Janjira State

Janjira State
जंजीरा रियासत
Janjira State जंजीरा रियासत
Princely State of British India; In union with Jafrabad (1759–1948)
1489–1948
	Flag
	; Janjira State, 1896
Area
• 1931	839 km2 (324 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	110,389
History
• Established	1489
• Indian independence	1948
	Succeeded by
India
Today part of	Maharashtra, India

Janjira State in the *Imperial Gazetteer of India*

Janjira State was a princely state in India during the British Raj.^[1] Governor of the Siddi dynasty, Habesha descent^[1] and the state was under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency.

Janjira State was located on the Konkan coast in the present-day Raigad district of Maharashtra. The state included the towns of Murud and Shrivardhan, as well as the fortified island of Murud-Janjira, just off the coastal village of Murud, which was the capital and the residence of the rulers. The state had an area of 839 km², not counting Jafrabad, and a population of 110,389 inhabitants in 1931. Jafrabad, or Jafarabad state was a dependency of the Nawab of Janjira State located 320 km to the NNW.

^ ^a ^b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Janjira" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 152.

[EB1911-1] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Janjira" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 152.

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