Territorial claim

Junagadh

since Nov 1947 · 21.52° N, 70.46° E

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When
since Nov 1947
Kind
Territorial claim
Coordinates
21.52° N, 70.46° E
Region
5
Significance
8
Significance index
3
Significance state1
4
Significance state2
4
Tangible significance
2

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Indian annexation of Junagadh

1947–48 annexation by India

Between November 1947 and February 1948, the princely state of Junagadh was annexed by the Union of India, following the state's accession to Pakistan, internal revolt and a blockade by the neighbouring princely states. Junagadh had been a princely state under the suzerainty of the British Crown, until independence and partition of British India in 1947.

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