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ykd{us r¢fuxh zcÕGþ.S. d{umu jÏGþk &
hKS suJtu fwN¤ cuxTmbul ytJ;tk mtu J»tobtk vK Ntuægtu ln´ szu

hKS;rmknu btºt 8 J»tole Jgu r¢fux hbÔþk NY fGþO nðþk. 1888btk ßgthu ;ubKu EkøjuLzbtk r¢fuxle fthrf’eo NY fhe ðgthu ;uytu 16 J»tolt n;t. cºtem J»tole Jgu 1904btk hKSlu blbtk :Gþk, ‘nJu cnw :Gþk. D½þk bu¤ÔGþk.¥ ;ubKu vtu;u r¢fuxbtk:e MJiråAf he;u mkLgM; jR jeæþk. ;u mbgu hKSle rmrØytu ylu jtufr«g;t xtualt NeFh vh n;e. ;ubKu r¢fux hbe c;tÔGþk nðþk ylu gtuøg mbgu rlÔ\r•t vK je"e n;e. ytÏþk sd; rlhtN :Gþk, yufbtºt hKSbtk s ytlk’ ylu ytðbmk;tu»t n;tu. ntjlt ytvKt ôbhjtgf xtualt r¢fuxhtu btxu hKSLþk ÷Ðtk; Wvgtude Au.

hKS 1896btk Ekøjukzle xeb J;e ytuMx[ujegt mtbu xuMx hBgt n;t ylu ;ubKu atuødt ylu Aødt Íqzelu yKelu JF;u Ekøjukzlu catÔGþk nðþk. ðgth ct’ 1899btk xuMx bua hbJt ytuMx[ujegt dgt ylu ;u meÍlbtk ytuMx[ujegtlt bu’tltubtk 3000 hl ltuk"tJelu r¢fux sd;btk rJ¢b M:tÃgtu. ðgthct’ 1901le meÍlbtk ytuMx[ujegt mtbu xuMx bua hbelu ;ubKu 3065 hl fgto ylu vtu;tltu s rJ¢b ;tuzâtu! ;u:e nJu ‘r¢fux¥ ylu ‘hKS¥ vgtogJtaf Nç’tu cle dgt. ‘Mx[uLz¥ ltblt buduÍelu jÏGþk &

‘‘ßgthu vK r¢fuxltu Er;ntm jFtNu ðgthu hKSLþk ltb æþ{J;thfle sub abfðþk hnuNu. ;uKu rJµChlt r¢fuxatnftultk r’j S;e je"tk Au. ;ubKu hb;db;lt ûtuºtbtk Ntmf Ekøjukz ylu vht"el Cth;lu òuz;t muðþLþk ftb fGþO Au. rnk’ ¾âthu ytÍt’ :Nu ;u ;tu CrJ»gle Jt; Au. vK ßgthu rnk’ ytÍt’ :Nu ðgthu rnk’Jtmeytu dtihJ yLþCJNu fu ytJtu r¢fuxJeh vK ybtht ’uNu vu’t fgtuo n;tu.¥¥

;u mbgu ;tu hurzgtu vK ¾âtk:e ntug? vK «athbtægb ;hefu Atvtk ylu buduÍeltu DKtk ymhfthf n;tk. ‘ytÕVt ytuV " ÃjtW¥ ;hefu rJµrJÏgt; rc{rxN mtrnðgfth ylu rlck"fth yu.S. dtzeolh ‘LGþÍvuvh ftubuLxuxh¥ vK n;t. J¤e ;uytu ‘zuEje LGþÍ¥lt ;kºte n;t. hKSle hb; vh ;uytu Ve’t n;t. hKS rJNu ;ubKu su y’TÇË; Ct»tt ylu Nijebtk jÏGþk Au ;ultu òuxtu szu ;ub l:e. ;u:e dtzeolhlt s gt’dth Nç’tubtk hKSle hb;lu btKe~þk.

(1) ‘‘Ranji has turned cricket into an Oriental and Indian Poem of Action.''

(2) ‘Hats off'' to the Jam Saheb - the Prince of a little state of Nawanagar, but the Emperor of a great game. And if India has sought to make herself heard and understood by the people who control her from afar, she could not have found a more triumphant missionary than the Jam Sahib, with his smile and his bat. Great Indians come to England frequently, men of high scholarship, rare power of speech, noble characters- the Gokhles, the Bannerjees, the Tagores. They come and they go, unseen and unheard by the multitude. But Ranji is Ranji! He has brought the East into the heart of our happy holiday crowds, and has taught them to think of it as something human and kinldy and keenly responsive to the joys that appeals us.''

(3) ‘‘Ranji combines Oriental calm with an Oriented swiftness. It is the art of the great teacher who with a line reveals infinity. It is the art of a great dramatist who with a significant word shakes the soul. Schiller burns a city to create his effect of terror. Shakespeare drops a handkerchief and freezes the blood. Ranji creats the same effect; he flicks his wrist and the ball bounds to the ropes, it is not jugglery, or magic, it is simply the perfect economy of meanc to an end.''

(1) hKSyu r¢fuxlu vtiJtoðg ylu Cth;eg ftgoYve ftÔgbtk vjxâwk Au.

(2) mtbtLg lJtldh htßglt htsfwkJh, vK bntl hb;lt ct’Ntn òbmtnuclu mjtb! ytsu òu rnL’wM;tlltu yJts mbò;tu ylu mkC¤t;tu ntug ;tu ;u cux "thK fh;e JF;u Mbe; Juh;t rbNlhe òbmtnucle rmÂæ"ytulu je"u Au. dtuFju, culhS ylu xtdtuh suJt yluf rJîtltu ylu J¾;tytu yt ’uNbtk ytJu Au, vK mtbtLg jtuftu ;tu ;ublu ytu¤F;t vK l:e. Fhtu ;tu hKS s Au. ;uKu ymkÏg r¢fux«ubeytult Ó’gbtk Cth;Lþk ltb øËksðþk fGþO Au. ;uKu hb; îtht «ub ylu btlJ;tltu mk’uN VujtÔgtu Au.

(3) ÃËJeog ’uNtule MJM:;t ylu NeD{ dr; Jåau ;tj bejtJlth ;tu hKS Au. suJe he;u ftuR Jehj øþY mbd{ c{ñtkzlu ÷~gbtl fhe c;tJu ;uJe f¤t hKSlu Jhuje Au. bntl ltxâfthtu ;uble f¤t îtht ytðbtlu ZkZtu¤e Nfu Au. subfu Cgle yLþÇËr; fhtJJt Maejh ytFt ldhlu Czfu ct¤u Au. Nu¾mrvgh btºt nt:Ybtj Vukfelu CjCjtLþk jtune :esJe ltkFu Au. hKS vK ytJe s ymhtu WvòJu Au. yu btºt ftkztlu n¤Je Ítvx bthelu ctujlu ctWLz[e jtRlle cnth "fuje ’u Au. yt ftuR ò’wbkºt l:e. mtæg «tÃ; fhJt btxu hKSbtk fhfmrhgt mt"lltu Wvgtud fhJtle ºtuJz Au.

hKSLþk ‘VwxJfo¥ dscLþk nðþk. ;ublt Ftm rbºt ylu r¢fux atnf bntl ykd{us r¢fuxh me.ce. £tg n;t. ckLlu r¢fuxhtu ‘ytuJuj¥ ylu ‘jtuzom¥lt bu’tltubtk hBgt n;t. ;ubKu hKSlt VwxJfole y’tLþk JKol fGþO Au. 1895btk hKSltu jud Mx[tuf Vxfth;tu rJhj Vtuxtud{tV juJtgtu n;tu. yt Vtuxtu yºtu ’NtoÔgtu Au. J¤e 1901le r¢fux meÍl JF;u hKS ylu me.ce. £tgltu Vtuxtud{tV juJtgtu n;tu. ;u vK sht ægtl:e òuJt-btKJt suJtu Au. hKSyu ‘"e ßGþceje çþf ytuV r¢fux¥Lþk mkvt’l fGþO nðþk. ytslt hmef Jtaflu vK ytlk’:tg ;uJtu yt d{k: Au. ;ulu rJNu ;ublt ykd{us r¢fuxh rbºt zcÕGþ.S. d{umu jÏGþk Au & ‘‘d{k: ;tu y’TÇË; Au. vK d{k:fth J"thu y’TÇË; Au. nwk At;e Xtufelu fnwk Awk fu hKS suJtu nmBþFtu ylu fwN¤ cuxTmbul ytJ;t mtu J»tobtk vK Ntuægtu ln´ szu.¥¥

hKS r¢fux Wvhtk; yLg hb;tubtk vK NtuF "htJ;t. ;uytu fuBc{esbtk n;t ðgthu Vwxctuj hb;t, vK yuf «mkdu ;ublt dtuXKlu Eò :;tk ;ubKu Vwxctuj Atuze ’eæþk nðþk. xulembtk ;ubKu mthe ltblt bu¤Je n;e. yuf åþlk’t rlNtlcts ;hefu vK hKS vkftgt n;t. hKS bntl r¢fuxh ;tu n;t s. vK ;uytu GþJt Fujtzeytulu vK ;tjeb ytv;t. ;uytu Wd;t r¢fuxhtulu mjtn ytv;t fu ‘‘;bthu ytzu"z hbJtlu c’ju fwN¤ ftua vtmu:e Auf ct¤vK:e s mtgLxeVef hb; ylu MxtRj NeFJe òuRyu.¥¥ òbldhlt htò :gt ct’ ;ubKu ðgtk rJNt¤ r¢fux d{tWLz ylu vuuuJujeglle M:tvlt fhe n;e ylu fuxjtgu lJjtunegt Fujtzeytulu htßgt©g ytvelu W•tusl ytÃGþk nðþk.

hKS;rmkn ;ublt rlhrClbtl ylu W»btGþ¾; biºteCtJ btxu òKe;t n;t. yuf rc{rxN sltojeMxu ;ublu mJtj ÃËATgtu & ‘ytxje ltle Wkbhbtk ;bu ytxje btuxe rmÂæ" fuJe he;u «tÃ; fhe N¾ât Atu?¥¥ hKS & ‘CtR, yu ;tu lmecle Jt; Au. jtuftuyu vK bthtbtk N¾;mkath fgtuo Au. ytb A;tk bthe mV¤;tle mtae atJe ;tu bthe ;eJ{ bn•Jtftkûtt ylu ;l;tuz ylu m;; vrh©b fhJtle bthe Ô\r•t Au. ftkRf lÔþk fhe c;tJÔþk ;u ;tu btht jtunebtk Au. bLþ»g gí ylu Eµh f]vt! lmec mt:u yt c"e ctc;tultu mngtud :gtu ;u:e blu ftkRf mV¤;t b¤e Au.¥

yts:e chtch 100 J»to vnujtk hKS;rmkn 1907btk lJtldh htßgle dt’eyu cuXt n;t. hKS;rmkn LGþbtulegtlu je"u 60bu J»tuo òbldhbtk ;t. 2 yur«j 1933lt htus øþshe dgt. ;uytu r¢fux sd;lt yuf ‘jesuLzhe Vedh¥ n;t. øþsht;lt yluf Wd;t r¢fuxhtulu ;ubKu b’’ fhen;e. ;uble MB\r;btk v;egt¤tlt bnthtò ÇþveL’hrmknlt ’tl îtht 1934btk ‘hKS x[tuVe¥le NYyt; :R su ytsr’l Mþ"e hbtg Au. B\ðGþlt :tuztf r’Jmtu vnujtk hKSyu ykd{uSbtk jÏGþk nðþk & ‘‘B\ðGþ ;tu yrlJtgo Dxlt Au. ytb A;tk ’huf Ôg¾;lu yuJtu btun ntug Au fu ;ult ’untJmtl vAe vK ;uLþk ltb jtkctu mbg atÕgt fhu. nwk ßgthu øþshe òWk ðgth vAe blu btºt r¢fuxh ;hefu s ln´, yuf r¢fux«ube Ôg¾; ;hefu vK gt’ htFòu. yt bthe ykr;b EåAt Au.¥¥