Wankaner State

Wankaner State વાંકાનેર રિયાસત
Princely State
1807–15 August 1947
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Wankaner State in Saurashtra
Capital	Wankaner
Area
• 1931	1,075 km2 (415 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	44,259
History
History
• Established	1807
• British seizuranity ended	15 August 1947
Succeeded by India

Wankaner Palace, built by Maharaja Amarsinhji in the 20th century.

Wankaner State was one of the princely states of India in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar during the period of the British. It was an eleven gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Its capital was in Wankaner, located in Rajkot district, Gujarat state. Most of the territory of the state was mountainous.

History

Wankaner State was founded in 1620 by Raj Sartanji, son of Prathirajji, eldest son of maharana Raj Chandrasinghji of a rajput ruler of Halvad (1584–1628).

In 1807 Wankaner State became a British protectorate when Maharana Raj Sahib Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji signed a treaty with the British. In 1862 the ruler of the state received a sanad giving the monarch authorization to adopt an heir. The ruler acceded to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.

Rulers

The rulers of Wankaner were titled 'Maharana Raj Sahib'.

• 1679 – 1721 Chandrasinhji I Raisinhji (d. 1721)
• 1721 – 1728 Prithvirajji Chandrasinhji (d. 1728)
• 1728 – 1749 Kesarisinhji I Chandrasinhji (d. 1749)
• 1749 – 1784 Bharoji Kesarisinhji (d. 1784)
• 1784 – 1787 Kesarisinhji II Raisinhji (d. 1787)
• 1787 – 1839 Chandrasinhji II Kesarisinhji (d. 1839)
• 1839 – 1860 Vakhatsinhji Chandrasinhji (d. 1860)
• 1860 – 12 June 1881 Banesinhji Jaswantsihnji (b. 1842 – d. 1881)
  • 1860 – 1861 .... -Regent
• 12 Jun 1881 – 15 August 1947 Amarsinhji Banesinhji (b. 1879 – d. 1954) (from 12 December 1911, Sir Amarsinhji Banesinhji)
• 12 Jan 1881 – 1888 Ganpatrao Narayen Laud -Regent
  • 1888 – 18 March 1899 .... -Regent

See also

• List of Rajput dynasties
• Political integration of India