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Junagadh (જૂનાગઢ ⓘ) is the city and headquarters of Junagadh district in the Indian state of Gujarat.Located at the foot of the Girnar hills, 355 kilometres (221 mi) southwest of Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar (the state capital), it is the seventh largest city in the state.
Junagarh or Junagadh was a princely state in Gujarat [1] ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in India, which acceded to the Dominion of Pakistan [2] after the Partition of British India. Subsequently, the Union of India annexed Junagadh in 1948, legitimized through a plebiscite held the same year.
The constitutional adviser to the Nawab of Junagadh, Nabi Baksh, and Junagadh's ministers gave the impression to Mountbatten that Junagadh intended to accede to India. [12] However, Muslim League politicians from Sindh had joined Junagadh's executive council since May, and the state's diwan was away for health reasons, leaving the charge with ...
The Indian Army finally entered and liberated Babariawad in November 1947 and stood on alert along borders of Junagadh and Mangrol for further orders. leading to the integration of Junagadh into. After his exile, he settled down in Pakistan and the Junagarh family resides at the 'Junagarh House' in Karachi, Pakistan. [9]
Junagadh is well connected by road and railway networks. It is about 100 km from Rajkot and 350 km from Ahmedabad. National highway 8D connects Junagadh to Rajkot via Jetpur. Junagadh railway station is also well connected with Rajkot, Ahmedabad. It is in the city area. Junagadh also has an airport at Keshod which has limited connectivity with ...
Gujarat Assembly election, 2022:Junagadh Assembly constituency ; Party Candidate Votes % ±% BJP: Sanjay Sukhabhai Koradia 84,616 52.01 INC: Joshi Bhikhabhai Galabhai 44360 27.26
The Junagadh rock contains inscriptions by Ashoka (fourteen of the Edicts of Ashoka), Rudradāman I and Skandagupta. A portion of the Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman. The Sanskrit Junagadh inscription dated 150 CE [12] credits Rudradāman I with supporting the cultural arts and Sanskrit literature and repairing the dam built by the ...
Mahabat Maqbara and Bahauddin Maqbra are mausoleums in Junagadh, Gujarat, India. They were completed in 1892 and 1896 respectively and are dedicated to Mahabat Khan II, the Nawab of Junagadh State, and his minister Bahauddin Hussain Bhar respectively.