Question: Facts: - death place: republic of india - successor: bajrang bahadur singh - death date: january 1973 - predecessor: '' office created '' - office: 1st lieutenant-governor of himachal pradesh - term end: 31 december 1954 - term start: 1 march 1952 - birth date: 1897 - name: himmatsinhji - birth place: british india Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of himmatsinhji -lrb- general -rrb- .
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major-general kumar shri himmatsinhji juvansinhji jadeja -lrb- 1897 -- 1973 -rrb- was the first lieutenant-governor of himachal pradesh .a descendant of the rulers of nawanagar state , he served with the indian army , reaching the rank of major-general .he was later a member of the two most recent predecessors of the lower house of the parliament of india -- the central legislative assembly and the constituent assembly .he also played several first-class cricket matches , and was the nephew of ranjitsinhji and brother of duleepsinhji , both of whom played test cricket .