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'''Kathiawar''' is a peninsula, originally known as Saurastra. In the 18th Century the name was changed to Kathiawar and today forms part of the Indian State of Gujarat. | '''Kathiawar''' is a peninsula, originally known as Saurastra. In the 18th Century the name was changed to Kathiawar and today forms part of the Indian State of Gujarat. | ||
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Kathiawar - alternative spelling Kathiwad and Kattywar
Produced by the Government Photographic Department, Poona dated 1878. Available at Wikimedia “Kathiawar Map, 1878”
Reproduced from the “History of Kathiawad” by Capt H Wilberforce-Bell; published by William Heinmann, London, 1916. pdf version [1] Map on page 371 (pdf 392 of 394)
Produced by the Government Photographic Department, Poona dated 1878. Available at Wikimedia “Kathiawar Map, 1878” ]]
Kathiawar is a peninsula, originally known as Saurastra. In the 18th Century the name was changed to Kathiawar and today forms part of the Indian State of Gujarat.
The peninsula covers an area of 23,345 sq. miles (60,720 sq. Km) and in 1901 had a population of 2,645,805[1]. Most of the area was under the jurisdiction of the Government of India, and also Portugal had the island colony of Diu on the peninsular which covered 20 sq. miles (51.8sq. Km) with a population of 14,614 [2].
Kathiawar in the late 1800’s was governed by 193 small Princely States, ruled by local potentates who acknowledged British control in return for local sovereignty. These States comprised the ‘Kathiawar Agency’. The rest of the peninsula, chiefly in the east along the Gulf of Cambay, were districts ruled directly by the British as part of British India's Bombay Presidency, which included part of the peninsula [3].
The ‘Kathiawar Agency’ was a political unit formed in 1822 with headquarters at Rajkot, the town where the British Political Agent used to reside. He reported to the Political Department office at Bombay [4]. The area was divided the area into four regions these being Halar, Jhalavad, Sorath and Gohelvad [1].
Historical books online
Further Information
See also page Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “Imperial Gazette of India” Vol.15. p.164; Retrieved 10 Jun 2017
- ↑ “Imperial Gazette of India” Vol.11. p.362-364; Retrieved 10 Jun 2017
- ↑ Wikipedia “Kathiawar”; Retrieved 10 Jun 2017
- ↑ Wikipedia “Kathiawar Agency”; Retrieved 10 Jun 2017
