JUNAGARH, or JUNAGADH  , a native state of India, within the Gujarat division of Bombay, extending inland from the southern coast of the peninsula of Kathiawar . Area, 3284 sq. m.; pop . (1901), 395,428, showing a decrease of 19% in the decade, owing to famine; estimated gross revenue, £174,000; tribute to the British government and the gaekwar of Baroda, £4200; a considerable sum is also received as tribute from minor states in Kathiawar . The state is traversed by a railway from Rajkot, to the seaport of Verawal . It includes the sacred mountain of Girnar and the ruined temple of Somnath, and also the forest of Gir, the only place in India where the lion survives . Junagarh ranks as a first-class state among the many chiefships of Kathiawar, and its ruler first entered into engagements with the British in 1807 . Nawab Sir Rasul Khanji, K.C.S.I., was born in 1858 and succeeded his brother in 1892 . The modern town of JUNAGARH (34,251), 6o m. by rail S. of Rajkot, is handsomely built and laid out . In November 1897 the foundation-stones of a hospital, library and museum were laid, and an arts college has recently been opened .