Saurashtra

Saurashtra (also Soruth and Sorath) is a former state of India, located on the Kathiawar peninsula of western India. It is now part of the state of Gujarat.

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State - India - Kathiawar - Gujarat

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The capital of Saurashtra was Rajkot.

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After India's independence in 1947, 217 princely states of Kathiawar were grouped together to form Saurashtra. The capital of Saurashtra was Rajkot. On November 1, 1956, Saurashtra was merged into Bombay state. In 1960 Bombay state was divided along linguistic lines into the new states of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

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Princely states - Rajkot - November 1 - 1956 - Bombay state - Gujarat - Maharashtra

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Saurashtra (alternate names and spellings: Sourashtra, Sowrashtra, Palkar, Saurashtri) is also the name of an Indo-Aryan language of Kathiawar, currently spoken in parts of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. See Saurashtra language.

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Indo-Aryan - Language - Tamil Nadu - Saurashtra language

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