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{{Short description|Former princely in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Manavadar State<br>Bantva Manavadar
|common_name =Bantva Manavadar
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1733
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1947
|date_end =
|event_end = [[Independence of India|Accession to the Indian Union]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Manavadarflag.png
|image_coat =
|image_map =
|image_map_caption =
|stat_area1 = 261.6
|stat_year1 = 1941
|stat_pop1 = 26,209
|footnotes =
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[[File:Manavadar State Men's Hockey Team, Sydney, June 1938 - photographer Sam Hood (5039922639).jpg|thumb|270px|Manavadar State Men's Hockey Team, [[Sydney]], June 1938 - photographer [[Sam Hood]].]]
'''Bantva-Manavadar''' or '''Manavadar State''' was a [[princely state]] during the era of the [[British Raj]] in [[India]]. It was located on the [[Kathiawar|Kathiawar peninsula]] in [[Gujarat]]. The state had an area of approximately 574 km<sup>2</sup> and contained 26 villages with a primarily Hindu population of 26,209 in 1941.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

==History==
===Mughal era===
Bantva is described as ''Bantva Choryashi'' is Ain-i-Akabari. Bantva was bestowed by Nawab Bahadur Khan (Sher Khan Babi) of [[Junagadh State]], on his brothers Diler Khan Salabat Muhammed Khan Babi and Sher Zaman Khan in 1733 after their expulsion from [[Ghogha]] by Sohrab Khan, But some say that Sohrab Khan himself bestowed on them the ''pargana'' when he was ''foujdur'' of Sorath. Bantva had remained, in the hands of the descendants of Diler Khan and Sher Zaman Khan, and was one of the richest ''pargana''s in the province.<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=377–378}}</ref>

===As vassals of Junagadh===
The Bantva chieftains in after-times frequently caballed against the Nawab of Junagad but were invariably forced to sue for peace though Mukhtar Khan and Edal Khan on one occasion captured [[Vanthali]] but they were driven by the Diwan Amarji of Junagadh. The Nawab of Junagadh, in 1794–95, bestowed his share of the [[Visavadar]] ''pargana''s on the Bantva chieftains on the occasion of his marriage with a lady of their house. They however so oppressed the Kathis that they went out in outlawry, and drove out the Bantva ''thana'' of Visavadar. Afterwards, however, this share of Bantva in Visavadar again fell into the hands of Junagadh.<ref name="bg"/>

There was three principal branches of the Bantva family:<ref name="bg"/>
#the Manavadar branch represented by Ghazanfar Khan
#the Gidar branch represented by Samat Khan and Anvar Khan
#the branch of Bantva represented by Sher Khan and others.

===Annexation to India===
{{see also|Princely states of Pakistan#Attempts by Junagadh and Bantva Manavadar to accede}}
In 1818, the state became a [[British protectorate]].{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} On 14 September 1947, following the independence of the new Dominions of [[India]] and [[Pakistan]], the Khan Sahib Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji unilaterally acceded the state of Manavadar to [[Pakistan]], even though, being a de facto [[vassal state]] of [[Junagadh State]], the state had no such right to do so. This act was done at the same time as his master, the Nawab of Junagadh. On 22 October 1947 India took over the administration and Indian police forces were sent into [[Manavadar]], where the Khan Sahib was placed under house arrest at [[Songadh]].

An interim administrator was appointed to carry on the governance of the state, during which time the Government of India held a [[plebiscite]] in his domain.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Participants voted in favour of union with India and on 15 February 1948 the accession to Pakistan was rescinded. After the state acceded to India, it was merged with the federated state of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] on 20 February 1949.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

===Rulers===
[[File:Bantva Manavadar State Ruler Babi Family Tree (1884).png|thumb|Bantva Manavadar State Ruler Babi Family Tree (1884)]]
Bantva Manavadar rulers belonged to the [[Babi Dynasty]]. It was a non-salute state. They held the title of [[Khan (title)|Khan Sahib]].<ref>{{cite web
| title = Manavadar
| work = Genealogical Gleanings
| publisher = Soszynski, Henry. University of Queensland
| url = http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/ips/m/manavadar.html
| access-date = 2010-04-12}}</ref>

====Khans====
*1733 – c.1760 Diler Khan Salabat Khan (d. c.1760)
*c.1760 – .... Sadar Nathu Khan Diler Khan
*17.. – 18.. Ghazafar Khan Nathu Khan
*18.. – 18.. Kamal ad-Din Khan Ghazafar Khan
*18.. – 12 Jun 1882 Zorawar Khan Kamal ad-Din Khan (d. 1882)
*12 Jun 1882 – 28 Mar 1888 Ghazafar Khan Zorawar Khan (b. 1862 – d. 1888)
*12 Jun 1882 – 21 Jun 1883 .... -Regent
*28 Mar 1888 – 19 Oct 1918 Fath ad-Din Khan Ghazafar Khan (b. 1885 – d. 1918)
*28 Mar 1888 – 25 Nov 1907 .... -Regent
*19 Oct 1918 – 15 Feb 1948 [[Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji]] (b. 1911 – d. 2003) (Indian prisoner from 22 Oct 1947)
*19 Oct 1918 – 21 Nov 1931 Fatima Siddiqa Begum (f) -Regent (b. 1891 – d. 1943)

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Bantva Memons]]
*[[Bantva]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{commons category-inline|Bantva-Manavadar}}
{{Princely states of the Western India States Agency}}
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[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=377–378}}

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