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 
• Established
1194
1948
 Succeeded by
India
View of the Palitana Temples in 1860
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]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Palitana" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 635.
  2. ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1417.
  3. ^ "Indian Princely States K-Z". www.worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.


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