Bhavnagar (state)
| Bhavnagar | |||||
| 1723-1948 | |||||
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| Capital | Bhavnagar | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state ("13 shot salute") | ||||
| surface | 7669 km² | ||||
| population | 575,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1723 | ||||
| resolution | February 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Gohil |
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Bhavnagar was a princely state of British India in the southeast of the Kathiawar peninsula in what is now the state of Gujarat . The principality of the Gohil - Rajputs was founded in Sejakpur in 1240, the city of Bhavnagar in 1723. Late 18th century, the state came during the Marathenkriege under the supremacy of the Peshwa and the Gaekwad of Baroda . 1807–1947 he was a British protectorate . The Thakur Bhavsimhji II. Takhatsimhji was promoted to Maharaja in 1918 . In 1941 Bhavnagar had an area of 7669 km² and 575,000 inhabitants.
On August 15, 1947, Bhavnagar became a member of the Saurashtra State Union and on February 15, 1948, it joined India. On November 1, 1956, all princely states were dissolved and incorporated into the state of Bombay . With the partition of Bombay on May 1, 1960, Bhavnagar came to Gujarat .
See also
literature
- Bhaunagar State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 8: Berhampore to Bombay. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 92-96 .
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Joseph E. Schwartzberg (Ed.): A historical atlas of South Asia (= Association for Asian Studies. Reference Series. 2). 2nd impression, with additional material. Oxford University Press, New York NY et al. 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6 .
