Junagadh State
Junagarh or Junagadh was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in India, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan after the Partition of British India. Subsequently, the Union of India annexed Junagadh in 1948, legitimized through a plebiscite held the same year.
State of Junagadh | |||||||||
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| 1730–1948 | |||||||||
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Location of Junagarh, among all districts shown in green | |||||||||
| Status | Independent state (till 1806) 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 | ||||||||
Pakistan claims sovereignty over the erstwhile princely state to this day.
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