Junagadh State
State of Junagadh | |||||||||
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| 1730–1948 | |||||||||
Location of the State of Junagarh, among all districts (in dark green) | |||||||||
| Status | State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1731–1807) Protectorate of the East India Company (1807–1857) Princely State of the British Raj (1857–1947) State of the Dominion of Pakistan (1947–1948) | ||||||||
| Nawab | |||||||||
• 1730– 1758 (first) | Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I | ||||||||
• 1911–1948 (last) | Muhammad Mahabat Khan III | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Founded | 1730 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
| 1921 | 8,643 km2 (3,337 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1921 | 465,493 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Gujarat, India | ||||||||
The State of Junagadh or Junagarh was a princely state located in Gujarat, It was ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty since 1654 by first Nawab of Junagadh even within the Maratha Confederacy and later British India. which, after the partition of British India, acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan. Subsequently, the Union of India annexed Junagadh in 1948, legitimized through a plebiscite held the same year. Pakistan claims sovereignty over the erstwhile princely state to this day. Junagarh State Council with S Parmar have been entrusted with the erstwhile princely state of Junagarh.