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RAJKOT

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 865 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RAJKOT  ,

India, capital of a native state in Bombay, and headquarters of the
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political agent for Kathiawar . Pop . (1901) 36,151 . It is situated in the
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middle of the peninsula of Kathiawar, and is the centre of the railway
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system . There is a military cantonment . The Rajkumar college, for the
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education of the sons of chiefs on the lines of an
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English public school, has achieved
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great success . Besides the high school there are training colleges for masters and mistresses . The Rasulkhanji hospital has a department for
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women, opened in 1897 . All these institutions are maintained at the joint expense of the chiefs of Kathiawar . The state of Rajkot, which is a branch of Nawanagar, has an
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area of 282 sq. m . Pop . (1901) 49,795 .

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revenue, £20,000 .

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