where are the roads that I always dreamed, where is the clean city, where are dustbins, where are cleaners that I am sure JMC is showing in their annual accounts, where is the supposedly infrastructure expected by a municipal corporation of a city that has world largest grass root refinery, the city that contributes around 25-30% share in petroleum produce of this country, the city that has brass parts industries, defense, natural reservoirs, exotic beaches like Pirotan and narara.

Alas, it is a dream, and the reality check is far away from the dream, city administration does not care, nor any politicians, administrative officials or any citizen of this city, Yes, we all are equally responsible for the state of this city.

We citizens, clean our house, throw the trash outside, hoping those whom we pay tax will collect it for us, they will keep this city as clean and shining as we do with our house, we park our vehicles wherever we like, we ride them as if a child is learning how to play with a remote control car, we do push our kids to clean the house, but we don't teach them to keep the garbage in dustbin when we are out, we don't care to follow traffic, stay organized and of course maintain public cleanliness.

And we blame administration for not doing enough, if they are not doing enough, we all are equally responsible.

Anjali news channel has recently started campaign for saving Lakhota lake, let us all join and contribute all we can to make our city "Paris" again.

Navaratri Heritage theme - Summair Sports Club Jamnagar

Jamnagar Summair Sports Club is celebrating Navaratri with a beautiful heritage theme.

All parts of the Jamnagar Summair Sports Club are decorated with a heritage touch, entrance of the Jamnagar Summair Sports Club resembles Khambhaliya Gate, dancing arena has majestic structures like the Pratap Vilas Palace entrance gates and the seating arrangements are royal as well.

Stage background has superb decorations like Jamnagar Darbargadh. Photographer Sameer Shah took pics of this places and those images were used to reconstruct the complete royal grandeur.

Jamnagar Summair Sports Club has been organizing the festival for the last 28 years.

Lakhota Lake renovation by Guj. Govt.

Gujarat will be first state in India to have its own heritage policy.

These policy will help protect heritages, that are not protected either by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) or the state Archaeological Department.

Retired IAS officer P K Ghosh, also the convenor of the Gujarat INTACH (Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage) heads the committee for formation of this policy, Rajkot Municipal Commissioner Dinesh Brahmbhatt and Ahmedabad Joint Commissioner of Police Ajay Chowdhary are the two other members of the committee.

Initially under the plan following buildings are Identified.

• The Karansinhji School - Rajkot.
• The Lakota Lake - Jamnagar.
• Upar Kot - Junagadh.
• The Royal Palace at Lathi - Amreli.

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Jolly's Blindfolded Act for a Cause

Standard six student Jolly from Jamnagar took a daring approach to spread awareness about female foeticide in Gujarat, just 11-year-old, Jamnagar student Jolly Shah claims herself as the youngest female magician of India.

She amazed Rajkot citizens on Saturday by driving a scooty and covering 15 kilometers, "blindfolded", she took many popular roads like Dr. Yagnik Road, Race Course Road, Ring Road and Palace Road.

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