| Radhanpur State | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1731–1813) Protectorate of the East India Company (1813–1857) Princely State of the British Raj (1857–1947) State of the Dominion of India (1947–1948) | |||||||||
| 1753–1948 | |||||||||
 Coat of arms
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 Location of Radhanpur State at the northern end of Saurashtra | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1931 | 2,978 km2 (1,150 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 61,548 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Motto | "Az Karam Safdar" (The Merciful and Valiant Warrior) | ||||||||
| Nawab | |||||||||
• 1753 – 1765 (first) | Jawan Mard Khan II | ||||||||
• 1910 – 1936 | Muhammad Jalaluddin Khan | ||||||||
• 1936 – 1948 (last) | Mortaza Khan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1753 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
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Radhanpur State was a kingdom and later princely state in India during the British Raj.[1] Its rulers belonged to a family of Babi House, the state was once a polity within the Mughal Empire. The last ruling Nawab of Radhanpur, Nawab Murtaza Khan, signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948.[2]
The town of Radhanpur in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat was its capital. It was surrounded by a loopholed wall; the town was formerly known for its export trade in rapeseed, grains and cotton.[3]
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 785.
- ^ "Radhanpur State – Princely State (11 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 24 December 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetter of India, Volume 21, page 24 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Archived from the original on 18 February 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2021.