Junagadh State
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Junagadh State was a princely state in western India during the British Raj, located in the Kathiawar Peninsula of present-day Gujarat.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Junagadh State canonical | 3 |
| Princely State of Junagadh | 2 |
| Bhavnagar State | 1 |
| Kathiawar States | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3627133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Junagadh State Context triple: [Princely State of Porbandar, hasBorderWith, Junagadh State]
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A.
Dhrol State
Dhrol State was a former princely state in western India historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
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B.
Princely State of Rajkot
The Princely State of Rajkot was a semi-autonomous royal state in pre-independence India, ruled by local monarchs under British suzerainty and centered on the city of Rajkot in present-day Gujarat.
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C.
Indore State
Indore State was a princely state in central India during the British Raj, centered around the city of Indore and ruled by the Holkar dynasty.
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D.
Princely State of Porbandar
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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E.
Jhalawar State
Jhalawar State was a princely state in British India, located in the southeastern part of present-day Rajasthan and ruled by Jhala Rajput rulers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Junagadh State Target entity description: 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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A.
Dhrol State
Dhrol State was a former princely state in western India historically governed by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty.
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B.
Princely State of Rajkot
The Princely State of Rajkot was a semi-autonomous royal state in pre-independence India, ruled by local monarchs under British suzerainty and centered on the city of Rajkot in present-day Gujarat.
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C.
Indore State
Indore State was a princely state in central India during the British Raj, centered around the city of Indore and ruled by the Holkar dynasty.
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D.
Princely State of Porbandar
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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E.
Jhalawar State
Jhalawar State was a princely state in British India, located in the southeastern part of present-day Rajasthan and ruled by Jhala Rajput rulers.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
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| suzerain | British Empire ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Junagadh State Description of subject: Junagadh State was a princely state in western India during the British Raj, located in the Kathiawar Peninsula of present-day Gujarat.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Princely State of Junagadh
this entity surface form:
Princely State of Junagadh
this entity surface form:
Kathiawar States
this entity surface form:
Bhavnagar State