THE HISTORY OF KATHIAWAD

allowing them in many cases sufficient to live upon. In
the same year the civil and criminal jurisdiction over the
districts of Gogha, Dhandhuka, and Ranpur, which had
been assumed by the British Government in A.D. 1816,
was restored to Thakor Jaswantsinhji of Bhavnagar.
This measure was the result of an enquiry conducted in
A.D. 1860 to investigate the matters under dispute between
the Government of Bombay and the Bhavnagar State.
The Thakor's reforms in the administration of his terri-
tories led Government to show further appreciation of
his work in the following year, when the title of Knight
Commander of the Star of India was conferred upon him.

With the advances made in every direction throughout
the peninsula, the need had long been felt of some suitable
institution at which the sons and relations of the chiefs
of Kathiawad might be educated. Colonel Keatinge
made every effort to establish some good system, but
found the chiefs and their advisers strongly antagonistic
to any suggestion which should remove their sons from
their homes. The whole Zenana influence was also
brought to bear against the scheme, but Colonel Keatinge
persevered and gradually persuaded one chief after another
to grant him funds towards building a Rajkumar College
at Rajkot, for which he selected a suitable site. Finally
his continued efforts bore fruit. A sufficiently large sum
to begin with was collected, and on April 28, A.D. 1868,
Colonel Anderson, who had succeeded Colonel Keatinge
as Political Agent, laid the foundation-stone of the
College.

Among so many evidences of the progress such as we
have seen enumerated it was unfortunate, perhaps, that
a reminder of former conditions should occur in the
province to show that festina lente was the guiding
principle still to be followed. Less than a century before,
mutilation was not looked upon as anything very extra-
ordinary and rough-and-ready justice was not always

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