Meghrajji III
| Mayurdwajsinhji Meghrajsinhji III KCIE FRAS FRAI FRHistS | |||||
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| His Highness Maharana Maharaja | |||||
HH Maharana Mayurdhwajsinhji Meghrajji III | |||||
| Maharana Maharaja of Jhalavad | |||||
| Reign | 1942– 1948 | ||||
| Predecessor | Ghanshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji | ||||
| Successor | Sodhsalsinhji Shatrujitdev (titular Maharana Maharaja of Dhrangadhra) | ||||
| Born | 3 March 1923 Sundar Villas Palace, Dhrangadhra State | ||||
| Died | 1 August 2010 (aged 86–87) | ||||
| Spouse | Brijraj kunwar Sahiba of Jodhpur | ||||
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| House | Dhrangadhra | ||||
| Dynasty | Jhala | ||||
| Father | Ghanshyamsinhji Bahadur | ||||
| Mother | Anand kunwar Sahiba Jadeja of Kotda-Sagani | ||||
| Uprajpramukh of Saurashtra | |||||
| In office 1948 – 1952 | |||||
| Member of Lok Sabha from Surendranagar | |||||
| In office 1967 – 1971 | |||||
HH Major Maharana Maharaja Sir Mayurdwajsinhji Meghrajsinhji III Sahib Bahadur, KCIE, FRAS, FRAI, FRHistS (3 March 1923 – 1 August 2010), popularly known as Meghrajji III was the last ruling Maharaja of Dhrangadhra-Halvad. He was an academic, politician, member of several distinguished academic bodies, and one of the last surviving rulers of the former princely states of the British Raj. He was also the last surviving knight of the Order of the Indian Empire and the last of either of the chivalric orders of the British Indian Empire.