Wankaner State | |||||||||
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| 1620–1947 | |||||||||
 Flag  Coat of arms | |||||||||
| Motto: "In God is my Trust" | |||||||||
 Location of Wankaner State in Saurashtra | |||||||||
| Capital | Wankaner | ||||||||
| Maharana Saheb | |||||||||
• 1620-1632 | Sartanji | ||||||||
• 1871-1954 | Amarsinhji Banesinhji | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1620 | ||||||||
• British suzerainty ended | 1947 | ||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1931 | 1,075 km2 (415 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 44,259 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Gujarat, India | ||||||||
Wankaner State was one of the princely states of India in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar during the period of the British Raj. It was an 11-gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. [1] [2] Its capital was in Wankaner, located in Rajkot district, Gujarat state. Most of the territory of the state was mountainous. [3]