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'''Babariawad''' was a small principality under suzerainty of the [[Junagadh State|Princely State of Junagadh]]. During [[British India]], was the easternmost district of Princely State of Junagadh, in south central [[Kathiawar]]. It consisted then of some 51 villages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://princelystatesofindia.com/Princely/babariawad.html|title=Babariawad|author=|website=Princely States of India|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712193843/http://princelystatesofindia.com/Princely/babariawad.html|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=23 June 2011}}</ref> it was named after [[Babaria]] [[Koli people|Kolis]] who were famous for robberies and plundering known as '''Dhang'''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V15BAQAAIAAJ&q=Nawanagar+Kolis&pg=PA12|title=Report on the Antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75|last=Burgess|first=James|date=1876|publisher=India Museum|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JH7q-DP30HUC&q=Babria+Koli&pg=RA1-PA70|title=Gazetteer|last=State)|location=Bombay, India |date=1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V15BAQAAIAAJ&q=Babria+Koli&pg=PA192|title=Report on the Antiquities of Kâṭhiâwâḍ and Kachh, Being the Result of the Second Season's Operations of the Archaeological Survey of Western India, 1874-75|last=Burgess|first=James|date=1876|publisher=India Museum|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7tAOAAAAQAAJ&q=Babria+Kolis&pg=PA84|title=An Anglo-Indian Dictionary: A Glossary of Indian Terms Used in English, and of Such English Or Other Non-Indian Terms as Have Obtained Special Meanings in India|last=Whitworth|first=George Clifford|date=1885|publisher=K. Paul, Trench|language=en}}</ref>

In 1947, upon [[Partition of India]], the [[Jagirdar]]s of Babariawad, along with the principality of [[Mangrol State|Mangrol]], declared their independence from Junagadh and declared their accession to [[Dominion of India|Union of India]].<ref name=b>{{Cite web |url=http://www.liberalpartyofindia.org/kashmir/moraes.html |title= Moraes |access-date=23 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326005341/http://www.liberalpartyofindia.org/kashmir/moraes.html |archive-date=26 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The Nawab of Junagadh did not approve the accessions and prevailed upon [[Sheikh]] of Mangrol to renounce his accession to India and sent his troops to occupy the Babariawad.<ref name=b/> [[Sardar Patel]] saw this as an aggression upon State of India and called for military response.<ref name=c/> However, [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] wanted to first establish the validity of accession of principality of Babariawad to India.<ref name=c/> Once this was established with [[Lord Mountbatten]], on 22 September 1947, they sent a telegram to [[Dewan]] of Junagadh clarifying the legality of accession and to withdraw their troops from Babariawad.<ref name=c/> Further, Indian Army was ordered to go to Babariawad and get the territories in India's possession.<ref name=c>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7bREjE5yXNMC&pg=PA54&dq=babariawad&hl=en&ei=_eQCTtfLIczOrQfc5-3lDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=babariawad&f=false] Jammu and Kashmir war, 1947-1948: political and military perspective By Kuldip Singh Bajwa</ref> The Nawab of Junagadh refused to vacate his troops from Babariawad and Mangrol.<ref name=c/> In October, 1947 [[Nawab of Junagarh]] fled with his family to [[Pakistan]]. The Indian Army finally entered and occupied Babariawad in November 1947 and stood on alert along borders of Junagadh and Mangrol for further orders.<ref name=b/> leading to the [[Indian integration of Junagadh|integration of Junagadh]] into Union of India.

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