Princely State of Porbandar

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The Princely State of Porbandar was a former maritime kingdom on the Kathiawar Peninsula in western India, historically ruled by local Rajput dynasties and later integrated into the modern Indian state of Gujarat.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Princely State of Porbandar canonical 2
Nawanagar State 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former country subdivision
former monarchy
princely state
accessionToIndia 1947
allegiance British Crown
capital Porbandar
continent Asia
country British India
currency Porbandar kori
economy agriculture
maritime trade
salt production
governmentType monarchy
princely state under British suzerainty
hasBorderWith Gondal State
Junagadh State
Nawanagar State
hasCoastOn Arabian Sea
historicalEra British India
surface form: British Raj
historicalRegion Kathiawar
integratedInto Union of India
surface form: Republic of India
knownFor port of Porbandar
shipbuilding and seafaring
language Gujarati
Kutchi
locatedIn Kathiawar Peninsula
Western India
present-day Gujarat
mergedInto United State of Kathiawar
notableRuler Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji
Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji
surface form: Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji

Vikramatji Khimojiraj
partOf Bombay Presidency
surface form: Bombay Presidency (indirectly)

Kathiawar Agency
politicalStatus salute state
religion Hinduism
rulerTitle Maharaja
surface form: Maharaja Rana

Thakur
surface form: Thakur Sahib
rulingClass Rajputs
rulingDynasty Jadeja dynasty
surface form: Jadeja Rajput dynasty
saluteRank 13-gun salute
sovereigntyEnded mid-20th century
successorState Bombay State
Gujarat
Saurashtra State
todayPartOf Gujarat
Porbandar district
wasMaritimeState true

Referenced by (3)

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Karamchand Gandhi employer Princely State of Porbandar
Jadeja Rajputs ruledState Princely State of Porbandar
this entity surface form: Nawanagar State
Porbandar historicalRegion Princely State of Porbandar