Palitana

Palitana is a city in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is located 50 km southwest of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre for Jains.

History

Palitana is associated with Jain legends and history. Adinath, the first of the Jain tirthankaras, is said to have meditated on the Shatrunjaya hill, where the Palitana temples were later constructed.

The Palitana State was a princely state, founded in 1194. It was one of the major states in Saurashtra, covering 777 km². In 1921 it had 58,000 inhabitants in 91 villages, generating a 744,416 Rs revenue.

In 1656, Shah Jahan's son Murad Baksh (the then Governor of Gujarat) granted the village of Palitana to the prominent Jain merchant Shantidas Jhaveri. The management of the temples was assigned to the Anandji Kalyanji Trust in 1730.

During the British Raj, Palitana was a princely state in the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay presidency. Gross revenue, £42,000; tribute jointly to the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Nawab of Junagadh, £700. The capital of the state was the Palitana town (population 12,800). It was ruled by a Gohil Rajput, with the title of Thakore sahib (also spelled Thakor Saheb or Thakur Sahib), enjoying a 9-guns salute, of the Hindu Gohel dynasty, which received a privy purse of 180,000 r.upees at the state's accession to independent India on 15 February 1948.

Palitana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

Palitana assembly constituency (પાલીતાણા વિધાનસભા બેઠક) is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat. It is located in Bhavnagar District.

List of segments

This assembly seat represents the following segments

1. Palitana Taluka.

2. Sihor Taluka (Part) Villages – Bhutiya, Gadhula, Panch Talavada, Vavdi (Gajabhai), Ishvariya, Sanosara, Piparadi, Zariya, Ramdhari, Ambla, Amargadh, Panchvada, Sandhida, Sarkadiya (Songadh), Padapan, Sarvedi, Dhankan Kunda, Chorvadala, Piparala, Nava Jaliya, Meghvadar, Kanad, Malvan, Todi, Toda, Khari, Sakhvadar, Jambala, Devgana, Bordi, Rajpara (Tana), Limbaddhar, Madhada, Budhana, Lavarda, Vavdi (Vachhani), Tana, Ratanpar, Agiyali, Tarakpaldi, Karmadiya, Thala, Bekdi, Gundala, Dhundhsar, Sarkadia (Tana), Varal, Bhankhal, Thorali.

Total Number of Voters

Member of Legislative Assembly

Election Results

2012

References

See also

List of constituencies of Gujarat Legislative Assembly

Palitana State

Palitana was a princely state in India during the British Raj until 1948. The center was the city of Palitana. The last ruler of the state received a privy purse of 180,000 Rupees at the state's accession to independent India on 15 February 1948.

History

As a "Second Class" princely state it was founded in 1194. It was one of the major states in Saurashtra, where there were many smaller states. Palitana covered 777 km² and had 58,000 inhabitants (in 1921) in 91 villages, generating a 744,416 Rs revenue. In 1940 it had a population of 76,432.

It used to be a native state of India in the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Area, 289 sq. m.; pop. (1901), 52,856, showing a decrease of 15% in the decade. Gross revenue, £42,000; tribute jointly to the Gaekwar of Baroda and the Nawab of Junagadh, £700. The capital of the state, Palitana, had a population of 12,800. Its ruler enjoyed a 9-guns salute.

Rulers

The rulers were Gohil Rajputs, with the title of Thakur Sahib.