Janjira State जंजीरा रियासत | |||||||
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Princely State of British India In union with Jafrabad (1759–1948) | |||||||
1489–1948 | |||||||
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![]() Janjira State, 1896 | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 839 km2 (324 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 110,389 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1489 | ||||||
1948 | |||||||
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Today part of | Maharashtra, 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.
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