in 1947 upon the independence of pakistan and the indian transfer of power, the last babi dynasty ruler of the state mohammad mahabat khanji iii merged it into newly formed dominion of pakistan. although surrounded on three sides by the dominion of india, and on the fourth by open arabian sea. on 15th august it acceded to pakistan and pakistan government accepted on 13th september 1947, following the independence of the new dominions of the republic of india and pakistan, the khan sahib ghulam moinuddin khanji acceded his state of manavadar to pakistan, even though, being a vassal state of junagadh state, the prince had every right to do so. this act was done at the same time as his master, the nawab of junagadh who himself had the right not to accede his state to modern india, this was fully in accordance with the agreed principles for accession of princely states. the accession not agreeable to the indians, they applied various methods of tactic intimidation. they induced two vassal rulers to accede to their country in return for recognition as independent rulers, but even this did not last very long. simultaneously, 'people's committees' and the indian national congress party agitators were most encouraged to ferment civil unrest and create disturbances, against the new dominion of pakistan aimed at reducing the administration to chaos. the nawab and his remaining family had fled to the safety fearing for their lives on the 24th october in 1947, and chose to flee to their desired country, followed shortly afterwards by his prime minister they all eventually settled in the port city of karachi (then as the capital of the nation).