Junagadh State
Former princely state in Gujarat, India (1730–1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Junagarh or Junagadh was a princely state in Gujarat[1] ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in India, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan[2] after the Partition of British India. Subsequently, the Union of India annexed Junagadh in 1948, legitimized through a plebiscite held the same year.[3][4]
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State of Junagadh | |||||||||
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1730–1948 | |||||||||
Status | State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1731–1807) Protectorate of the East India Company (1807–1857) Princely State of the British Raj (1857–1947) State of the Dominion of India (1947–1948) | ||||||||
Nawab | |||||||||
• 1730– 1758 (first) | Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I | ||||||||
• 1911–1948 (last) | Muhammad Mahabat Khan III | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• founded | 1730 | ||||||||
1948 | |||||||||
Area | |||||||||
1921 | 8,643 km2 (3,337 sq mi) | ||||||||
Population | |||||||||
• 1921 | 465,493 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Gujarat, India |
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Pakistan claims sovereignty over the erstwhile princely state to this day.[5][6]