Native Name: | મોરબી રિયાસત |
Conventional Long Name: | Morvi State |
Common Name: | Morvi |
Nation: | British India |
Subdivision: | Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1731 -1805) Princely State |
Capital: | Morbi |
Year Start: | 1698 |
Year End: | 1948 |
Event End: | Indian independence |
S1: | Dominion of India |
Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
Image Map Caption: | Location of Morvi State in Saurashtra |
Stat Area1: | 627 |
Stat Year1: | 1931 |
Stat Pop1: | 42,602 |
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. The Kotwals of the royal palace of Morvi were Talpada Kolis of Radhavanaj village of Kheda district.[1]
The rulers of the princely state belonged to the Jadeja rajput dynasty.[2] [3]
The state's last ruler signed the instrument of accession to the Dominion of India on 15 February 1948.
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.[4] 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 km2 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 officially 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 divided, it is in Gujarat.
The rulers of the state belonged to the Jadeja clan of Rajputs, and bore the title Thakur Sahib until the last added the higher title Maharaja in 1926.[5]