Bhavnagar State

Bhavnagar State
Princely State of the British Raj
1723–1948
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Coat of arms of Bhavnagar
Coat of arms

Location of Bhavnagar State in Saurashtra
CapitalBhavnagar
Area 
• 1891
7,669 km2 (2,961 sq mi)
Population 
• 1891
464,671
History 
• Established
1723
1948
 Succeeded by
Saurashtra State
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bhaunagar". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Bhavnagar Lancers Coat Of Arms
Nilambagh Palace, Bhavnagar
A Thakur of Bhavnagar in the 1870s
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Gohil

Bhavnagar State was a princely state with 13 Gun Salutes during the British Raj. It was part of Kathiawar Agency in Saurashtra.[1] The hereditary Kotwals of the royal palace of Bhavnagar were Talpada Kolis of Radhavanaj village of Kheda district.[2]

The State of Bhavnagar covered an area of 2,961 sq. miles and had a population of 618,429 in 1941.

Its ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.[3]

  1. ^ Tony McClenaghan (1996). Indian Princely Medals: A Record of the Orders, Decorations, and Medals of the Indian Princely States. Lancer Publishers. p. 75. ISBN 9781897829196.
  2. ^ Vanyajāti. Gujarat, India: Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. 1989. p. 26.
  3. ^ S. N. Sadasivan (2005). Political and Administrative Integration of Princely States. Mittal Publications. p. 26. ISBN 9788170999683.