Palitana State

Palitana State પાલીતાણા રિયાસત
Princely State of British India
1194–1948 →
Location of Palitana in Saurashtra
History
•	Established	1194
•	Indian independence	1948
Area
•	1921	777 km2(300 sq mi)
Population
•	1921	58,000
	Density	74.6 /km2  (193.3 /sq mi)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Palitana was a princely state in India during the British Raj until 1948. The center was the city of Palitana. The last ruler of the state received a privy purse of 180,000 Rupees at the state's accession to independent India on 15 February 1948.

As a "Second Class" princely state it was founded in 1194. It was one of the major states in Saurashtra, where there were many smaller states. Palitana covered 777 km² and had 58,000 inhabitants (in 1921) in 91 villages, generating a 744,416 Rs revenue. In 1940 it had a population of 76,432.

It used to be a native state of India in the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. 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.

The rulers were Gohil Rajputs, with the title of Thakur Sahib.

21°31′N 71°50′E / 21.52°N 71.83°E / 21.52; 71.83Coordinates: 21°31′N 71°50′E / 21.52°N 71.83°E / 21.52; 71.83

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