Picture No | 10697996 |
Date | 1915 |
Description | Major H.H. Ranjitsinhji Jamsaheb of Nawanagar, WW1 |
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Ranjitsinhji Vibhaji (1872 - 1933), Indian prince and Test cricketer who played for the Sussex English cricket team. Photographed on the front cover of the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in the uniform of the Indian Cavalry with whom he was serving in France during the First World War. The magazine employs a play on cricketing terms with their caption of "Ranji" Out! - At the Front.
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Source | Photograph on the front cover of The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 20 March 1915 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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