♦ A statue of Maharaja Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji was unveiled at Moshav Nevatim in southern Israel on 11 November 2025,  to honour his extraordinary humanitarian act of rescuing hundreds of Polish children — including Jewish orphans — during World War II. 

♦ The Maharaja of Nawanagar, a princely state in India now known as Jamnagar in the state of Gujarat, was honoured by Indian Jewish Heritage Centre (IJHC) and Cochini Jewish Heritage Centre (CJHC) on Monday evening for his '”exemplary compassion” during the war.

♦ During World War II, when Europe was engulfed in the flames of conflict and persecution, the Maharaja emerged as an unlikely saviour rescuing around a thousand Polish children, some of them Jews.