Before the Partition of India in 1947, hundreds of Princely States, also called Native States, existed in India which were not part of British India. These were the parts of the Indian subcontinent which had not been conquered or annexed by the British but were subject to subsidiary alliances.
Things moved quickly after the partition of British India in 1947. By the end of 1949, all of the states except Sikkim had chosen to accede to one of the newly independent states of India or Pakistan or else had been conquered and annexed.
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JUNAGARH/JUNAGADH
Bahauddin Makbara, mausoleum of the Wazir of Junagadh.
JUNAGADH: A state located in the Kathiawar peninsula of western India was originally a patty Rajput kingdom until Conquered by the sultan of Ahmadabad in 1472. It became a mughal dependency under the Emperor Akbar, administered by the Ahmadabad subah. In 1735 when the empire began to disintegrate, a Mughal officer and military adventure, sher khan Babi, expelled the Mughal Governor and asserted his independence. From that time until Indian independence his descendents Ruled the state as nawabs. In 1947 the nawab of Junagadh tried to accede to the new nation of Pakistan but the Hindu majority in the state objected and Junagadh was absorbed by the republic of India.
Junagadh first entered into treaty relations with the British in 1807 and maintained a close and friendly association with the Raj. In 1924 this relationship was formalized when junagadh was placed under an agent to the governor general in the western India states. In 1935 the state comprised 3,337 square Miles with a population of 545,152, four-fifths of whom were Hindu.
Mughal rule Junagadh Nawabs and state officials, 19th century
Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I, who owed allegiance to the Sultan of Ahmedabad , founded the state of Junagadh by expelling the Mughal governor and declaring independence in 1748. Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I, who assumed the name "Zaid Khan" when he came to power in Junagadh, was the founder of the Babi dynasty. His descendants, the Babi Nawabs of Junagadh, conquered large territories in southern Saurashtra and ruled over the state for the next two centuries, first as tributaries of Baroda , and later under the suzerainty of the British. Nawabs of Babi dynasty:
1735 - 1758 : Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I 1758 - 1775 : Mohammad Mahabat Khanji I 1775 - 1811 : Mohammad Hamid Khanji I 1811 - 1840 : Mohammad Bahadur Khanji II 1840 - 1851 : Mohammad Hamid Khanji II 1851 - 1882 : Mohammad Mahabat Khanji II 1882 - 1892 : Mohammad Bahadur Khanji III 1892 - 1911 : Mohammad Rasul Khanji 1911 - 1948 : Mohammad Mahabat Khanji III
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