Palitana State

Palitana State
Princely State of British India
1194–1948
Coat of arms
Location of Palitana in Saurashtra
Area
• 1921	777 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population
• 1921	58,000
History
• Established	1194
•  Indian independence	1948
Succeeded by India

View of the Palitana Temples in 1860

Palitana was a princely state in British India until 1948. The capital was the city of Palitana. It ceased to exist when India became independent.^{[ citation needed ]}

History

Palitana was a princely state in British India. It formed a part of the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. ^[1] Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the decade. ^[1] Gross revenue, £42,000; tribute jointly to the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Nawab of Junagadh, £700. The capital of the state, Palitana, had a population of 12,800. ^[1] Its ruler enjoyed a 9-guns salute. ^[2]

Rulers

The rulers bore the title of Thakur Sahib. ^[3]

• 1697 - 1734 Prithvirajji Kandhaji
• 1734 - .... Nonghanji III
• .... - 1766 Sartanji II
• 1766 - 1770 Alubhai
• 1770 - 1820 Undaji
• 1820 - 1840 Kandhaji IV
• 1840 - 1860 Nonghanji IV
• 1860 Pratapsinghji
• 1 Jun 1860 - Nov 1885 Sursinhji
• 24 Nov 1885 – 29 Aug 1905 Mansinhji Sursinhji
• 29 Sep 1905 – 15 Aug 1947 Bahadursinhji Mansinhji

See also

• Political integration of India
• Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency

References

1. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Palitana"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 635.
2. Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1417.
3. "Indian Princely States K-Z". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

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