Balasinor State
Balasinor State બાલાસિનોર રિયાસત | |||||||
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State Within the (1947–1948) | |||||||
1758–1949 | |||||||
Balasinor State (dark blue) within Rewa Kantha Agency, British India | |||||||
Capital | Balasinor | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 490 km2 (190 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 32,618 | ||||||
Government | |||||||
• Motto | "Lenar pasae thi lidhu" (I took from the taker) | ||||||
Nawab | |||||||
• 1758 – ? | Sardar Muhammed khan Babi | ||||||
• 1945 – 1947 | Muhammad Salabat Khan | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1758 | ||||||
• Independence of India | 1949 | ||||||
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Today part of | Gujarat |
The State of Balasinor was a
History
Balasinor State was founded on 28 September 1758 by
Rulers
- Sardar Muhammed khan Babi 28 September 1758 – 17..
- Jamiyat Khanji Muhammad Khanji 17.. – ...
- Salabat Khanji Jamiyat Khanji (b. ... d. 1820) – May 1820
- Abid Khanji May 1820 – 1822
- Jalal Khanji = Edal Khanji (b. ... d. 1831) 1822 – 2 December 1831
- Zorawar Khanji (b. 1828 d. 1882) 2 December 1831 – 30 November 1882
- Munawar Khanji Zorawar Khanji (b. 1846 d. 1899) 30 November 1882 – 24 March 1899
- Jamiyat Khanji Munawar Khanji (b. 1894 d. 1945) 24 March 1899 – 2 February 1945
- Muhammad Salabat Khan (b. 1944 d. 2018) 2 February 1945 – 15 August 1947
- Nawab Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi (b.1979)
In pop culture
The current titular princess of the kingdom is Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to Ingatestone in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's Undercover Princesses.
The scion of this family, Salauddinkhan Babi participated in a similar show in the Netherlands in 2010 in which he was trying to find a wife. He lived and worked in Amsterdam. The show is currently on air on SBS6 in the Netherlands. It is called "Coming to Holland".
Nawabzada Salauddin was invited by TLC to participate in a US TV show called Secret Princes which was aired on 21 September 2012. It is a show based on the Undercover Princes. Salauddin lived and worked in Atlanta undercover for this show along with three other aristocrats. The royal family currently resides at The Garden Palace which they had converted into a heritage hotel.[5][6]
See also
- Pathans of Gujarat
- Political integration of India
- List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
References
- ^ Indian Journal of Secularism. Centre for Study of Society & Secularism (Mumbai, India). 2002. p. 31.
- ^ "Balasinor". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ States before 1947 A-J
- ^ "Balasinor Princely State (9 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
- ^ "The Royal Balasinor Guardians of Dastarkhwans and Dinosaurs". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
- ^ Aaliya Sultana Babi, the Dinosaur Princess
External links
- Media related to Balasinor State at Wikimedia Commons
- Imperial, Royal & Princely Indian States
22°57′N 73°20′E / 22.95°N 73.33°E
The Garden Palace website is www.palacebalasinor.com