j its in h ji ▁as ▁he ir . ▁Nevertheless , ▁Ran j its in h ji ' s ▁popular ity ▁as ▁a ▁cr ick eter , ▁his ▁close ▁connections ▁with ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁administr ators ▁and ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁western ised ▁from ▁his ▁time ▁spent ▁in ▁England ▁may ▁all ▁have ▁been ▁major ▁factors ▁in ▁the ▁decision ▁according ▁to ▁Wil de . ▁ ▁An ▁appeal ▁from ▁L akh uba , ▁which ▁was ▁eventually ▁un success ful , ▁delayed ▁proceed ings ▁but ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁was ▁installed ▁as ▁Jam ▁Sah ib ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁March ▁ 1 9 0 7 . ▁The ▁installation ▁was ▁relatively ▁simple ▁for ▁financial ▁reasons ▁as ▁N aw an agar ▁was ▁poor ; ▁many ▁items ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁borrow ed ▁from ▁neighbour ing ▁states ▁for ▁the ▁ceremony ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁expected ▁standard . ▁Security ▁was ▁heavy ▁and ▁shortly ▁after ▁the ▁ceremony ▁and ▁in ▁un famil iar ▁surr ound ings , ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁secret ly ▁adopted ▁a ▁nep hew ▁as ▁his ▁he ir . ▁ ▁Ran j its in h ji ▁faced ▁many ▁challeng es ▁upon ▁assuming ▁control ▁of ▁N aw an agar . ▁The ▁state , ▁following ▁a ▁dr ought ▁several ▁years ▁before , ▁was ▁poor , ▁suffered ▁pover ty ▁and ▁disease . ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁approximately ▁thirty ▁people ▁were ▁dying ▁from ▁disease ▁each ▁day ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁city , ▁Jam n agar . ▁When ▁he ▁first ▁saw ▁it , ▁Ran j its in h