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H.H Prince Pratapa Simha Rajah, great great grandson of King Serfoji II

Prince of Tanjore, H.H Srimanth Rajasree, PRATAPA SIMHA RAJAH BHOSLE.

Prince of Thanjavur, H.H srimanth raja sree, PRATAP SIMHA RAJAH BHOSLE alias Pratapa Simha (great grandson of maharajah Serfoji II) son of Rajah Serfoji 3 was born in 1889 A.D. He studied English and Tamil languages under sri. N.P. Subramanya iyer and Marathi from Swami rao. He also learnt horse riding and gymnastics. He learnt and mastered veena and Carnatic music. He encouraged and enjoyed hearing music of the Maharashtra vidwans, kirtankars, such as kasiker bhuva,sri janardhan bhuva, vishnu digambar and harikatha experts from Gwalior raju biya and other from north india.They were given costly presentations like gold toda etc as a mark of honouring the experts. He arranged performances of music harikatha in his sadar mahal palace. Dramas in Marathi and tamil were also encouraged by him. 'krishna vilas tank which was made the garden by british inside palace complex were used to conduct dramas. Tamil drama of kannayya company and sanglikar of Maharashtra drama park were arranged and they were rewarded by him in sadar mahal palace. He was a staunch devotee of kanchi paramachariyar sri sri chandrasekhara swamigal and offered as a gift of building from his estate share now known as 'sankara madam' in west main street,Tanjore.

VINOBAJI a social reformer, also an advocate for nonviolence and human rights was approaching land owners to donate lands to landless poor. Prince donated two portion of his land in estate for the landless poor. He served as the main donor and life member of sarasvati mahal library and improved the library. He donated old books and modi records to the library. He was the landlord and also a great philanthropist, donated many of his lands to government and to people for a good cause. He was married to the daughter of Poona Anand Raje Mahadik of Tarla, Sulochana Rani Saheb and had two sons and two daughters. Elder son name was prince srimanth Tulajendra Rajah Bhosle and younger son name was Prince Maloji Rajah Bhosle. He passed away in 1969 A.D.

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