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- Kathiawar is a peninsula which today forms part of the Indian state of Gujarat. The peninsula covers an area of 23,345 sq. miles (60,720 sq. km) and in 1901 had a population of 2,645,805. Kathiawar in the late 19th century was governed by 193 small Princely States, ruled by local potentates who acknowledged British control in return for local sovereignty. These states comprised the "Kathiawar Agency". The rest of the peninsula, chiefly in the east along the Gulf of Cambay, were districts ruled directly by the British as part of British India's Bombay Presidency, which included part of the peninsula. In 1872, the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CIR) railway extension from Viramgam reached Wadhwan. This started a period of growth in railways financed and operated by the Native states. The problem was that there were many small states which were crossed. Only the three larger states could afford to build such constructions which led to problems and many partners leading to appeals for compensation from the local Durbar Governments. Below were three major railways:
* Kathiawar State Railway
* Bhavnagar State Railway
* Gondal State Railway which worked together with other minor railways:
* Morvi Railway
* Junagadh State Railway
* Porbandar State Railway
* Dhrangadhra Railway
* Jetalsar–Rajkot Railway
* These railways merged, with others, in 1948 to form the Saurashtra Railway. Saurashtra Railway later along with others became part of Western Railway of Indian Railways. (en)
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- Kathiawar is a peninsula which today forms part of the Indian state of Gujarat. The peninsula covers an area of 23,345 sq. miles (60,720 sq. km) and in 1901 had a population of 2,645,805. Kathiawar in the late 19th century was governed by 193 small Princely States, ruled by local potentates who acknowledged British control in return for local sovereignty. These states comprised the "Kathiawar Agency". The rest of the peninsula, chiefly in the east along the Gulf of Cambay, were districts ruled directly by the British as part of British India's Bombay Presidency, which included part of the peninsula. (en)
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- Railways in Kathiawar (en)
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