Porbandar State
Kingdom of Ghumli (620–1313) Kingdom of Ranpur (1313–1574) Kingdom of Chhaya (1574–1685) Porbandar State (1685–1948) | |||||||||
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| 620–1948 | |||||||||
Porbandar in a map of the Bombay Presidency | |||||||||
| Status | Sovereign monarchy (620-1808) Princely state of the British East India Company (1808-1858) and British India (1858-1948) | ||||||||
| Capital | Ghumli (620-1218) Shrinagar (1218-1120) Ghumli (1220-1313) Ranpur (1313-1574) Chhaya (1547-1685) Porbandar (1685-1948) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Gujarati Old Gujarati Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) Prakrit English | ||||||||
| Maharaja Rana | |||||||||
• 10 December 1908-15 February 1948 | Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji (last) | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 620 | ||||||||
| 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.It was a first class Princely State with 13 Gun Slaute, standing fourth in rank among the Principalities in the Kathiawar Agency.
The capital of state was the harbour town of Porbandar. 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.