Junagadh State

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former country subdivision princely state

Junagadh State was a princely state in western India during the British Raj, located in the Kathiawar Peninsula of present-day Gujarat.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Junagadh State canonical 3
Princely State of Junagadh 2
Bhavnagar State 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country subdivision ⓘ
princely state ⓘ
borderedBy Arabian Sea ⓘ
Bhavnagar State ⓘ
Nawanagar State ⓘ
Porbandar State ⓘ
capital Junagadh ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
currency Indian rupee ⓘ
dissolutionReason integration into the Union of India ⓘ
economy agriculture ⓘ
animal husbandry ⓘ
trade in cotton and grains ⓘ
era British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
ethnicMajority Gujarati people ⓘ
surface form: Gujarati Hindus
ethnicMinority Muslims ⓘ
event Indian military intervention in 1947 ⓘ
Instrument of Accession signed to Pakistan in 1947 ⓘ
plebiscite held under Indian administration in 1948 ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasLandmark Girnar hills (near capital) ⓘ
Uparkot Fort ⓘ
surface form: Uparkot Fort (in capital Junagadh)
historicalRegion Saurashtra State ⓘ
surface form: Saurashtra
knownFor proximity to Gir Forest region ⓘ
lastRuler Nawab Muhammad Mahabat Khan III ⓘ
locatedIn British India ⓘ
Kathiawar Peninsula ⓘ
present-day Gujarat ⓘ
western India ⓘ
majorLanguage Gujarati ⓘ
Kutchi ⓘ
notableEvent accession controversy of 1947 ⓘ
overlord British Crown ⓘ
partOf Bombay Presidency ⓘ
Kathiawar Agency ⓘ
politicalStatus salute state ⓘ
predecessor Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire (regional authority)
religion Hinduism (majority population) ⓘ
Islam (ruling dynasty) ⓘ
resultOfPlebiscite accession to India approved by overwhelming majority ⓘ
rulingDynasty Babi dynasty ⓘ
saluteRank 13-gun salute ⓘ
sovereigntyStatus semi-autonomous under British suzerainty ⓘ
successor Dominion of India ⓘ
Saurashtra State ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
surface form: State of Gujarat
suzerain British Empire ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Princely State of Porbandar → hasBorderWith → Junagadh State ⓘ
Junagadh → historicalRegion → Junagadh State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princely State of Junagadh
Junagadh → wasCapitalOf → Junagadh State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Princely State of Junagadh
Morvi State → partOf → Junagadh State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kathiawar States
Saurashtra State → mergedFrom → Junagadh State ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bhavnagar State
Saurashtra State → mergedFrom → Junagadh State ⓘ
Kathiawar → historicallyContained → Junagadh State ⓘ