Bhavnagar State

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Bhavnagar State was a princely state in British India located on the Kathiawar Peninsula in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gohil Rajput dynasty with its capital at the port city of Bhavnagar.

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Bhavnagar State canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former country subdivision
princely state
accessionInstrumentSigned 1948
accessionTo Union of India
allegiance British Crown
capital Bhavnagar
capitalMovedTo Bhavnagar
coatOfArms arms of Bhavnagar State
continent Asia
country British India
currency Bhavnagar kori
establishedInCentury 18th century
flagType princely state flag
founded 1723
foundedBy Gohil Rajput dynasty
linked to: Gohil dynasty
founder Bhavsinhji Gohil
governmentType hereditary monarchy
gunSalute 13-gun salute
hadPortCity Bhavnagar
hasDemonym Bhavnagari
historicalRegion Kathiawar Prant
integratedInto Bombay State
knownFor maritime trade
port of Bhavnagar
language Gujarati
Kathiawari Gujarati
linked to: Gujarati
lastRuler Krishna Kumar Singhji
locatedIn Kathiawar Peninsula
Saurashtra
linked to: Saurashtra State

present-day Gujarat
mergedInto Dominion of India
neighboringEntity Baroda State
Gondal State
Junagadh State
partOf British Raj princely states
politicalStatus salute state
princelyAgency Kathiawar Agency
Western India States Agency
region Kathiawar
religionOfRulers Hinduism
rulerTitle Maharaja
Thakur Sahib
rulingClass Rajputs
rulingDynasty Gohil Rajput dynasty
linked to: Gohil dynasty
succeededBy Gujarat
Saurashtra State
United State of Kathiawar
todayPartOf Bhavnagar district
Gujarat, India
linked to: Gujarat

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Kathiawar historicallyContained Bhavnagar State
Junagadh State borderedBy Bhavnagar State
Gujarat princely states includedState Bhavnagar State
Bhavsinhji Gohil founded Bhavnagar State