Junagadh

Junagadh is a city in Gujarat state of India. It is located on the Kathiawar peninsula in eastern Gujarat, in the district of the same name.

Junagadh is a former princely state of British India and its local ruler, a Muslim, chose to become part of Pakistan after the independence and partition of India and Pakistan in 1947. His subjects were mostly Hindu Gujaratis, and the Indian army occupied Junagadh, which acceded to India in 1948. Pakistan disputed Junagadh's accession to India. Junagadh was part of the state of Saurashtra until November 1, 1956, when Saurashtra became part of Bombay state. Bombay state was split into the linguistic states of Gujarat and Maharashtra in 1960.