Nawab of Junagarh or Junagadh refers to the now defunct ex-lineage of rulers of the princely Junagarh State in British Raj, nowadays Junagadh district in the state of Gujarat in India.[citation needed] There are still several forts and palaces in India which were owned by princely Junagarh family but after Partition of India, this property was claimed by the Indian Government.[1][2][3]
NawabofJunagarh or Junagadh refers to the now defunct ex-lineage of rulers of the princely Junagarh State in British Raj, nowadays Junagadh district...
Governor of Sindh from 1 March 1976 to 5 July 1977. He also claimed to be the titular NawabofJunagarh from 1959–89. Muhammad Dilawar was born in Junagarh to...
Jahangir Khanji (1955/56 – 20 July 2023) was the NawabofJunagarh who dedicated himself to the cause ofJunagarh state's independence, persistently advocating...
Nawab decided that Junagadh should become part of Pakistan, much to the displeasure of many of the people of the state, an overwhelming majority of whom...
India's possession. The Nawabof Junagadh refused to vacate his troops from Babariawad and Mangrol. In October, 1947 NawabofJunagarh fled with his family...
and Nawabof Kurnool, Nawabof the Carnatic of Arcot and Nellore, NawabofJunagarh, Rohilkhand of Lower Doab, Rohilkhand of Upper Doab, and Nawabof Bhawalpur...
response to the annexation of Gujarat, the Mughal Emperor Ahmad Shah Bahadur appointed and strengthened the NawabofJunagarhNawab Muhammad Bahadur Khanji...
ruling Nawabof Junagadh of the princely state of Junagadh in India from 1911 to 1948. He was the father of Muhammad Dilawar Khanji – former Governor of Sindh...
southwestern part of Gujarat in India. During the Partition of India in 1947, the Muslim NawabofJunagarh wanted to accede his state to the newly-created Pakistan...
By the turn of the century, the Gir Forest held the only Asiatic lion population in India, which was protected by the NawabofJunagarh in his private...
1947, followed a year later by the invasion and annexation of the state by India), Junagarh and its vassal Bantva Manavadar (whose rulers acceded to Pakistan...
of Junagarh; it was Shah Nawaz Bhutto who wrote and signed the letter addressed to Indian Government to come and take over the administration of the...
Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji (1911-2003), ruler of Manavadar State One of many NawabsofJunagarh One of many rulers of Balasinor State Ahmad Mayez Khanji (born...
kingdoms. The entire nation was with him. He tackled the Nizam of Hyderabad and the NawabofJunagarh who initially did not want to join India. Sardar Patel's...
Chief of General Staff, former DG Pakistan Rangers Lt Gen (r) Munir Hafiez, former Pakistan Army general and ex-Chairman NAB The NawabofJunagarh (circa...
Mahabbat Khanji, NawabofJunagarh. His Excellency General The Right Honourable Horatio Herbert, Viscount Kitchener of Khartoum Her Highness Nawab Sultan Jahan...
of Junagarh. John William Pitt Muir-Mackenzie, Esq., C.S.I., Indian Civil Service, an Ordinary Member of the Council of the Governor of Bombay. Nawab Bahadur...
on their capture of the fort in 1698 A.D., named it Nusratgadh in honour ofNawab Zulfiqar Khan Nusrat Jung, the commander-in-chief of the besieging army...
Baha-ud-din, Nawab-i-Umb, Vizier of the NawabofJunagarh. Veterinary Lieutenant-Colonel James Herbert Brockencote Hallen FRCS Inspector-General of the Civil...
Inspector of Excise George Wilson, Her Majesty′s Vice Consul and First Class Assistant, Uganda His Highness Rasul Khanji Mahabat Khanji, NawabofJunagarh Charles...
Vijayanagara, to the Bijapur sultans, to the Marathas, to the Carnatic Nawabs and finally to the British, who held the fort until India gained independence...
made this fort his home base. He battled with the combined forces of the Carnatic Nawab and British. He was defeated in the Carnatic wars and was forced...
the location of a citadel of the fort with historical links. The fort had a succession of Muslim rulers (Khaljis, Tughlaqs, Lodis, Nawabsof Bengal, followed...
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