Palitana State#Rulers
{{Short description|Princely state of India}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name = Palitana State
|common_name = Palitana
|nation = British India
|subdivision = Princely State
|era =
|year_start = 1194
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= Indian independence
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat = Palitana-coa2.jpg
|image_map = SaurashtraKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = Location of Palitana in Saurashtra
|stat_area1 = 777
|stat_year1 = 1921
|stat_pop1 = 58000
|footnotes =
}}
File:Palitana Temples 1860 2013-11-22 00-48.jpg in 1860]]
Palitana was a princely state in British India until 1948. The capital was the city of Palitana. It ceased to exist when India became independent.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}
History
Palitana was a princely state in British India. It formed a part of the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency.{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Palitana |volume=20 |page=635}} Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the decade. Gross revenue, £42,000; tribute jointly to the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Nawab of Junagadh, £700. The capital of the state, Palitana, had a population of 12,800.
Its ruler enjoyed a 9-guns salute.Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 1417.
See also
References
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{{Princely states of India}}
{{Princely states of the Western India States Agency}}
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Category:States under the Kathiawar Agency
Category:States and territories established in 1194
Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948
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Category:1948 disestablishments in India