Bhavnagar State

Bhavnagar State
Princely State of the British Raj
1723–1948
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Bhavnagar State in Saurashtra
Capital	Bhavnagar
Area
• 1891	7,669 km2 (2,961 sq mi)
Population
• 1891	464,671
History
• Established	1723
• Indian independence	1948
Succeeded by Saurashtra State
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bhaunagar". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Bhavnagar Lancers Coat Of Arms

Nilambagh Palace, Bhavnagar

A Thakur of Bhavnagar in the 1870s

Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Gohil

Bhavnagar State was a princely state with 13 Gun Salutes during the British Raj. It was part of Kathiawar Agency in Saurashtra. The State of Bhavnagar covered an area of 2,961 sq. miles and had a population of 618,429 in 1941. Its ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.