Excuse me, are there anyone from Manavadar, dist. Junagadh, Gujarat (india) (near Gayatri Temple).?

Question

Hi friends. I want to know more about village Manavadar, dist Junagadh, Gujarat. Could you hellp me? Thanks advance.

Answer 1

For any information log on to http://www.gujarattourism.com/

Answer 2

Bantva-Manavadar was a princely state founded in 1760 on the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat, India. It had an area of approximately 574 km², and contained 26 primarily Muslim villages. Upon independence in 1947, the princely states were forced to join either India or Pakistan. Bantva-Manavadar acceded to Pakistan in September, 1947, and then rescinded the accession and re-accedeed to India on February 15, 1948.

The Babi Dynasty

BRIEF HISTORY

The ruling family belongs to the Babi family of Junagadh, once powerful Imperial officials in Gujarat who wrested control over several tracts of land during the decay of the Mughal empire. Bantva was granted by Nawab Muhammad Bahadur Khanji I to his younger brother Diler Khanji Babi, in 1733. The family reigned there uneventfully for two hundred years.

Manavadar came under British protection in 1818 and was classed as a third class state.

The sleepy little state came to prominence during partition. For a brief moment, it became an important pawn in the tussle over territory between India and Pakistan in 1947. The Muslim ruler, Nawab Ghulam Moin ud-din Khanji acceded to Pakistan at the same time as his Babi cousin, the Nawab of Junagadh. Faced with hostile elements from the local Hindu population and organised agitation by local Congress Party thugs, he was forced to leave for Karachi, taking his large family to safety. Indian police entered the state ten days later, after allowing law and order to deteriorate further. The Indian government then appointed its own administrator, organised and referendum, then annexed the little state. In Pakistan, he continued to be officially recognised and granted all the prerogatives of a ruling prince, until his death in 2004.

Answer 3

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