IDENTIFIERS
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id:	156620
accession number:	CM.108-2005

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Tuesday 29 January 2013

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: The state of Rajkot lies in the Indian province of Gujarat, and dates its foundation to c. 1620, with a period under Mughal rule in the eighteenth century. Its ruling family have been at the head of the state since its foundation, and in recent generations all the males have been educated at Rajkumar College in the city. The current ruler as of 2007 and since 1973 is Thakur Saheb Shri Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji. His great-grandfather Bavajirajsinhji Mehramanji (1862-90) had five sons and one daughter, all but one of the sons dying before coming of age. Among these shortlived princes was Kumar Karansinhji Bavajirajsinhji, whose likeness this medal bears. He was also educated at the Rajkumar College, and this prize for recitation was established in his memory after his death in 1903. The medal for the prize was designed by Allan Wyon, and this is a white-metal specimen from the Wyon workshop.
title:	Prize for Recitation

NOTES
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type: history note
value: From the estate of the late Mrs Venetia M. Watson, daughter of the artist's descendant Allan Gairdner Wyon


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Coins and Medals
collection:	Wyon Collection

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/156620





CATEGORIES
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category: medal

DATING
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creation date:	1903 - 1907
creation date earliest:	1903
creation date latest:	1907

CREATORS
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maker: Karansinhji Bavajirajsinhji
maker: Karansinhji of Rajkot
maker: Wyon, Allan
maker: Rajkumar College


CITATIONS
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Rajkot
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