RADHANPUR 11 GUN SALUTE STATE
Indian Princely State Radhanpur, Formerly Western India
States (Palanpur ) Agency, merged into Saurashtra, now in Gujarat state. Area
of state 2,979 Sq.Km. Population was
70,530 in 1931, Privy purse was 129,000 Rs. at the time of accession on 10 June1948 .
Radhanpur State was a princely
state in India during
the British Raj. Its rulers belonged to a family
of Babi tribe descent. The last ruling Nawab of Radhanpur, Nawab Murtaza Khan,
signed the instrument of accession to the Indian
Union on 10 June 1948. The town of Radhanpur in
the Saurashtra region of Gujarat was
its capital. It was surrounded by a loopholed wall; the town was formerly known
for its export trade in rapeseed,
grains and cotton.
In 1753 Jawan Mard Khan II, son of Jawan Mard Khan I who
assisted Mughal Empire in the rule of Gujarat,
became independent ruler of Radhanpur, among other territories. In 1706 Jafar
Khan was appointed governor of Patan and
in 1715 his son Khan Jahan (Jawan Mard Khan I) was appointed
governor of Radhanpur and other territories. After the collapse of the Mughal
Empire and the beginning of Maratha rule
in the area, Radhanpur State was founded as an independent kingdom around 1753
by Jawan Mard Khan II. On 16 December 1813, Radhanpur became a British protectorate and in 1819 the
British helped the Nawab to expel the Khosa raiders,
a predatory tribe which used to make incursions from Sindh.
The state was part of the Palanpur
Agency of the Bombay
Presidency, which in 1925 became the Banas Kantha Agency. British administrators
took charge of the regency of the state on two occasions, when two separate
Nawabs died leaving a minor son as successor.
The
Nawab of Radhanpur was empowered by the British to control the external
relations, as well as to mint the own coins, of the state. The latter
privilege lasted until 1900, when Radhanpur State had to adopt the Indian
currency. The state's progressive Nawab briefly introduced
decimalization, with 100 fuls equaling
one rupee, long before India began to use the decimal
currency system in 1957.In 1943, with the implementation of the 'attachement scheme', Radhanpur State enlarged
its territory by an additional 2,234 Sq.Km. when some lesser princely
states were merged. The population of the merged territories was about 33,000
inhabitants, which brought the total population of Radhanpur State to 100,644.
Court Fee
Stamps :--
Type-10 :- 1940-48, size 75x34mm. Perf.11, Wove paper , the value in Carmine
Red.
Raja
Mohemmad Jallalludin Khanji
Hundi Stamp :--
Type-15 :- 1930-40, size 57 X 31 mm. Perf.12,
Wove paper
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