Rajkot (state)
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| Capital | Rajkot | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (9 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 730 km² | ||||
| population | 61,000 (1921) | ||||
| founding | 1620 | ||||
| resolution | February 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Jadeja |
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Rajkot 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 Rajkot . The principality was founded in 1620 by Thakur Sahib Vibhaji Ajoji, a grandson of the Jam Sataji of Nawanagar . Rajkot was under the rule of the Grand Mogul from 1720–32 and was a British protectorate from 1807 / 18–1947. In 1921 it had an area of 730 km² and 61,000 inhabitants.
On August 15, 1947, Rajkot became a member of the Saurashtra State Union and on February 15, 1948, it joined India (see History of 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, Rajkot came to Gujarat .
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. 73-74 .
- 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 .
