Palitana State પાલીતાણા રિયાસત
Princely State of British India
1194–1948
Coat of arms
Location of Palitana in Saurashtra
Area
• 1921	777 km2 (300 sq mi)
Population
• 1921	58000
History
History
• Established	1194
• Indian independence	1948
Succeeded by India

View of the Palitana Temples in 1860

Palitana was a princely state in India during the British Raj until 1948. The center was the city of Palitana. The last ruler of the state received a privy purse of 180,000 Rupees at the state's accession to independent India on 15 February 1948.^{[citation needed]}

History

As a "Second Class" princely state it was founded in 1194. It was one of the major states in Saurashtra, where there were many smaller states. Palitana covered 777 km² and had 58,000 inhabitants (in 1921) in 91 villages, generating a 744,416 Rs revenue. In 1940 it had a population of 76,432.^{[citation needed]}

It used to be a native state of India in the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency.^[1] Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the decade.^[1] Gross revenue, £42,000; tribute jointly to the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Nawab of Junagadh, £700. The capital of the state, Palitana, had a population of 12,800.^[1] Its ruler enjoyed a 9-guns salute.^[2]

Rulers

The rulers bore the title of Thakur Sahib.^[3]

• 1697 - 1734 Prithvirajji Kandhaji
• 1734 - .... Nonghanji III
• .... - 1766 Sartanji II
• 1766 - 1770 Alubhai
• 1770 - 1820 Undaji
• 1820 - 1840 Kandhaji IV
• 1840 - 1860 Nonghanji IV
• 1860 Pratapsinghji (d. 1860)
• 1 Jun 1860 - Nov 1885 Sursinhji (b. 1844 - d. 1885)
• 24 Nov 1885 – 29 Aug 1905 Mansinhji Sursinhji (b. 1863 - d. 1905) (from 1 Jan 1896, Sir Mansinhji Sursinhji)
• 29 Sep 1905 – 15 Aug 1947 Bahadursinhji Mansinhji (b. 1900 - d. 1964) (from 1 Jan 1930, Sir Bahadursinhji Mansinhji; personal style Maharaja from 1944)