Amongst our Old boys whom we regard with great admiration are
• Kalapi – the great Gujarati poet
• Shri Ranjitsinhji – the world renowned cricketer, after whom the premier Ranji Trophy was named.
• Shri Duleepsinhji – – the world renowned cricketer, after whom the premier Duleep Trophy was named.
• Shri Krishnakumarsinhji – Governor of Madras
• Major General Himmatsinhji — Governor of Himachal Pradesh
• General Rajendrasinhji – the last Commander-in-Chief and the first Chief of the Army Staff
• Shri Digvijaysinhji – India’s first minister for environment
• Shri Vijaysinhji Rana – Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha
• Shri Gumansinhji Vaghela – Speaker of Gujarat Vidhan Sabha
• Kishan Rana – Ambassador and High Commissioner for Algeria, Czechoslovakia, Kenya, Mauritius, and Germany; and consul general in San Francisco. He served as a joint secretary on the staff of PM Indira Gandhi (1981-82).’
• Arun Patwardhan – Ambassador to Vietnam
• Sujan Chinoy the Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi. He was India’s Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of the Marshall Islands from 2015-2018, and, earlier, the Ambassador to Mexico and High Commissioner to Belize.
• Shri Sukhdevsinhji – Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Petroleum and Managing Director of Essar Oil
• Ashok Kamte – the Additional Commissioner of the Mumbai Police who was martyred while in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks
Crickerters:
Test Players
“Ranji” Shri Ranjitsinhji – Jamnagar (England)
“Duleep” Shri Dilipsinhji – Jamnagar (England)
Shri Natwarsinhji – Porbandar
Shri Ghanshyamsinhji – Limbdi
Shri Indrajitsinh – Jamnagar
Shri Yajurvendrasinh – Bilkha
Shri Ajaysinh Jadeja – Jamnagar
Hitesh Modi (Kenya)
Ranji Trophy players other than Saurashtra
Lt. Gen. Mahipatsinhji Wadher – Arambada
Jyotindra Sodhan
Shri Suryaveersingh – Banswara
Ranjit Khanvilkar
Shri Ajay Jadeja – Jamnagar
Ranji Trophy Players members of the staff
Herbert W. Barritt (Principal)
Basantsinghji R. Bias
Vikramsinhji D. Jadeja
Roopsingh P. Rathod
Vajesinh Nakum
Ranji Trophy Players – Western Indian State Cricket Association, Nawanagar, Kathiawar & Saurashtra
Shri Indravijaysinhji – Jamnagar
Shri Yajuvendrasinhji – Jamnagar
Shri Gulam Mohiuddin Khanji – Manavadar
Shri Pradyumansinhji – Rajkot
Sheikh Abdul Khaliq – Mangrol
Shri Nasiruddin Mohammed – Mangrol
Shri Dilawarkhanji – Junagadh
Shri Ghanshyamsinhji – Limbdi
Shri Abdul Kadir – Mangrol
Shri Abbas Mian – Mangrol
Shri Harpaldeo N. Jhala – Rajcharadi
Sayed Kuttubudin
Shri Indrajitsinhji – Jamnagar
Shri Mohammed Zahid – Mangrol
Shri Manoharsinhji – Rajkot
Shri Chhatrapalsinhji – Jamnagar
Shri Prahladsinhji – Rajkot
Niranjan R. Shah
Shri Jitendrasinhji – Muli
Shri Ajitsinhji V. Jadeja – Lodhika
Rajendrasinh Jadeja
Shri Narendrasinh C. Gohil
Dharmarajsinh Jadeja
Shri Yajurvendrasinhji Wala – Bilkha
Shri Prithvirajsinh Jadeja – Jamnagar
Shri Chhatrapalsinhji Parmar – Muli
Brij Datta
Pratik Mehta
Some of our prominent guests in the past have been :
Lord & Lady Curzon
Lord Clive
Lord Rippon
Lord Lilithgow
Lord Reading
Mahatma Gandhi
Satya Sri Sai Baba
H E Dr. Zakir Hussain, Former Vice President of India
Maj. Gen. D. Prem Chand
Smt. Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India
Rev. Mother Teresa
Ms. Mrinali Sarabhai
Ms. Malika Sarabhai
Adm Vijai Singh Shekhawat, Former Chief of Naval Staff
Air Marshal Janakkumar Lathi
Air Com S S Tyagi, VM (later – Air Chief)
Field Marshal SHFI Manekshaw
Lt Gen Rostum Nanavatty
Air Com S K Bhan
Bharat Ratna Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Former President of India
Dr. Manohar Singh Gill, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India
Air Com Amul Kapoor, VM
Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India
Mr. Shamim Khan, Principal, Aitchison College, Lahore
Shri Ranjitsinhji Gaekwar of Baroda
Dr. Mrunalinidevi Puar of Dhar, Chancellor, M S University of Baroda
Shri Sukhdevsinhji of Jamnagar, Managing Director of ESSAR
Hon’ble Governor of Gujarat, Smt. Kamla Beniwal
Cricketers – Fred Truman, Mike Gaffing, Ian Botham, David Gower, Ajit Wadekar, Karsan Ghawri, Yajurvindra Singh Bilka, etc.
Shri Gaj Singh (Jodhpur)
Shriji Arvind Singh Mewar (Udaipur)
Shri Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri Vijay Rupani