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{{Infobox Former Subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name = Gondal State
|common_name = Gondal
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1634
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1949
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =Mughal Empire
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =CoA Gondal 1893.png
|image_map = SaurashtraKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = Location of Gondal State in Saurashtra
|stat_area1 =2652
|stat_year1 = 1831
|stat_pop1 = 205,840
|footnotes =
}}
[[File:Naulakha Palace - Interior 01.jpg|thumb|270px|Interior of the [[Naulakha Palace]].]]
[[File:H.H. Maharaja Thakore Shri Sir Bhagwant Singhji Sagramji Sahib Bahadur, Maharaja of Gondal, GCSI, GCIE, 1911.jpg|thumb|200px|Maharaja Bhagwatsimhji Sagramsimhji (1865–1944)]]
[[File:Palais Naulakha pilier.jpg|thumb|200px|A bracket figure at the Naulakha Palace.]]
'''Gondal State''' was one of the eight first class [[princely states]] of [[Kathiawar Agency]], [[Bombay Presidency]] in [[British India]]. the capital of the state was [[Gondal, India|Gondal]] town.

==History==
Gondal State was established in 1634 AD by Thakore Shri Kumbhoji I Meramanji, who received Ardoi and other villages from his father Meramanji.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}}

With his fourth descendant Kumbhoji IV, the State raised itself, by acquiring the ''[[pargana]]s'' of [[Dhoraji]], [[Upleta]], Sarai, and [[Patanvav]], among others.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} The last ruler of Gondal State, Maharaja Bhojrajji Bhagwatsimhji, signed the [[instrument of accession]] to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 15 February 1948.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

===Rulers===
The rulers of Gondal were Thakurs of the [[Jadeja]] dynasty who had the right to an 11 [[gun salute]]. They bore the title 'Thakur Sahib' from 1866 onwards.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

====Thakurs====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Reign !! Name
|-
| 1648–1713 || Sagramji I Kumbhoji (1634–1713)
|-
| 1713–1752 || Haloji Sagramji (1676–1752)
|-
| 1752–1789 || Kumbhoji II Haloji (1712–1789)
|-
| 1789–1791 || Muluji Sagramji (Malubhai Sahib) (1754–1791)
|-
| 1791–1800 || Dajibhai Muluji (1775–1800)
|-
| 1800–1812 || Devaji Sagramji (Devabhai Sahib) (1769–1812)
|-
| 1812–1814 || Nathuji Devaji (Nathubhai Sahib) (1814)
|-
| 1814–1821 || Kanuji Devaji (−1821)
|-
| 1821–1841 || Chandrasimhji Devaji (Motibhai Sahib) (1797–1841)
|-
| 1841–1851 || Bhanabhai Devaji (1851)
|-
| 1851–1866 || Sagramji II Devaji (Sagramji Bhanabhai) (1822–1869)
|-
|}

====Thakur Sahib====

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Tenure !! Name
|-
| 1866 – 14 December 1869 || Sagramji II Devaji
|-
| 14 December 1869 – 10 March 1944 || [[Bhagvat Singh|Bhagwatsimhji Sagramsimhji]] (1865–1944)<br>(from 15 February 1887, Sir Bhagwatsimhji Sagramsimhji)<br>(personal style Maharaja from 1 January 1888)
|-
| 10 March 1944 – 15 August 1947 || Bhojrajji Bhagwatsimhji (1883–1952)<br>(personal style Maharaja)
|}

====Regency====
*16 Sep 1878 – 24 August 1884 [[Regency]]
** W. Scott (to Jun 1882)
** Jayashankar Lalshankar (to Feb 1882)
** Bhagvat Sinhji (from Feb 1882)
** Hancock (acting for Scott Dec 1880 – Feb 1881)
** Nutt (from Jun 1882 [and acting for Scott Aug 1881 – Jan 1882])

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Wikisource1911Enc|Gondal}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110516050143/http://uqconnect.net/~zzhsoszy/ips/g/gondal.html Gondal genealogy and History] [[Queensland University]]
* [https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/handle/2152/25108 Princes, diwans and merchants by Bhalodia-Dhanani, Aarti – University of Texas – Austin : education and reform in colonial India --Depiction of Gondal as one of the illustrative kingdom]

{{Princely states of India}}
{{Princely states of the Western India States Agency}}
{{Authority control}}

{{Coord|21.9700|N|70.8000|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}

[[Category:Kathiawar Agency]]
[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Rajkot district]]
[[Category:1634 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1949 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Former monarchies of South Asia]]
[[Category:Former countries in South Asia]]
[[Category:Former protectorates]]
[[Category:History of Gujarat]]

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