Porbandar State
Kingdom of Porbandar (1193–1307; 1785–1808) Kingdom of Ranpur (1307–1574) Kingdom of Chhaya (1574–1785) Porbandar State (1808–1948) | |||||||||
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1193–1948 | |||||||||
Princely State British India (1858-1948) | |||||||||
Maharaja Rana | |||||||||
• 10 December 1908-15 February 1948 | Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji (last) | ||||||||
History | |||||||||
• Established | 1193 | ||||||||
• merged into India | 1948 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Porbandar district and Junagadh district, Gujarat, India |
Porbandar State was a princely state during the British Raj ruled by Jethwa dynasty. It was one of the few princely states with a coastline.
The capital of state was the harbour town of Porbandar.[citation needed] Some other important towns of this state were Bhanvad, Chhaya, Ranpar, and Shrinagar. Earlier Shrinagar served as the capital of Jethwas, then Ghumli served as the capital, but was lost to the Jadejas, however, architectural heritage built by them still stands at Ghumli.[citation needed]
History
In 1888, during the reign of Vikramatji Khimojiraj, the State started metre-gauge railway called Porbandar State Railway, which after independence was merged in to Saurashtra Railway.[1]
Upon the
The grandfather of Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of Indian independence movement, Uttamchand Gandhi and later his father – Karamchand Gandhi and uncle – Tulsidas Gandhi, served as Dewan to Rana of Porbandar state.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Porbandar railway".
- ^ [1] Encyclopaedia of Eminent Thinkers: The political thought of Mahatma Gandhi By K. S. Bharathi
- ^ "Porbandar". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
External links
- Media related to Porbandar State at Wikimedia Commons