United State of Kathiawar

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The United State of Kathiawar was a short-lived post-independence political union of princely states on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western India, formed in 1948 before being integrated into the state of Saurashtra.

Aliases (2)

Statements (25)
Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division
political union
continent Asia
country India
dateEstablished 1948
establishedAfter Indian independence in 1947
formedFrom princely states of Kathiawar
governmentType union of princely states under Indian administration
hasPoliticalStatus union of princely states
historicalPeriod post-independence India
integratedInto State of Saurashtra
languageUsed Gujarati
Hindi
locatedIn Kathiawar Peninsula
western India
partOf Dominion of India
partOfPresentDay Gujarat
predecessor multiple princely states
reasonForDissolution reorganization into State of Saurashtra
region Kathiawar
shortLived true
sovereignState India
status defunct
successor State of Saurashtra
timeframe late 1940s

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Porbandar State
Porbandar State ("Saurashtra State")
Princely State of Porbandar
mergedInto
Indian princely states ("States of India")
successorEntity

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