Palitana State

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Palitana State
Princely State of British India
1194–1948
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Coat of arms
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Location of Palitana in Saurashtra
Area 
 1921
777 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population 
 1921
58000
History
History 
 Established
1194
1948
Succeeded by
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View of the Palitana Temples in 1860 Palitana Temples 1860 2013-11-22 00-48.jpg
View of the Palitana Temples in 1860

Palitana was a princely state in India during the British Raj until 1948. The center was the city of Palitana. The last ruler of the state received a privy purse of 180,000 Rupees at the state's accession to independent India on 15 February 1948.[ citation needed ]

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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Palitana"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 635.
  2. Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1417.


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