Wankaner State was one of the

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s of

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in the historical

Halar Halar (Haalaar) is a historical region of western India, located by the Gulf of Kutch coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in Gujarat State, on Saurashtra peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar Distric ...

region of

Kathiawar Kathiawar () is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) in the east. In the northeast, i ...

during the period of the

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. It was an eleven gun

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belonging to the

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of the

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. Its capital was in Wankaner, located in

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state. Most of the territory of the state was

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History

Wankaner State was founded in 1620 by Raj Sartanji, son of Prathirajji, eldest son of maharana Raj Chandrasinghji of a rajput ruler of

Halvad Halvad is a town and a municipality in Morbi district in the Gujarat state of India. Geography Halvad is located at . It has an average elevation of 46 metres (150 feet). Halvad sits on the banks of the Samatsar Pond. Halvad was a ...

(1584–1628). In 1807 Wankaner State became a British protectorate when Maharana Raj Sahib Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji signed a treaty with the British. In 1862 the ruler of the state received a sanad giving the monarch authorization to adopt an heir. The ruler acceded to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.

Rulers

The rulers of Wankaner were titled 'Maharana Raj Sahib'. *1679 – 1721 Chandrasinhji I Raisinhji (d. 1721) *1721 – 1728 Prithvirajji Chandrasinhji (d. 1728) *1728 – 1749 Kesarisinhji I Chandrasinhji (d. 1749) *1749 – 1784 Bharoji Kesarisinhji (d. 1784) *1784 – 1787 Kesarisinhji II Raisinhji (d. 1787) *1787 – 1839 Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji (d. 1839) *1839 – 1860 Vakhatsinhji Chandrasinhji (d. 1860) *1860 – 12 Jun 1881 Banesinhji Jaswantsihnji (b. 1842 – d. 1881) **1860 – 1861 .... -Regent *12 Jun 1881 – 15 August 1947

Amarsinhji Banesinhji Captain H.H. Maharana Raj Shri Sir Amarsinhji Banesinhji Sahib (4 January 1879 – 25 June 1954) was the last Maharana Raj Sahib of Wankaner belonging to Jhala dynasty, who ascended the throne of princely state of Wankaner on 12 June 1881 and ...

(b. 1879 – d. 1954) (from 12 December 1911, Sir Amarsinhji Banesinhji) *12 Jan 1881 – 1888 Ganpatrao Narayen Laud -Regent **1888 – 18 March 1899 .... -Regent

References

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History

Rulers

See also

References