Rajkot State

Rajkot State રાજકોટ રજવાડું [1]
Princely State of British India
1620–1948
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Rajkot State in Saurashtra
Capital	Rajkot
Area
• 1931	730 km2 (280 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	75,540
• Type	Monarchy
History
• Established	1620
•  Accession to the Indian Union	15 February 1948
Succeeded by India

Thakor Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji of Rajkot.

Rajkot State was one of the princely states of India during the period of British rule. It was a 9-gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. ^[2] Its capital was in Rajkot, located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar on the banks of the Aji River. Nowadays, Rajkot is the fourth largest city of Gujarat state.

History

Rajkot was founded by Thakur Sahib Vibhoji Ajoji Jadeja in 1620. He was the grandson of Jam Shri Satarsal (Sataji) Vibhaji Jadeja of Nawanagar.^{[ citation needed ]} The kotwals of the royal palace of Rajkot.

Rulers and administrators

The rulers of Rajkot were titled 'Thakur Sahib' with the style of 'His Highness, and belonged to the Jadeja Rajput dynasty. ^[3]

Thakur Sahibs

• 1694 – 1720 Mehramamji vibhaji

II (d. 1720)

• 1720 – 1732 Masum Khan Shughaat-Mughal governor(d. 1732)
• 1732 – 1746 Ranmalji I Mehramamji (d. 1746)
• 1746 – 17.. Lakhaji I Ranmalji (1st time) (d. 1796)
• 17.. – 1794 Mehramamji III Lakhaji (d. 1794)
• 1794 – 1795 Lakhaji I Ranmalji (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 1795 – 1825 Ranmalji II Mehramamji (d. 1825)
• 1825 – 1844 Surajji Ranmalji (d. 1844)
• 1844 – 8 Nov 1862 Mehramamji IV Surajji (d. 1862)
• 8 Nov 1862 – 16 Apr 1890 Bawajiraj Mehrmansinhji (b. 1856 – d. 1890)
• 1862 – 1867 Thakurani Bai Shri Naniba (d. 1893) Kunverba (f) -Regent
  • 1867 – 17 Jan 1876 J.H. Lloyd -Regent
• 16 Apr 1890 – 2 Feb 1930 Lakhajiraj III Bawajiraj (b. 1885 – d. 1930) (from 3 Jun 1918, Sir Lakhajiraj III Bawajiraj)
  • 16 Apr 1890 – 21 Oct 1907 .... -Regent
• 2 Feb 1930 – 11 Jun 1940 Dharmendrasinhji Lakhajirajsinhji (b. 1910 – d. 1940)
• 11 Jun 1940 – 15 Aug 1947 Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji (b. 1913 – d. 1973)

The city of Rajkot became the headquarters of the Western India States Agency in 1924.^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of Rajput dynasties

References

1. "BhagwatGoMandal". Archived from the original on 5 January 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
2. "Rajkot Princely State (9 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 19 October 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
3. "Indian states before 1947 K-W". rulers.org. Archived from the original on 9 March 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2019.

External links

• Media related to Rajkot State at Wikimedia Commons
• Palaces of India - Heritage Khirasara Palace, Khirasara, Rajkot, Gujarat
• "Rajkot"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 22 (11th ed.). 1911. p. 865.

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