| United State of Kathiawar (15 February 1948 – 1 November 1948) United State of Saurashtra (1948–1956) | |||||||||
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| Former State of India | |||||||||
| 1948–1956 | |||||||||
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Saurashtra_in_India_(1951).svg) Saurashtra State in India, 1951 | |||||||||
| Capital | Rajkot | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Abolition of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency | 15 February 1948 | ||||||||
• Merger into Bombay State | 1 November 1956 | ||||||||
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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]