What is Junagadh State?
{{Infobox former subdivision |conventional_long_name = Junagadh State |common_name = Junagadh |nation = [[British India]] |subdivision = [[Princely state|Princely State]] |era = |year_start = 1730 |date_start = |event_start= |year_end = 1948 |date_end = |event_end= Indian annexation of Junagadh |event1 = |image_flag = State Flag of Junaghad.jpg |image_coat = Junaghad_State_Emblem_1947.png |image_map = Junaghad state.jpg |image_map_caption = Location of Junagarh,<br/>among all districts shown in green |stat_area1 =8643 |stat_year1 = 1921 |stat_pop1 = 465493 }} '''Junagadh''' was a [[princely state]] in [[Gujarat]] ruled by [[Muslim]] rulers in [[British India]] until it became part of [[India]] in 1948.<ref name=Rosecrance147>Richard N. Rosecrance; Arthur A. Stein, ''No More States?: Globalization, National Self-determination, and Terrorism'' (Lanham, Md: Rowman & Littlefield, 2006), p. 147</ref> ==History== Mohammad Sher Khan Babi<!-- JALPESHC ?-->, a Babi Khel [[Pathan]] who owed allegiance to the [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] governor of [[Gujarat]] subah, founded the state of Junagadh. It declared [[independence]] in 1730 after the Marathas Gaikwad invasion. Muhammad Sher Khan Babi, was the [[wikt:found|found]]er of the [[Babi Dynasty]] of Junagadh State dynasty. His [[descendant]]s, the Babi Nawabs of Junagadh, took large territories in [[south]]ern [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] and ruled over the state for the next two [[centuries]]. First they were a [[tributary state]] of [[Maratha Empire|Marathas]]. Later they were under the rule of the [[British Raj]]. In 1807 the Junagadh State became a British [[protectorate]]. The [[East India Company]] took control of the state by 1818. The Saurashtra area, with other [[princely states]] of [[Kathiawar]], were separately [[administer]]ed under [[Kathiawar Agency]] by [[British India]]. On 15 August 1947 upon the [[independence of India]], the [[Nawab of Junagarh]] decided to merge it into newly formed [[Pakistan]].<ref name=Rosecrance147/> The Indian governm