Radhanpur (State)
Radhanpur | |||||
1753-1948 | |||||
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Capital | Radhanpur | ||||
Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
surface | 2979 km² | ||||
population | 62,000 (1901) | ||||
founding | 1753 | ||||
resolution | June 10, 1948 | ||||
State religion: Islam Dynasty: Babi (Yousufzai Pathan) |
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Radhanpur on the Kathiawar Peninsula |
Radhanpur was a princely state of British India on the Little Rann of Kachchh in what is now the state of Gujarat . It was founded in 1725 by Nawab Khan Jahan, a younger son of Nawab Jafarkhanji Babi of Junagadh . Its capital was the place Radhanpur . Radhanpur was a British protectorate from 1813 to 1947 and in 1901 had an area of 2979 km² and 62,000 inhabitants. As part of the “attachment scheme”, by joining a few dwarf states in 1943, 2,234 km² with almost 33,000 inhabitants (100,644 in total) were added. On June 10, 1948, it was annexed to India and incorporated into the state of Bombay . Radhanpur has been part of the state of Gujarat since 1960.
See also
literature
- George B. Malleson: An historical sketch of the native states of India. Longmans, Green & Co., London 1875, ( digitized version ).
- Rādhanpur State. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 21: Pushkar to Salween. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 22-25 .
- 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 .
Web links
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