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See also:NAWANAGAR, or JAMNAGAR
, a native See also:state of See also:India, in See also:Kathiawar, within the See also:Gujarat See also:division of Bombay, situated on the See also:south of the Gulf of See also:Cutch
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See also:Area, 3791 sq. m
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Pop
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(1001) 336,779, showing a decrease of I I % in the See also:decade due to See also:famine
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Estimated See also:revenue, (170,000; See also:tribute, 8000
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The See also:chief, whose See also:title is Jam, is a Jareja See also:Rajput of the same See also:clan as the See also:rao of Cutch
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See also:Prince Ranjitsinjhi (b
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1872), well known in See also:England as a cricketer, was educated at the Rajkulnar See also:College,
See also:Rajkot, and Trinity College, See also:Cambridge
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He had been adopted by his See also:uncle, the Jam Shri Vibhaji, but the See also:adoption was set aside, with See also:British See also:sanction, in favour of a son by a See also:Mahommedan See also:mother
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This son succeeded, but died in 1go6 aged twenty-four, and Ranjitsinjhi obtained the See also:throne in See also:
Pop
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(1901) 53,844
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Founded by Jam Rawal in 1540, it is built of See also: |
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