Jasdan State Explained

Native Name:જસદણ
Conventional Long Name:Jasdan State
Common Name:Jasdan
Nation:British India
Status Text:Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1731 - 1805)
Princely State
Capital:Jasdan
Year Start:1665
Year End:1948
Event End:Indian independence
S1:India
Flag S1:Flag of India.svg
Image Map Caption:Location of Jasdan State in Saurashtra
Stat Area1:767
Stat Year1:1921
Stat Pop1:30633

Jasdan State was a princely state in Saurashtra during the British Raj. Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.[1] The capital of the state was in Jasdan town.

History

Jasdan state was founded in 1665 when Vika Khachar defeated the Khumans of Kherdi. In 1807, after its ruler Vajsur Khachar came to an agreement with the British and the Gaikwar, it became a British protectorate. Later in the 19th century Jasdan became part of the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency.[2]

Jasdan was the biggest kathi state in British India issuing its own postage stamps.[3]

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title 'Darbar'.[4]

17 November 1997Shivraj Ala Khachar I

Notable members of royal family

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bhavnagar Princely State . 19 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171225070318/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhavnagar.html . 25 December 2017 . dead .
  2. https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_072.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 66.
  3. Andreas Birken: Philatelic Atlas of British India, CD-ROM, Hamburg 2004
  4. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India