History of Rajkot

 Rajkot is third largest city in the state of Gujarat.Since its foundation till this date Rajkot has seen rules of many different rulers. Rajkot was located in the center of Saurashtra state on the western side of River Aji; it was founded by Sardhar and Vishal Kanjariya in 1607 AD. Rajkot was overtaken by a Faujdar of Junagadh’s Nawab ‘Masum Khan’ in 1720 AD, who changed its name to Masumabad. Later Jadejas with the help of Raviraj Gadhvi won back Masumabad and restored back its original name Rajkot. Afterwards Pradumansinh Jadeja merged Rajkot in The Indian Union on India achieving Independence in 1947. It was under the bilingual Bombay state as the capital of Saurashtra till 1960 when Gujarat state was formed and Rajkot finally brought under Gujarat Rule.