Bantva Manavadar

Manavadar State Bantva Manavadar
Princely State
1733–1947
Flag
Location of Manavadar State at the southern end of Saurashtra
Area
• 1941	261.6 km^2 (101.0 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	26,209
History
• Established	1733
• Disestablished	1947
Succeeded by India

Manavadar State Men's Hockey Team, Sydney, June 1938 – photographer Sam Hood.

Bantva-Manavadar or Manavadar State was a princely state during the era of the British Raj in India. It was located on the Kathiawar peninsula in Gujarat.^[1]

The decision in 1947 of the ruling prince, Muhammad Mahabat Khan III, to accede Junagadh and Bantva Manavadar as princely states of Pakistan led to a crisis, as most of his subjects were Hindus. In February 1948 came the Annexation of Junagadh and Bantva Manavadar by India, following a referendum.^[2][3]

See also

• Political integration of India
• Bantva Memons
• Bantva

References

1. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 377–378.
2. Srinath Raghavan, War and Peace in Modern India (2010), p. 63
3. Rajmohan Gandhi, Patel: A Life (India: Navajivan, 1992), p. 292

External links

• Media related to Bantva-Manavadar at Wikimedia Commons

21°30′N 70°08′E / 21.5°N 70.13°E / 21.5; 70.13

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 377–378.