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{{Short description|Historical State}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = જસદણ
|conventional_long_name = Jasdan State
|common_name = Jasdan
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Princely State]]
|capital = Jasdan
|era =
|year_start = 1665
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Partition of India|Indian independence]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Jasdan state flag.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = SaurashtraKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = Location of Jasdan State in Saurashtra
|stat_area1 =767
|stat_year1 = 1921
|stat_pop1 = 30633
|footnotes =
}}
'''Jasdan State''' was a [[princely state]] in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] during the [[British Raj]]. Its last ruler signed the accession to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 15 February 1948.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhavnagar.html |title=Bhavnagar Princely State |access-date=19 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225070318/http://members.iinet.net.au/~royalty/ips/b/bhavnagar.html |archive-date=25 December 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The capital of the state was in [[Jasdan]] town.

==History==
Jasdan state was founded in 1665 when Vika Khachar defeated the Khumans of [[Kherdi]]. In 1807, after its ruler Vajsur Khachar came to an agreement with the British and the [[Gaikwar]], it became a [[British protectorate]]. Later in the 19th century Jasdan became part of the [[Kathiawar Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]].<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_072.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 66.]</ref>

Jasdan was the biggest kathi state in British India issuing its own postage stamps.<ref>Andreas Birken: ''Philatelic Atlas of British India,'' CD-ROM, Hamburg 2004</ref>
===Rulers===
Jasdan State was ruled by Kathi Kshatriya belonging to Khachar dynasty of Kathiawar region<ref>[http://www.indianrajputs.com/view/bhavnagar – Rajput Provinces of India – Bhavnagar State (Princely State)]</ref> The rulers of the state bore the title 'Darbar'.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India]</ref>
*.... – 1809 Vajsur Odha Khachar (d. 1809)
*1809 – 27 October 1851 Shela Vajsur Khachar II (d. 1851)
*1852 – 1904 Ala Shela Khachar Shri Vajdur Oda (b. 1831 – d. 1904)
*1904 – 21 December 1912 Odha Ala Khachar II (d. 1912)
*21 Dec 1912 – 10 July 1919 Vajsur Odha Khachar II (d. 1919)
*11 Jul 1919 – 15 August 1947 Ala Vajsur Khachar (b. 1905 – d. 1973)
*11 Jul 1919 – 1 December 1924 .... –
17 November 1997
Shivraj Ala Khachar I

===Notable members of royal family===
* [[Lavkumar Khachar]], ornithologist
* Yuvraj saheb Raviraj Khachar(CROWN PRINCE)

==See also==
*[[Political integration of India]]
*[[Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency]]
*[[Saurashtra (region)]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Princely states of the Western India States Agency}}
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[[Category:Rajputs]]
[[Category:Rajkot district]]
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[[Category:1665 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]

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