Wankaner (state)
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| Capital | Wankaner | ||||
| Form of government | Princely state (11 shot salute) | ||||
| surface | 1080 km² | ||||
| population | 44,000 (1935) | ||||
| founding | 1605 | ||||
| resolution | February 15, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Jhala |
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Wankaner ( Vankaner ) was a princely state of British India in the north of the Kathiawar peninsula in what is now the state of Gujarat . Its capital was the place Wankaner . The Principality was Raj Sahib Sartanji from the Rajputs - Dynasty of Jhala of Dhrangadhra founded 1605th Wankaner was a British protectorate from 1807 to 1947 and in 1935 had an area of 1080 km² and 44,000 inhabitants.
On August 15, 1947, Wankaner 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, Wankaner came to Gujarat .
See also
literature
- Imperial Gazetteer of India, 2nd A., 26 vol., Oxford 1908–1931
- Malleson, GB: An historical sketch of the native states of India , London 1875, Reprint Delhi 1984
- Schwartzberg, Joseph E., Ed .: A historical atlas of South Asia , 2nd A., New York / Oxford 1992, ISBN 0-19-506869-6
Web links
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