in response to this indian armed occupying forces acted very quickly and illegally entered the abandoned state by invading it inhabitants and assumed full control on the poor defenceless people, then arranged a referendum by the goi under their own organised auspices and even appointed its own administrator on the 9th november. the largely hindu population were influenced and inevitably expressed an overwhelming wish to join the india. a mere 91 voters out of 201, 457 souls taking part wanted to remain and voted in favour of pakistan. a surprising result, given that the state had a 40% muslim population, which was considered a dependency to the allied country by safeguarding their rights as a minority now as the claimed disputed territory of pakistan. nawab mahabat khan iii is much maligned by modern indian "historians" and popular writers, largely because of his concern for wildlife and domesticated animals, their welfare and conservation. much is written about a marriage party that he arranged for a favourite pet dog, but the fact of matter is that saurashtra was blessed with its only tracts of forests land because of him, was never mentioned. he took major steps and dedication to protect the dwindling gir forests, final abode of the remaining population of the asiatic lions. his interests in animal husbandry improved the breeding stock of kathiwadi horses and gir cattle, greatly improving the milk yields of the latter. his reign saw the opening of the massive willingdon dam, built the bahadur khanji library and opened the mahabat khan free college. upon his death in 1959 the government of pakistan installed and recognised the junagadh house in karachi, 9th october 1991. the nawab of junagadh foundation trust is also located there.