Morvi State

Coordinates: 22°49′N 70°50′E / 22.82°N 70.83°E / 22.82; 70.83
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Morvi State
મોરબી રિયાસત
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 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
]

History

Morvi was founded as a princely state around 1698 by Kanyoji when the heir apparent of Cutch State fled Bhuj with his mother after his father Ravaji was murdered and the throne was seized by his uncle Pragmalji I.[4] It became a British protectorate in 1807. The state was in the colonial sway of the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency.

In 1943, with the implementation of the '

attachment scheme
', Morvi State enlarged its territory by an additional 310 km2 with about 12,500 inhabitants when the Hadala Taluk and the Kotda-Nayani Thana, as well as the small Malia princely state were merged.

On 15 August 1947, the state officially ceased to exist by merging into the west Indian

Bombay state
; since that was divided, it is in Gujarat.

Rulers

The rulers of the state belonged to the Jadeja clan of Rajputs, and bore the title

Thakur Sahib until the last added the higher title Maharaja in 1926.[5]

Thakur Sahibs

Thakur Sahib Maharaja

  • 3 June 1926 – 15 August 1947 Lakhdirji Waghji (s.a.) (from 1 January 1930, Sir Lakhdirji Waghji)

See also

References

  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.
  4. ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. p. 137.
  5. ^ "Indian states before 1947 K-W". www.rulers.org. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

External links and sources

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