History of Junagadh

-907

Rah’ Grahripu - 940-982

Solanki Rajput 1010-1025

Ra Navghan 1025-1044

Rah’ Khengar - 1044-1067

Mughal rule

Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I, who owed allegiance to the Sultan of Ahmedabad, founded the state of Junagadh by expelling the Mughalgovernor and declaring independence in 1748. Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I, who assumed the name "Zaid Khan" when he came to power in Junagadh, was the founder of the Babi dynasty. His descendants, the Babi Nawabs of Junagadh, conquered large territories in southern Saurashtra and ruled over the state for the next two centuries, first as tributaries of Baroda, and later under the suzerainty of the British. Nawabs of Babi dynasty:

1735 - 1758 : Mohammad Bahadur Khanji I

1758 - 1775 : Mohammad Mahabat Khanji I

1775 - 1811 : Mohammad Hamid Khanji I

1811 - 1840 : Mohammad Bahadur Khanji II

1840 - 1851 : Mohammad Hamid Khanji II

1851 - 1882 : Mohammad Mahabat Khanji II

1882 - 1892 : Mohammad Bahadur Khanji III

1892 - 1911 : Mohammad Rasul Khanji

1911 - 1948 : Mohammad Mahabat Khanji III

British period

In 1748 Junagadh state founded. In 1807 it becomes British protectorate. The East India Company took control of the state by 1818, but the Saurashtra area never came under the direct administration of British India. Instead, the British divided the territory into more than one hundred princely states, which remained in existence until 1947. The present old town, developed during the 19th and 20th centuries, is one of the former princely states which were outside but under the suzerainty of British India.

The Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Junagadh was constructed on the land presented by Jinabhai (Hemantsingh) Darbar of Panchala, and dedicated on Friday, 1 May 1828 A.D.

previous123456next