Nawanagar State
| Nawanagar State નવાનગર રિયાસત नवानगर रियासत |
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| Princely State of British India | ||||||
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| History | ||||||
| • | Established | 1540 | ||||
| • | Independence of India | 1948 | ||||
| Area | 9,632 km2(3,719 sq mi) | |||||
| Today part of | Gujarat state of India | |||||
| Nawanagar (Princely State) | ||||||
Nawanagar was an Indian princely state in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar, located on the southern shores of the Gulf of Kutch. It was ruled by the Jadeja dynasty from its formation in c 1540 until 1948 when it became a part of newly formed India. The district is now known as Jamnagar. It had an area of 3,791 square miles (9,820 km2) and a population estimated at 336,779 in 1901. Its rulers, who used the title of "Jam Saheb" were Hindu Rajput of the same clan as the Rao of Cutch. They were entitled to a 13-gun salute. The state flag was a rectangular red flag with a white elephant, near and facing the hoist. During the British Raj, the state was part of the Kathiawar Agency, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency.
The state had a pearl fishery and much of its wealth came from this. Nawanagar is also famous for its former ruler Jam Saheb Ranjitsinhji (died 1933), who was a famous cricket player at Cambridge in England before his accession to the throne.
Nawanagar was founded in 1540 by Jam Rawalji, a descendant of the Jadeja ruler of Kutch, and was thereafter in an almost constant state of war with its neighbours and with the Mughal Empire. One of such major was the Battle of Bhuchar Mori fought in 1591. The "Walker Treaty of 1807" brought peace to the Kathiawar states for the first time in several generations. Nawanagar came under British protection on February 22, 1812.
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