The State of Balasinor was a

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

Balasinor Balasinor, also known as Vadasinor, is a city located in the Mahisagar district of Gujarat, India. The city was formerly part of Balasinor State, a princely state ruled by the Babi dynasty, from September 1758 until its accession to India in Jun ...

during the era of

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and founded by Sardar Muhammed khan Babi and Murtuza Bhatia The last ruler of Balasinor signed the accession to join the Indian Union on 10 June 1948. Its rulers belonged to the family of Babi or

Babai (Pashtun tribe) The Babai ( ps, بابئی) are a Pashtun tribe formerly known as Babi (). Their traditional primary homeland is in Qalat, Zabul, located in Southern Afghanistan and Kandahar. They are a subtribe of the Ghilji Hotak clan of Pashtun people, largel ...

tribe. The state was founded by the

Junagadh State Junagarh or Junagadh ( ur, ) was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Union of India in 1948. History Muhammad Sher Khan Babai was the founder of the Babi Pashtun d ...

Babi dynasty.

History

Balasinor State was founded on 28 September 1758 by

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ruler, Nawab, Sardar Muhammed khan Babi belonging to the family of last deputy Governor of Gujarat province in Mughal Empire. The rulers were titled Nawab Babi. It was a 9 gun

salute state A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...

belonging to the

Rewa Kantha Agency Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and ...

of the

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. The Last ruling Nawab

Nawab Nawab (Balochi language, Balochi: نواب; ar, نواب; bn, নবাব/নওয়াব; hi, नवाब; Punjabi language, Punjabi : ਨਵਾਬ; Persian language, Persian, Punjabi language, Punjabi , Sindhi language, Sindhi, Urd ...

was HH Nawab Muhammed Salabat Khanji II who died on 25 January 2018. The heir and son of Nawab Muhammed Salabat Khanji II Nawabzada Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi, born 1979 and educated at the

Rajkumar College, Rajkot The Rajkumar College (or RKC) in Rajkot, Gujarat is one of the oldest K-12 institutions in India. RKC has a 26-acre (105,000 m²) campus in Rajkot. History The foundation stone of Rajkumar College was laid in 1868. The institution was designe ...

was crowned the titular Nawab of Balasinor on 4 March 2018 at the Raj Tilak and Gaadi Dastoor ceremony performed by both Islamic and Rajput traditions at their Garden Palace In Balasinor after the 40 days of mourning ended on 3 March 2018. It was well attended by royals from Gujarat and the people of Balasinor.

Rulers

* Sardar Muhammed khan Babi 28 September 1758 – 17.. * Jamiyat Khanji Muhammad Khanji 17.. – ... * Salabat Khanji Jamiyat Khanji (b. ... d. 1820) – May 1820 * Abid Khanji May 1820 – 1822 * Jalal Khanji = Edal Khanji (b. ... d. 1831) 1822 – 2 December 1831 * Zorawar Khanji (b. 1828 d. 1882) 2 December 1831 – 30 November 1882 * Munawar Khanji Zorawar Khanji (b. 1846 d. 1899) 30 November 1882 – 24 March 1899 * Jamiyat Khanji Munawar Khanji (b. 1894 d. 1945) 24 March 1899 – 2 February 1945 * Muhammad Salabat Khan (b. 1944 d. 2018) 2 February 1945 – 15 August 1947 * Nawab Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi (b.1979)

In pop culture

The current titular princess of the kingdom is Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to

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in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's

Undercover Princesses ''Undercover Princesses'' is a BBC Three reality TV show which took three royal claimants from foreign cultures and placed them in Ingatestone where they had to 'live and date' like normal people. The idea for the programme came from the 1988 Edd ...

. The scion of this family, Salauddinkhan Babi participated in a similar show in the

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in 2010 in which he was trying to find a wife. He lived and worked in Amsterdam. The show is currently on air on SBS6 in the Netherlands. It is called "Coming to Holland". Nawabzada Salauddin was invited by

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to participate in a US TV show called

Secret Princes ''Secret Princes'' is an American reality television series that premiered on TLC on September 21, 2012. It chronicles the adventures of several members of international nobility as they leave their home countries to live, work and look for love i ...

which was aired on 21 September 2012. It is a show based on the Undercover Princes. Salauddin lived and worked in Atlanta undercover for this show along with three other aristocrats. The royal family currently resides at The Garden Palace which they had converted into a heritage hotel.Aaliya Sultana Babi, the Dinosaur Princess
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Imperial, Royal & Princely Indian States
{{Princely states of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency Pashtun dynasties Kheda district Princely states of Gujarat Bombay Presidency Muslim princely states of India 1758 establishments in India 1949 disestablishments in India States and territories established in 1758 The Garden Palace website is www.palacebalasinor.com

History

Rulers

In pop culture

See also

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