Rule And Death:-
Thakore Saheb Sagramji was a remarkable man, unlike his predecessors, who took pleasure in was and manly exploits, he delighted in a life of peaceful piety and passed his days in a mental tranquility commonly denied to those in his position. It cannot be denied that his self-abnegation interfered to some extent with his public duties.
Thakore Saheb’s reign may be said to make a transition between the old order of things and the new. The old ways had just begun to be touched by the influence of the west. In accordance with the spirit of the time new courts and court-houses at the town of Upleta, a well-built jail in Gondal, the formation of a municipality, a drilled police improvements effected during Sagramji’s reign.
After Thakore Sagramsinhji’s death and Shri Bhagvatsinhji’s minority the state was at first administered directly under the Kathiawar Agency. The first among them was Captain Good fellow who joined the province on 27^th April 1870. St. 1926. As he was acting for Captain Lloyd, he could not stay for than 10 months. After that Captain Lloyd took charge on 10^th June 1872. During this British management the police organization was inefficient. Then, Captain Lloyd was succeeded by Captain Phillips, who remained till the end of 1875. He also made dharma shalas, traveller’s bunglows, bridges and roads during his period.
Then came Major Scott, Major Reeves, Captain Salman respectively and ruled upto 1879. This period was one of general progress in all the departments of the State. Money was spent for the public works such as Gondal Hospital, telegraph and post offices, the state utara at Rajkot, the new palace at Gondal, the Peile Bridge over the Bhadar and grain And vegetable markets at Gondal.