Palanpur State
Palanpur State પાલનપુર રિયાસત पालनपुर रियासत | |||||||
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British India | |||||||
1370–1948 | |||||||
Map of Palanpur State area in 1922 | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1940 | 4,574 km2 (1,766 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1940 | 315,855 | ||||||
Government | |||||||
• Motto | "Ba aql giriftah ba shamsher Dasht" (What has been won by reason, he Sustains by force)[1] | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1370 | ||||||
• Accession to the Dominion of India | 1948 | ||||||
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Today part of | India | ||||||
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Palanpur State was a princely state of India during the British Raj. It was a Salute state with the Nawab of Palanpur having a hereditary salute of 13-guns. It was the main state of the Palanpur Agency. Palanpur State became a British protectorate in 1809/17; its capital was the city of Palanpur.
Geography
The state encompassed an area of 4,574 square kilometres (1,766 sq mi) and had a population of 222,627 in 1901. The town of Palanpur housed a population of only 17,800 people that year. The state commanded a revenue of approximately £50,000 per year.[2]
Palanpur State was traversed by the main line of the
History
According to tradition Palanpur state was founded in 1370
Palanpur State was dissolved in 1949.[citation needed]
Rulers
The rulers of Palanpur State belonged to the
Diwans
- 1688 - 1704 Firuz Kamal Khan (2nd time)
- 1704 - 1708 Kamal Khan (b. 16... - d. 1708)
- 1708 - 1719 Firuz Khan II (b. ... - d. 1719)
- 1719 - 1732 Karim Dad Khan (b. ... - d. 1732)
- 1732 - 1743 Pahar Khan II (b. ... - d. 1743)
- 1743 - 1768 Bahadur Khan (b. ... - d. 1768)
- 1768 - 1781 Salim Khan I (b. ... - d. 1781)
- 1781 - 1788 Shir Khan (b. ... - d. 1788)
- 1788 - 1793 Mubariz Khan II
- 1793 - 1794 Shamshir Khan
- 1794 - 1812 Firuz Khan III (b. 17... - d. 1812)
- 1812 - 1813 Fateh Mohammad Khan (1st time) (b. 1799 - d. 1854)
- 1813 - 22 Dec 1813 Shamshir Mohammad Khan (b. ... - d. 1834) (then regent for successor to 10 Oct 1817)
- 22 Dec 1813 – 11 Jul 1854 Fateh Mohammad Khan (2nd time) (s.a.)
- 11 Jul 1854 – 28 Aug 1878 Zorawar Khan (b. 1822 - d. 1878)
- 28 Aug 1878 - 1910 Zobdat al-Molk Shir Mohammad Khan (b. 1852 - d. 1918)
Nawab Sahibs
- 1910 - 28 Sep 1918 Zobdat al-Molk Shir Mohammad Khan (s.a.)
- 28 Sep 1918 – 15 Aug 1947 Zobdat al-Molk Taley Mohammad Khan (b. 1883 - d. 1957)
See also
References
- ^ Hurber, De Vries. "National Arms and Emblems past and present". www.hubert-herald.nl.
- ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer. p. 1413.
- ^ "Princely States - Palanpur". Archived from the original on 15 January 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
- ^ States before 1947 K-W
External links
- Media related to Palanpur State at Wikimedia Commons
- Heraldry of the princely states of Gujarat