Junagarh

Junagarh was the Chudasama Rajput kingdom of southern Saurashtra, centred on Uparkot fort at Junagadh. Khengara, who succeeded in 1331, ruled in 1337 and restored the temple at Somnath.

In 1350 Delhi's Muhammad bin Tughluq took Junagadh after the rebel Taghan sought refuge there; Khengara was released and died in 1351. Gujarat's Mahmud Begada defeated Mandalika III in 1472, forced his conversion and annexed the kingdom. The Pashtun Babi family made Junagadh their seat in 1654, established an independent nawabi in 1730 and accepted British protection in 1807.