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NAWANAGAR, or JAMNAGAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 318 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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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. See also:Area, 3791 sq. m. Pop. (1001) 336,779, showing a decrease of I I % in the See also:decade due to See also:famine. Estimated See also:revenue, (170,000; See also:tribute, 8000. 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. See also:Prince Ranjitsinjhi (b. 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. 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. This son succeeded, but died in 1go6 aged twenty-four, and Ranjitsinjhi obtained the See also:throne in See also:March 1907. A See also:branch railway, constructed at the expense of the state, was opened in 1898 from Rajkot to Nawanagar See also:town. The town of Nawanagar is about 5 M. from the seaport of Bedi.

Pop. (1901) 53,844. Founded by Jam Rawal in 1540, it is built of See also:

stone, and has manufactures of See also:silk and See also:gold See also:embroidery, and perfumed See also:oils and red See also:powder for ceremonial purposes. Its See also:water is supplied from a See also:reservoir covering 600 acres and an See also:aqueduct 8 m. See also:long.

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