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Rajpur State (Kathiawar)

1700 CE – 1948 CE (approx.) · capital Rajpur

A minor chiefship of the Kathiawar peninsula, one of its many small hereditary estates.

Origins

Rajpur was a small estate in Kathiawar held by a local chiefly family from around 1700. Its founding is not well documented.

Rule and society

The ruler held a handful of villages and, after 1807, came under British supervision in the Kathiawar Agency. Little else is recorded in standard works.

Decline and legacy

Rajpur merged into the United State of Saurashtra in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Rajpur State (Kathiawar)Saurashtra State 1948 CE – 1956 CE

Connections (2)

  • Rajpur State (Kathiawar) was a protectorate of Company rule in India1807 CE – 1858 CE
  • Rajpur State (Kathiawar) was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Rajpur State (Kathiawar). In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/rajpur-state-kathiawar
MLA
“Rajpur State (Kathiawar).” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/rajpur-state-kathiawar. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Rajpur State (Kathiawar).” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/rajpur-state-kathiawar.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Rajpur State (Kathiawar)’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/rajpur-state-kathiawar (Accessed: ).

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