Sayajirao became a king at the age of 12 but the actual reins of governance were handed over to him at 18. Around six to eight months before taking over, Diwan T. Madhava Rao organised lectures, by heads of different departments of the government, in order to familiarise the young king with their workings. Madhava Rao himself gave 46 lectures.
Madhava Rao appointed excellent officials in order to ensure that the state ran smoothly. In the six years before the king took over, Madhava Rao brought about a lot of significant improvements in the running of the administration. Some of the best officials guided Sayajirao through their lectures as a part of his training. They also wrote them down. Justice K S Gadgil and Justice Thanawalla spoke on Hindu Law, Karsetji Rustomji on land administration and laws related to it, Kazi Shahbuddin on land revenue, Pestonji Jehangir on surveillance, mob control and the army and Vinayak Kirtane elucidated on the police and prison administration.
The lectures from all these experts were principles of good administration. They were compiled together and published under the title 'Lectures on Administration: Lectures delivered to HH Maharaja Sayajirao'.
Service to the people is at the root of the welfare of the country. This forms the core of the book 'The principles of good governance'. Each one of us can serve our nation in different ways. The country, administration, and the people are all joined together by the invisible threads of service. Selfless service is the true investment made towards building of a nation.
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