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|nation = [[British India]] | |nation = [[British India]] | ||
|status_text = [[Princely State]] | |status_text = [[Princely State]] | ||
|capital = Jasdan | |||
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|year_start = 1665 | |year_start = 1665 | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
Jasdan state was founded in 1665 when Vika Khachar defeated the | 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> | 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> | ||