rajkot was the capital of the then saurashtra state from 15 april 1948 to 31 october 1956 before merging in bilingual bombay state on 1 november 1956. rajkot was merged into gujarat state from bilingual bombay state on 1 may 1960. thakur saheb pradyumansinhji died in 1973. his son, manoharsinhji pradyumansinhji, who has carved out a political career at the provincial level, succeeded him. he served as a member of the gujarat legislative assembly for several years and as the state minister for health and finance. monoharsinhji's son, mandattasinh jadeja has embarked on a business career.