Balasinor State

The State of Balasinor was a princely state in Balasinor during the era of British India and founded by Sardar Muhammed khan Babi. The last ruler of Balasinor signed the accession to join the Indian Union on 10 June 1948. Its rulers belonged to the family of Babi or Babai (Pashtun tribe) tribe. The state was founded by the Junagadh Babis, related to famous Bollywood actress Parveen Babi.

Balasinor State
બાલાસિનોર રિયાસત
Princely State of British India
1758–1948
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Coat of arms

Balasinor State (dark blue) within Rewa Kantha Agency, British India
CapitalBalasinor
Area 
• 1901
490 km2 (190 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
32,618
Government
 • Motto"Lenar pasae thi lidhu"
(I took from the taker)
History 
• Established
1758
• Independence of India
1948
Succeeded by
India
Today part ofKheda district To Mahisagar, Gujarat
Nawab Mohammad Zorawar Khanji (1828–1882).

History

Balasinor State was founded on 28 September 1758 by Pashtun ruler, Nawab, Sardar Muhammed khan Babi belonging to the family of last deputy Governor of Gujarat province in Mughal Empire.[1] The rulers were titled Nawab Babi.[2] It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency.[3] The Last ruling Nawab Nawab was HH Nawab Muhammed Salabat Khanji II who died on 25 January 2018. The heir and son of Nawab Muhammed Salabat Khanji II Nawabzada Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi, born 1979 and educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot was crowned the titular Nawab of Balasinor on 4 March 2018 at the Raj Tilak and Gaadi Dastoor ceremony performed by both Islamic and Rajput traditions at their Garden Palace In Balasinor after the 40 days of mourning ended on 3 March 2018. It was well attended by royals from Gujarat and the people of Balasinor.

Another famous titular princess of the kingdom is Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to Ingatestone in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's Undercover Princesses. The scion of this family, Salauddinkhan Babi participated in a similar show in the Netherlands in 2010 in which he was trying to find a wife. He lived and worked in Amsterdam. The show is currently on air on SBS6 in the Netherlands. It is called "Coming to Holland". Nawabzada Salauddin was invited by TLC USA to participate in a TV show called Secret Princes which was aired on TLC USA beginning 21 September 2012. It is a show based on the Undercover Princes. Salauddin lived and worked in Atlanta undercover for this show along with three other aristocrats. The royal family currently resides at The Garden Palace which they had converted into a heritage hotel.[4][5]

Rulers
  • Sardar Muhammed khan Babi 28 September 1758 – 17..
  • Jamiyat Khanji Muhammad Khanji 17.. – ...
  • Salabat Khanji Jamiyat Khanji (b. ... d. 1820) – May 1820
  • Abid Khanji May 1820 – 1822
  • Jalal Khanji = Edal Khanji (b. ... d. 1831) 1822 – 2 December 1831
  • Zorawar Khanji (b. 1828 d. 1882) 2 December 1831 – 30 November 1882
  • Munawar Khanji Zorawar Khanji (b. 1846 d. 1899) 30 November 1882 – 24 March 1899
  • Jamiyat Khanji Munawar Khanji (b. 1894 d. 1945) 24 March 1899 – 2 February 1945
  • Muhammad Salabat Khan (b. 1944 d. 2018) 2 February 1945 – 15 August 1947
  • Nawab Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi (b.1979)

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. States before 1947 A-J
  3. "Balasinor Princely State (9 gun salute)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  4. "The Royal Balasinor Guardians of Dastarkhwans and Dinosaurs". Archived from the original on 20 May 2013. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  5. Aaliya Sultana Babi, the Dinosaur Princess

The Garden Palace website is www.palacebalasinor.com

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