Not only the royal family of Vaghelas in Sanand, but the entire town plunged into mourning on Thursday following the demise of rajmata Kumudkumariba Rudradutt Sinhji Vaghela on Wednesday. The queen was 71 years old and was reportedly keeping unwell due to old-age related ailments.
Much ahead of her times, the rajmata was always in favour of better education facilities, especially for the girls, a wish she held on to till her last breath. In fact, he dying wish was to establish a boarding school for girls, especially for Rajput girls, in Sanand. Currently, the town has a co-ed school for girls and boys, built by the late maharana Rudradutt in 1995.
According to industrialist Ravubha Vaghela, who is a close aide of the royal family, “The rajmata breathed her last at 10.30am. Her husband, maharana Rudradutt Sinhji Vaghela expired around seven years back and the royal couple is survived by their two daughters and a son, Jaishiv Sinhji Vaghela, who is the present maharana of Sanand.”
Vaghela further said the late queen’s dream was to educate girls, especially those from Rajput families. “She believed that not royal families educate their girls. Hence, she wanted to establish a boarding school for them in Sanand.
In fact, she had also suggested that 6-7 guestrooms of the royal palace be converted into kanya chhatralaya (or girls hostel),” said Vaghela stating that they are not sure if they will create a separate boarding school for the Rajput girls.
“But we will definitely work on converting a few guestrooms of the palace, as per her last wish, for sure,” he added.
The boarding school established in 1957 by maharana Jaiwant Sinhji Vaghela has entry for boys from Rajput families only. Both the co-ed school and the boys boarding school are run by the Maharana Shree Yagyadev Educational and Charitable Trust, claims Vaghela.
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