Saurashtra State

Saurashtra was a union of princely states in what is now the state of Gujarat. It was created in 1947 by the merger of 217 princes on the peninsula Kathiawar, but many of them ruled only a few villages and who joined in 1948 India. Rajkot was the capital, Rajpramukh (Head of State ) was the Maharaja of Nawanagar.

The larger states were: Junagadh ( Sorath ), Nawanagar, Porbandar, Bhavnagar, Morvi, Dhrangadhra, Wadhwan, Limbdi, Wankaner, Rajkot, Palitana, Dhrol, Gondal, Manavadar, Jasdan and Janjira. 1951 Saurashtra had an area of ​​55,558 km ² and 4.1 million inhabitants. On November 1, 1956 all princely states were dissolved and the State of Bombay incorporated. Due to the division of Bombay on 1 May 1960, the area came to Gujarat.

The last stamp in the mail from Junagadh / Soruth was a temporary arrangement in which a court cost brand of Bhavnagar imprinted with USS ( United State of Saurashtra ) / REVENUE / POSTAGE / SAURASHTRA was provided.