Maharaja of Bhavnagar

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The Maharaja of Bhavnagar was the hereditary ruler of the princely state of Bhavnagar in present-day Gujarat, India, from a royal dynasty that played a notable role in the region’s political integration into independent India.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hereditary royal title ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
ruler of princely state ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Bhavnagar State ⓘ
coatOfArms emblem of Bhavnagar State ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
currency Bhavnagar kori ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished 1948 ⓘ
dynasty Gohil dynasty ⓘ
endTime 1948 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Rajput ⓘ
followedBy titular royal family of Bhavnagar ⓘ
follows Thakur of Bhavnagar ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Bhavnagar ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluenceOn Bhavnagar region ⓘ
linked to: Bhavnagar district
hasHereditaryTitle Maharaja of Bhavnagar State ⓘ
Thakur Sahib of Bhavnagar ⓘ
linked to: Thakur of Bhavnagar
hasJurisdictionOver Bhavnagar State ⓘ
territories in Kathiawar peninsula ⓘ
hasPart Bhavnagar city ⓘ
linked to: Bhavnagar
hasRoleIn political integration of princely states into India ⓘ
signing Instrument of Accession to India ⓘ
hasTitle Maharaja ⓘ
Thakur Sahib ⓘ
headOfGovernment Dewan of Bhavnagar ⓘ
inception 19th century ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Gujarati ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Bhavnagar State ⓘ
Gujarat ⓘ
India ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
nobleRank Maharaja ⓘ
partOf Kathiawar Agency ⓘ
Western India States Agency ⓘ
precededBy local chieftains of Gohil clan ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Bhavnagar city ⓘ
linked to: Bhavnagar

Nilambag Palace ⓘ
linked to: Wankaner Palace
royalHouse Gohil dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent accession to the Dominion of India ⓘ
merger of Bhavnagar State into Saurashtra State ⓘ
subordinateTo British Crown ⓘ
Governor-General of India ⓘ
linked to: Governor-General
territoryIncludes parts of present-day Bhavnagar district ⓘ

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Saurashtra State → firstRajpramukh → Maharaja of Bhavnagar ⓘ
Bhavsinhji Gohil → title → Raja of Bhavnagar ⓘ
linked to: Maharaja of Bhavnagar
Krishna Kumarsinhji Bhavsinhji → positionHeld → Maharaja of Bhavnagar ⓘ
Maharaja of Bhavnagar → hasHereditaryTitle → Maharaja of Bhavnagar State ⓘ
linked to: Maharaja of Bhavnagar