Jasdan (State)
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| Capital | Jasdan | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 767 km² | ||||
| population | 34,000 (1935) | ||||
| founding | 1665 | ||||
| resolution | February 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Kathi Kshatriya |
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Jasdan 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 Jasdan . The Principality was around 1665 by Vika Khachar, the grandson of Lakha Khachar, the founder of Lakhani branch of Khachar - dynasty founded. The princes bore the title Darbar Shri. Jasdan was a British protectorate from 1807 to 1947 and in 1935 had an area of 767 km² and 34,000 inhabitants. On August 15, 1947, it 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, Jasdan came to Gujarat.
Jasdan was the smallest princely state with its own post office and issued its own postage stamp in 1942 . The state post was closed in 1948.
literature
- Andreas Birken : Philatelic Atlas of British India. CD-ROM. Birken, Hamburg 2004.
- Jasdan State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, p. 66 .
- 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 .
