Porbandar State

Kingdom of Porbandar (1193–1307; 1785–1808) Kingdom of Ranpur (1307–1574) Kingdom of Chhaya (1574–1785) Porbandar State (1808–1948)
1193–1948
Top: State flag Bottom: British flag Coat of arms
Porbandar in a map of the Bombay Presidency
Status	Sovereign monarchy (1193-1808) Princely state of the British East India Company (1808-1858) and British India (1858-1948)
Capital	Porbandar (1193-1307, 1785-1948) Ranpur (1307-1574) Chhaya (1547-1785)
Common languages	Gujarati Old Gujarati Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu) Sanskrit Prakrit English
Government	Sovereign Monarchy (1193-1808) Protectorate of the British East India Company (1808-1858) and Princely State British India (1858-1948)
Maharaja Rana
• 10 December 1908-15 February 1948	Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji (last)
History
• Established	1193
• merged into India	1948
Preceded by Succeeded by Gurjara-Pratihara Dominion of India
Today part of	Porbandar district and Junagadh district, Gujarat, India

Porbandar State was a princely state during the British Raj ruled by Jethwa dynasty. It was one of the few princely states with a coastline.

The capital of state was the harbour town of Porbandar.^{[citation needed]} Some other important towns of this state were Bhanvad, Chhaya, Ranpar, and Shrinagar. Earlier Shrinagar served as the capital of Jethwas, then Ghumli served as the capital, but was lost to the Jadejas, however, architectural heritage built by them still stands at Ghumli.^{[citation needed]}