Morvi State

Morvi State
મોરબી રિયાસત
Princely State of British India
1698–1948
Flag of Morvi
Flag

Location of Morvi State in Saurashtra
CapitalMorbi
Area 
• 1931
627 km2 (242 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
42,602
History 
• Established
1698
1948
Succeeded by
Dominion of India
Picture of the Maharaja Thakur Sahib of Morvi Sir Waghji II Rawaji (1858–1922)
Equestrian statue of Sir Waghji

Morvi State, also spelled as Morvee State or Morbi State, was a princely salute state in the historical Halar prant (district) of Kathiawar during the British Raj.

The town of Morvi (Morbi), Gujarat, was its capital.[citation needed] The Kotwals of the royal palace of Morvi were Talpada Kolis of Radhavanaj village of Kheda district.[1]

The rulers of the princely state belonged to the Jadeja rajput dynasty.[2][3]

The state's last ruler signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India on 15 February 1948.[citation needed]

  1. ^ Vanyajāti. Gujarat, India: Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh. 1989. p. 26.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  2. ^ Spodek, Howard. “Rulers, Merchants and Other Groups in the City-States of Saurashtra, India, around 1800.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 16, no. 4 (1974): 448–70. http://www.jstor.org/stable/178017.
  3. ^ "Follow the Star visits Morbi, a princely state". YouTube.