Zainabad (Kathiawar)

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Zainabad
-1948
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Capital Zainabad
Form of government Princely State
surface 78 km²
population 3414 (1931)
resolution February 15, 1948
State religion: Islam
Dynasty: Multani Malek

Zainabad was a small princely state in British India , on the Kathiawar peninsula , which was administered as part of the Western India States Agency . The 1921 census showed 3456 inhabitants (1931: 3414) who lived on 78 km². The ruler's title was Malek . The ruler joined the Indian Union on February 15, 1948 . It has belonged to Gujarat since the state reorganization in 1960 .

history

Zainabad ( 23 ° 17 '  N , 71 ° 46'  O ), sometimes referred to as Jainabad is referred to, was between the villages Dasada and Patdi in the north-west of the Eastern Kathiawar Agency. It only became an independent unit in the 20th century. Before it belonged to the Taluk Dasada. The seven villages were spread over five pieces of land that lay within the thanas of Jhinjhuvada and Dasada, respectively. The village of Mithapur was enclosed in British territory. During the territorial reform in 1943, the Baroda area was added.

dynasty

The talukdar of Zainabad traced its origins back to a Muslim saint from Multan , Baha-ud-din Zakariya, called Bahawal Haq Multan . One of his descendants, Nasir ud-Din, is said to have been killed by the chief of Pātdi in the 13th century . His son took revenge, whereupon the ruler of Ahmedabad enfeoffed him with the domain of Dasada. The British gave the ruler minimal powers as a judge (3 months imprisonment or Rs 200 fine, civil cases up to Rs 500) rulers during the colonial era, if known:

  • Bavasaheb Malukbhai
  • Jorawar Khan Bavasaheb, † 1906
  • Zain Khan Jorawar Khan, born October 1, 1885, reg. February 9, 1906, † January 1923, during his term of office the "state" became independent. His place of residence since 1903, the village of Kalada, was renamed Zainabad after him.
  • Aziz Mahomed Khanji Zainkhanji, born June 22, 1917, reg. Jan. 26, 1923 (until 1948)
  • Pretender: Mahomed Shabbirkhanji Mahomed Azizkhanji, * 1941

See also

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Genealogy ( Memento of May 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )