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{{Short description|Indian princely state}}{{Use Indian English|date=March 2022}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name = Kathiwada State
|common_name = Kathiwada
|native_name = काठिवाडा रियासत
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = {{circa}} 1434<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kathiwada.com/|title=Portfolio|website=Kathiwada.com}}</ref>
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =
|image_coat =
|image_map =
|title_leader=[[Thakur (title)|Thakur]]
|leader1=[[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] Zorawar Sinh ''(first)''
|year_leader1=?-1865 CE
|leader2=[[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] [[Sahib]] Onkar Sinh ''(last)''
|year_leader2=1903-1947 CE
|stat_area1 =181<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indianrajputs.com/|title=Rajput Provinces of India|first=Abhinay|last=Rathore|website=Rajput Provinces of India}}</ref>
|stat_year1 =1901
|stat_pop1 = 3425<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/A2_Data_Table.html|title=Decadal Population since 1901}}</ref>
|today = India
}}
'''Kathiwara State''' ({{langx|hi|काठिवाडा}}) or '''Kathiwada State''' was a [[princely state]] ruled by the [[Jadaun|Jadon]] dynasty that encompassed about {{convert|181|sqkm}} of the territory immediately surrounding the city of Kathiwara. The princely state acceded to India in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_K-W.html#Kathiwada/|title=Indian Princely States K-Z|website=www.worldstatesmen.org}}</ref> Upon accession to the Indian Union, it was absorbed into the province of [[Madhya Bharat]].

== History ==
The state's origins can be traced back to 1434,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kathiwada.com/history|title=History|website=Kathiwada.com}}</ref> however, information about the country is scarce. The rulers carried the title Thakur; they were paid 4,000 rupees in revenue and 32,000 rupees as privy purse.<ref name="auto"/> It was ruled by the [[Jadaun|Jadon]] dynasty. Its last ruler, Onkar Sinh(ji) acceded the state to India in 1947.

=== Post-independence ===
After independence, it was merged into the province of Madhya Bharat, and was located right on the border with [[Bombay State]]. In 1993, Melange was founded as a clothing and fashion shop in Mumbai by Sangita Kathiwada, the wife of Rana Saheb Jayendra Sinh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/designer-store-fashion-sangita-kathiwada-melange-5549121/|title=Sangita Kathiwada on 25 years of Melange and the need to focus on sustainability|date=22 January 2019}}</ref> This was closely followed by other projects, such as the Kathiwada Raaj Mahal (a hunting lodge commissioned by Onkar Sinh in 1895 and refurbished in 2007), the Kathiwada Arts, Circle 1434, and Kathiwada City House. The organizations remain a tourist and local attraction.

== List of Rulers ==
This is a list of the known rulers of Kathiwada. Information is only known from the reign of Zorawar Sinh.

*?-1865: [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] Zorawar Sinh
*1865-1903: [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] Bahadur Sinh- succeeded his brother Zorawar Sinh with the permission of the (British) Government of India.
*1903-1947: [[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] [[Sahib]] Onkar Sinh

Titular Rana Sahebs-

*1947-1969: [[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] [[Sahib]] Onkar Sinh
*1969-2010: [[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Sahib]] Sri Jayendra Sinh
*2010–present: [[Rana (title)|Rana]] [[Sahib]] Sri Digvijay Sinh Kathiwada

==References==
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[[Category:Princely states of Madhya Pradesh]]

Kathiwara State - Revision history

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