FOURTH NAWAB SAHIB BAHADURKHAN II. 1811 to 1840 A. D. Nawab Sahib Hamidkhan was succeeded in 1811 A. D. by his son BahadurKhan who was 16 years old. In 1812 A. D. while returning from the invasion of Jamnagar, the Gaekwad encamped at Lalvadh eight miles from Junagadh and demanded a Nazrana from the Nawab Sahib for his installation of the Gadi. Upon this the latter made preparations for an encounter. In the meantime the Nawab Sahib's Diwan Raghunathji having gone to the camp of the Gaekwad promised the grant of a few villages, upon which he went away. But the Nawab Sahib never intended to part with the villages. Therefore Raghunathji resigned his post. He was succeeded the Jamadar Omar Mukasam as Diwan. During his regime a pressure was brought to bear on the Diwan who ceded the Parganas of AMRELI and KODINAR without the sanction of the Nawab Sahib. In 1815 A. D. Diwan Omar Mukasam began to be insubordinate. He was a

big nobleman. He acted too much against Nawab Sahib, who thereupon called in the aid of his particular and trusted friend COL. BA ANTYNE, the Resident of Baroda.

He was accompanied by the Commanding Officer of the British army in Kathiawar. These officers gave to Omar Mukasam two villages, viz. Timdi and Pipalia and 150000 Koirs, upon which the whole affair was calmed. In 1820 A. D. the Gaekwad asked the British Government to collect for him his dues from the States in Kathiawar on account of tribute. This established British power in Kathiawar, which goes by the name of AGENCY. The officers who were appointed for this purpose were then styled POLITICAL AGENTS. Capt. Barnwell was the 1st Political Agent.. In 1821 A. D. Nawab Sahib asked the British Government to collect for him the ZORTALABI in Kathiawar and deduct one fourth out of the collections on account of expenses. In 1830 A. D. His Excellency the Governor of Bombay visited Rajkot. The Nawab Sahib went there and both had a cordial meeting. In 1831 A. D. during his official tour through the State the Nawab Sahib called at Koyli. The head of the Math accorded a hearty welcome to His Highness, upon which an elephant, a palanquin, a torch and two villages-Bodka and Ranpur-were bestowed upon him. In 1837 A. D. His Highness abolished the practice of Sati from the State. In 1840 A. D. the Nawab Sahib died at the age of 45 and was buried in the ancestral grave-yard, near Chitakhan Mosque. The Agency having been established in Kathiawar there was peace in the State.