Jawhar State

Princely State of Jawhar
Princely State of Jawhar
Princely State of British India
1343–1947
	Flag Coat of arms
	; Jawhar State in Thana Agency during British India
Capital	Jawhar
Demonym	Koli people
Area
• 1901	1,383.054 km2 (534.000 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	50,538
Government
• Type	Absolute Monarchy
• Motto	Jay Malhar (Victory to god Malhar)
Historical era	19th century
• Established	1343
• Accession to the Union of India	1947
	Succeeded by
India
Today part of	India

The Jawhar State^[2] was a princely state in India. As a princely state, it became a part of Bombay Presidency during the British Raj.^[3] It was the only state belonging to the Thana Agency.

The coat of arms consisted of a shield in three parts; dexter, tenne a dexter fist holding two crossed arrows (points dexter) and a bow, all argent; sinister, argent a round shield sable bordured or, in the chief argent, a sword or pointed sinister. The flag was a rectangular saffron swallow-tail with a star of eleven rays, yellow in the canton.

^ Thornton, Edward (1886). A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the Viceroy of India. W. H. Allen & Company.
^ Administration
^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jawhar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 294.

[1] Thornton, Edward (1886). A Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the Viceroy of India. W. H. Allen & Company.

[2] Administration

[3] Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Jawhar" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 294.

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