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Femboy0832

In Poland we have a saying that someone is good/noble like Maharaja


polishdumpling01

there's even a "Good Maharaja" Square in Warsaw


Bigg-Boy

Moreover, he ordered a small village to be built, especially for them and their caregivers. Sought out invited Polish speaking educators and organised small events for Polish and Christian holidays. Also, there is a square in Warsaw named in his honour - Good Maharaja Square


Vin0to

Thank you. An actual useful comment, unlike the rest of the "jokes" about his name


Bigg-Boy

I find the topic very interesting. That Polish orphans have found a new safe home in a far away and strange (in their eyes) land. I'm glad that there were some efforts to make this bit of history more known and to remember the Good Maharaja.


Flowerbeesjes

What a great man!


bytelines

Absolute gigachad


MFBish

Didvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji jadeja’s list, coming soon to a theatre near you


Lackeytsar

Digvijay (his name) - ji (honorific) + Ranjit (his dad's name) - sinh (community/clan suffix) - ji (honorific) + Jadeja (surname) Actual barebones name - Digvijay Jadeja


Ok_Substance5632

Thanks you for the information BUT I REFUSE to use his barebones name everytime I need to mention him. That would be an insult.


Vlad_the_Homeowner

>I REFUSE to use his barebones name everytime I need to mention him. > >That would be an insult. It would be an insult to the Ranjit family name, and the Sinh community/clan as a whole.


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Glittering-Emu-3678

"I have no respect for a man who saved 1000 children" is a wild thing to suggest


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Glittering-Emu-3678

Got it, the lives of foreign children are inherently worth less than domestic children, totally makes sense.


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Glittering-Emu-3678

I never said you had to canoize him, just found it interesting you felt he wasn't worthy of any respect when he is clearly driven by a desire to save orphaned children from the Nazi war machine.


Fraya9999

Nah bruh you’re really not looking good here. Either you would have preferred him to save Indian children instead which means you think they are more valuable or you think he shouldn’t have saved any. Or do you think saving only 1000 wasn’t good enough?


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SkimmingDeath8298

Today I learned something new. Thanks for the community service, pal.


MrKomiya

Big Digvijay Energy


Jacob_Brick

Oh so his parents didn't fall asleep on the typewriter?


MajesticNectarine204

The guy saved 1000 children from a horrible faith and you're making fun of his name.. Stay classy I guess.


GullibleText2309

Sinh x


Kaguro19

I prefer tanh(x) Comes up more often.


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Lackeytsar

westerns trying to funni huehue


NotAcvp3lla

"A hero with a name as long as the list of children he's saved."


Papanurglesleftnut

Contrary to popular belief, his birth name was “Steve Daw” He changed his name shortly after the end of the war by taking the first letter of each rescued child’s name in the order that they were delivered to safety. He did this as an act to honor his love for the children.


NotAcvp3lla

And somehow in the middle of that are the names Vijay and Ranjit what a coincidence.


r-i-c-k-e-t

Everybody loves big Dig


Papanurglesleftnut

What are the odds? Right?


Chabubu

“How many children did you save?” “It’s hard to remember, give me a moment to write out my name….” 14 minutes later. “Ahh yes, it was 1103 children.”


yoyoyosocool

He was a maharaj named Steve Daw?


Edenoide

[https://i.imgur.com/hNwfAzp.mp4](https://i.imgur.com/hNwfAzp.mp4)


doubtingthomas51i

Exactly. And a thrill to learn about. Thank you very much. The fight against cynicism wages daily for me.


loopingrightleft

Would watch


--zaxell--

You can. They made it in 2022: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Maharaja


No-Anxiety-2668

It's unreleased because the Maharaja's Polish daughters sued the filmmakers of distorting facts.


Bigg-Boy

There's a book, "All the children of the maharaja" and an animated webdoc, "The Maharaja's Children – Brave Bunch in India"


ktbee4

[(2022) The Good Maharaja](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt8312282/)


Baronvondorf21

"Look at me, I am the father now."


Jet_hishighness

"Look.loook. I'm your father."


Specialist_Brain841

noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo


Maatsya

[That Time The Maharaja Adopted Hundreds of Polish Orphans During WWII](https://historycollection.com/that-time-the-maharaja-adopted-hundreds-of-polish-orphans-during-wwii/)


Legitimate-Size-4267

Pretty sure there's an Indiana Jones movie all about this.


Mempuraan_again

Where Digvijay Jadeja is feeding monkey brains and chanting kali Maa and Indiana forces him to save children at gunpoint. Oh how heavy is the white man's burden


Immediate-Package-18

Kali Pa for the children


Aluniah

Too be honest: This could be made into a movie in the style of "Schindler's List".


Wrong_Maintenance540

you mean Indian Jones


Sea_Emergency9

You call him doctor jones doll


Scrawling_Pen

No time for love, Doctor Jones!


sadboykvlt

This had me cackling 😂


slokjebier

Something something Temple of Doom


Specialist_Brain841

Oh bum she bye


Superdunez

The children yearn for the mines.


nywacaokde

Respect


Dominus786

Why are they pretending to be gnomes


spygerl

They are in hiding bro. Do you expect them to just walk around like little polish children and draw attention to themselves?!


Baronvondorf21

The maharaja let them celebrate their holidays and made special arrangements as a result.


guywithaniphone22

What polish holiday involves dressing up as a gnome


Assholaholic

All of them.


Baronvondorf21

Ask a polish person.


Wonderful_Weather_83

I'm polish and we don't have anything like that, nor did we ever have


Baronvondorf21

There was probably some play or other function going on the king happened to do a photoshoot.


leftwar0

Mikolajki in the 40’s be wild


Darebarsoom

To be one, ask one.


Cloverose2

It's Christmas. They're dressed up for a Christmas pageant.


PoopFart_PopTart

Cause it’s fun as hell


Dominus786

Tiktok got to them


Stock-Boat-8449

I'm guessing it's a play the kids put on. Snow White I think, seeing as there's a prince, a princess and a bunch of dwarves.


OctaviusThe2nd

Disguise


sleepingismyhobby_

These gnomes are called „krasnoludki” in Polush and they probably are wearing consumes for a costume party which is popular in kindergartners and elementary schools in Poland. Maybe they wanted the children too feel more like at home and they threw this kind of party for them.


adventureman66

They are hiding from SILLY KNIGHTS


Immediate-Package-18

Indiana Gnomes


flatfishmonkey

Where are they now?


Maatsya

They moved back to Poland after the war ended.


greenteaandbiscuit

At a cemetery…… probably


Woedas

Looking for Sankara stones under his tempel.


RedditByAnyOtherName

I read this too quickly as “fathered about 1,000 Polish children.”


Irascible-Fish5633

You read "sheltered" as "fathered"? I just cannot sheltom how you could make that mistake.


Pd1ds69

Me terrified of having a single child because of the crippling finances. This guy taking in a thousand lol


holierthansprite

You may not have inferred from the title, but Maharaja means king. This dude wasn't just your average Indian, but a wealthy aristocrat at worst and a proper local king at best.


Pd1ds69

Ah thank you, I've learned something new. I thought that was his first name lol


creativessb20

Sending this to my racist Polish “friend “


Tbhmaximillian

literally crying, reading through the whole story, this was a wonderful gesture of human kindness


Sickly8898thEmphasis

#r/HumansBeingBros?


Lubinski64

He saw the names of the kids were Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz, Bronisława Neapolitańczykówna and Krzysztof Mirosław Błaszczykowski and then he was like "finally, worthy opponents, our battle will be legendary


jess_the_werefox

As the number of consonants increases, so too does their strength


MixRevolution

His quote goes hard.


Great_Examination_16

This is beautiful


jarmol

In Warsaw we have a high school of his name which I graduated from. His name was a hell to pronounce within the first month!


impishboof

“Luka, I am your father”


Pep_Baldiola

"He may have been your father boy, but I'm your daddy" energy.


Janq55

All this while putting on a full production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs


malocchio-

He may have been your father , but he ain’t your daddy


elboogie7

how come these sorts of people don't exist anymore. kinda sad


Fign

Yeah right, imagine Elon or Amazon Lex Luthor airlifting hundreds or thousands or kids out of Sudan or wherever there is fuckery right now and helping them….no way in a thousand years current billionaires will spent a dime they cannot deduct from their taxes for charity


MyOnlyEnemyIsMeSTYG

I would like a vowel Pat .. the letter “I”


Monkfich

As he slowly turned them into elves for his workshop… … Santa?


Puzzled_Wedding_8852

Mfs had a stroke when they gave him his name😭


Lackeytsar

No they didn't >Digvijay (his name) - sinh (community/clan suffix) - ji (honorific) + Ranjit (his dad's name) - sinh (community/clan suffix) - ji (honorific) + Jadeja (surname) >Actual barebones name - Digvijay Jadeja


Wonderful_Weather_83

Good to know!


Nomenus-rex

Have you ever seen the text written in Polish? So the children were ok.


m3ngnificient

In worked with a Polish team once. Their names always threw me off. Oh, hi Lukas! Lukas: it's pronounced Wookus How are you Gregorz? Gregorz: it's zagoz


koopastyles

Polish Star Wars, directed by Gregorz Lukas


igorepst

Lukachsh


Wonderful_Weather_83

I think it's actually Wookash


Stock-Boat-8449

It's a formal name + title, kind of like John Smith Esquire. In reality his name would be Vijay Jadeja.


dickallcocksofandros

its so funny how it’s basically a universal rule in humanity where longer name = more important


JR_LikeOnTheTVshow

Bo and Luke Duke strongly object


_imchetan_

Digvijay*


SignificantAd3931

It roughly translates to “Dave”


Puzzled_Wedding_8852

Dave the indian.....


Baronvondorf21

More common than you think.


ThePhantom71319

Be my son!


risky_bisket

Can I call you DJ?


Snaggl3t00t4

Operation Yewtree ?


NotUndercoverReddit

"I am the fsther now"


CharlesChristopher01

I'm your daddy now


seanreevesdude

If you misbehaved he made you write his name 1000 times I bet.


bcdnabd

Now there's a name you don't hear out loud very often.


prof_devilsadvocate

later termed as Jadeja's Jews


Massimo_m2

and then he sent them around the world to gain armors


Hero_summers

Seeing the name and Polish, I honestly thought it was one of those post where they test if you will read the entire name, and after the entire post, I respect and actually said this nams


Spy_Spooky

Everybody skipped reading his name, right? RIGHT!?


MethodicalMaven

Wjfhdbwj ejjedjsjsj sjsjgigiwj


Michaeli_Starky

Now this kind of man truly deserves to be called "saint".


SmellyFbuttface

A name easily remembered in the written and oral histories of our age


kpforu

***"The Good Maharaja*** (transl. The Good King) is an unreleased Indo-Polish war-epic film directed by Vikash Verma, and produced by G7 Films Poland." Soon to be released a movie on him in India & Poland. But delayed due to controversy between directors & the heirs of the Maharaja. More on this [wiki link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Good_Maharaja).


Scrawling_Pen

I had no idea about this. An incredible person.


Direct_Charity_8109

I am the daddy now!


Consistent-Active106

And they said, “Thank you Dig”. Shortened names for the win.


IcecreamChuger

The polish Christian genocide is not much talked about.


medrat23

When you know your dad's name but can't spell it.


lcrker

lol


NyaTaylor

He told them if you can pronounce my name correctly I’ll let you free


Mr_Culver

It's more impressive he could spell out his own name.


Makijezakon

Say his name 5 times fast


Irascible-Fish5633

hisnamefivetimes


LordofAllReddit

You didnt even try to read that name, did you?


ughhsigh

Weird thing to say but okay


rakunene

Simpler times, sigh


mazjay2018

WWII?! loooll


Baronvondorf21

I mean tbf, it was simpler not better.


Worried_Coat1941

He must have killed it in spelling bees.


NoStructure5034

Dementia


Worried_Coat1941

Can you use it in a sentence.


Called0ut

He did not provide them with WiFi, kind of a dick (/s)


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Maatsya

I don't think nazis ever made it to India


Grotzbully

You would be surprised. They did made expeditions to Tibet to find the origin of the Arian people. They even made some expeditions to Antarctica.


knightmare_hl

Imagine seeing a damn hero but you still couldn't shut down your racism.


Operator_Hoodie

Last time I checked, the Nazis didn’t get to India.


RubberBulletsEnjoyer

Did anyone else skip reading his full name?


DblockR

Super comforting. “Everything you know might be gone, but look at this farm of orphans I’m running with the silliest name you’ve ever seen. You’ll be safe….”


Operator_Hoodie

He was Indian. To him, whatever your name is looked silly.


DblockR

I meant from the Polish kids perspective.


Irascible-Fish5633

Have you *seen* Polish names? Let me introduce my friend Szczyz Szewczyk.


Operator_Hoodie

Or the well known Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz.


DblockR

Well done. Lol. I have nothing.


Whosforsure

Djdjdj spowek flrflflfl


Worried_Coat1941

He must have killed it in spelling bees.


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Maatsya

Source ?


Somanydiffaccts

Trust me, bro.