Radhanpur State
| Radhanpur State | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State Within the Maratha Confederacy (1731–1813) Protectorate of the East India Company (1813–1857) Princely State of the British Raj (1857–1947) State of the Dominion of India (1947–1948) | |||||||||
| 1753–1948 | |||||||||
Location of Radhanpur State at the northern end of Saurashtra | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• 1931 | 2,978 km2 (1,150 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1931 | 61,548 | ||||||||
| Government | |||||||||
| • Motto | "Az Karam Safdar" (The Merciful and Valiant Warrior) | ||||||||
| Nawab | |||||||||
• 1753 – 1765 (first) | Jawan Mard Khan II | ||||||||
• 1910 – 1936 | Muhammad Jalaluddin Khan | ||||||||
• 1936 – 1948 (last) | Mortaza Khan | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1753 | ||||||||
| 1948 | |||||||||
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Radhanpur State was a kingdom and later princely state in India during the British Raj. Its rulers belonged to a family of Babi House, the state was once a polity within the Mughal Empire. The last ruling Nawab of Radhanpur, Nawab Murtaza Khan, signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948.
The town of Radhanpur in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat was its capital. It was surrounded by a loopholed wall; the town was formerly known for its export trade in rapeseed, grains, and cotton.