Morvi State

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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = મોરબી રિયાસત
|conventional_long_name =Morvi State
|common_name =Morvi
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|capital = Morbi
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|year_start = 1698
|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 = Flag of Morvi State.png
|image_coat =
|image_map = SaurashtraKart.jpg
|image_map_caption = Location of Morvi State in Saurashtra
|stat_area1 = 627
|stat_year1 = 1931
|stat_pop1 = 42,602
|footnotes =
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[[File:Thakore Waghji Bawa (2).jpg|thumb|Picture of the Maharaja Thakur Sahib of Morvi Sir Waghji II Rawaji (1858–1922)]]
[[File:Sir vaghji thakor of morbi.jpg|thumb|kathiyawadi American Equestrian statue of Waghji]]
'''Morvi State''', also spelled as '''Morvee State''' or '''Morbi State''', was a princely [[salute state]] in the historical [[Halar]] ''[[prant]]'' (district) of [[Kathiawar]] during the [[British Raj]].
The town of [[Morvi]] (Morbi), [[Gujarat]], was its capital.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

The state's last ruler signed the [[accession to the Indian Union]] on 15 February 1948.{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

== History ==
Morvi was founded as a [[princely state]] around 1698 by Kanyoji when the [[heir apparent]] of [[Cutch State]] fled [[Bhuj]] with his mother after his father Ravaji was murdered and the throne was seized by his uncle [[Pragmalji I]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ|year=1880|ref={{sfnref | Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha (Public Domain text)| 2015}}|publisher=Government Central Press| pages=137}}</ref> It became a [[British protectorate]] in 1807. The state was in the colonial sway of the [[Kathiawar Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]].

In 1943, with the implementation of the '[[attachment scheme]]', Morvi State enlarged its territory by an additional 310 km<sup>2</sup> with about 12,500 inhabitants when the Hadala Taluk and the Kotda-Nayani Thana, as well as the small Malia princely state were merged.

On 15 August 1947 the state ceased to exist by merging into the west Indian [[United State of Saurashtra]] (initially - of Kathiawar), which later merged into [[Bombay state]]; since that was split up, it is in Gujarat.

== Rulers ==
The rulers of the state bore the title [[Thakur Sahib]] until the last added the higher title [[Maharaja]] in 1926.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rulers.org/indstat2.html|title=Indian states before 1947 K-W|website=www.rulers.org|access-date=2019-08-17}}</ref>

=== Thakur Sahibs ===
*1698 - 1733 Kanyoji Rawaji (of Kutch) (d. 1733)
*1733 - 1739 Aliyaji Kanyoji (d. 1739)
*1739 - 1764 Rawaji Aliyaji I (d. 1764)
*1764 - 1772 Pachanji Rawaji (d. 1772)
*1772 - 1783 Waghji I Rawaji (d. 1783)
*1783 - 1790 Hamirji Waghji (d. 1790)
*1790 - 1828 Jyaji Waghji (d. 1828)
*1828 - 1846 Prithirajji Jyaji (d. 1846)
*1846 - 17 February 1870 Rawaji II Prithirajji (b. 1828 - d. 1870)
*17 February 1870 – 11 July 1922 Waghji II Rawaji also called Kathiyawadi American (b. 1858 - d. 1922) ''(personal style Maharaja from 16 February 1887)'' (from 30 June 1887, Sir Waghji II Rawaji)
*17 Feb 1870 - 1 Jan 1879 Regents (Council of administration)
**- Shambhuprasad Laxmilal
**- Jhunjhabai Sakhidas (to 187.)
*11 July 1922 – 3 June 1926 Lakhdirji Waghji (''see below'') (b. 1876 - d. 1957)

=== Thakur Sahib Maharaja ===
*3 June 1926 – 15 August 1947 Lakhdirji Waghji (s.a.) (from 1 January 1930, Sir Lakhdirji Waghji)

== See also ==
* [[Political integration of India]]
* [[Western India States Agency]]

== References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links and sources ==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

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

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[[Category:Kathiawar Agency]]
[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Rajput princely states]]
[[Category:Salute states]]
[[Category:Morbi district]]
[[Category:Rajputs]]
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:1698 establishments in India]]

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