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Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, [1] is a peninsular region of Gujarat, India, located on the Arabian Sea coast. It covers about a third of Gujarat state, notably 11 districts of Gujarat, including Rajkot District. It was formerly a state of India before it merged with Bombay state. In 1961 it separated from Bombay and joined Gujarat.
The Saurashtra people, or Saurashtrians, [2] [3] are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic Hindu Brahmin community of South India who speak the Saurashtra language, an Indo-Aryan Gujarati language, and predominantly reside in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. [4]
Saurashtra State, formally known as United State of Kathiawar and later United State of Saurashtra, was a State of India that existed between 1948 and 1956, [1] on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, [2]
For a detailed map of all disputed regions in South Asia, see Image:India disputed areas map.svg Internal borders The borders of the state of Meghalaya, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are shown as interpreted from the North-Eastern Areas (Reorganisation) Act, 1971, but has yet to be verified.
The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled or Decorated, of the Indian Empire, by Sir Roper Lethbridge. Adamant Media Corporation, 2001. ISBN 1-4021-9328-9. True Tales of British India & the Princely States: & The Princely States, by Michael Wise ...
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Kathiawar ([kɑʈʰijɑʋɑɽ]) is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about 61,000 km 2 (23,500 sq mi) bordering the Arabian Sea.It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat in the east.
Saurashtra, Sourashtra, or variants may refer to: Saurashtra (region), also known as Sorath, a region of Gujarat, India Kathiawar, also called Saurashtra Peninsula, a peninsula in western India; Saurashtra (state), alias United State of Kathiawar, a former Indian state, merged into Bombay State and since its dissolution part of present Gujarat