Gondal (State)
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| Capital | Gondal | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 2652 km² | ||||
| population | 237,000 (1941) | ||||
| founding | 1634 | ||||
| resolution | February 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Jadeja |
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Gondal was a princely state of British India in the center of the Kathiawar peninsula in what is now the state of Gujarat . Its capital was the place Gondal . The principality was founded by Thakur Sahib Kumbhoji I (1634–69), a Jadeja - Rajputs . It was a British protectorate from 1807 to 1947. Bhagwatsimhji Sagramji (1869–1944) and Bhojrajji (1944–52) were personally allowed to use the Maharaja title. In 1941 Gondal had an area of 2652 square kilometers and 237,000 inhabitants, consisting of two parts of the area.
On August 15, 1947 Gondal 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 . When Bombay was partitioned on May 1, 1960, Gondal became part of Gujarat .
See also
literature
- Gondal State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 12: Einme to Gwalior. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 319-321 .
- 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 .
