Chapter III - Vidi Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad had troubled relationships with all his sons.. accounts from various sources indicate that this was owing to (what SRG termed as) extravagant habits due to undue Western influence. Sayajirao, from his personal rigorous training & study regime, when he was selected as the Gaekwad at a very young age, was certain that discipline and responsibility were the highest ideals which one could aspire. Unfortunately, his sons did not share his zeal and practically all of them fell to wayward weaknesses, especially to drink. Except for the youngest – Dhairyashilrao – sadly, the others would all die in the prime of their youth. The eldest – the Crown Prince Yuvrajkumar Fatehsinghrao (issue of Chimnabai I) died at only 25 years of age – just 4 months after his son – Pratapsinghrao was born in 1908. Owing to the Laws of Succession, the infant Pratapsinghrao was appointed the next Yuvrajkumar. Because of this, the 3 sons of Chimnabai II – Jaising