Saurashtra (state)

United State of Kathiawar
(15 February 1948 – 1 November 1948)
United State of Saurashtra
(1948–1956)
Former State of India
1948–1956

Saurashtra State in India, 1951
CapitalRajkot
History 
15 February 1948
• Merger into Bombay State
1 November 1956
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency
Bombay State

Saurashtra State, formally known as United State of Kathiawar and later United State of Saurashtra, was a State of India that existed between 1948 and 1956,[1] on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital,[2]