| Sachin State સચીન રિયાસત سچن ریاست | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princely State ofBritish India | |||||||
| 1791–1948 | |||||||
 Flag | |||||||
 Sachin State (pink) withinSurat Agency | |||||||
| Capital | Sachin | ||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 127 km2 (49 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 22,107 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
• Established | 1791 | ||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
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| Today part of | Surat district,Gujarat State | ||||||
TheSachin State (Gujarati:સચીન રિયાસત;Urdu:سچن ریاست) was aprincely state belonging to theSurat Agency, former Khandesh Agency, of theBombay Presidency during the era of theBritish Raj. Its capital was inSachin, the southernmost town of present-daySurat district ofGujarat State.[citation needed]
Maharaja ofParmarRajputs had established theState of Sachin. Sachin state was invaded on 6 June 1791. Though over 85% of the subjects were Hindu, the state was ruled bySunni Muslims of theSiddi dynasty of Danda-Rajpuri andJanjira State. The Siddi dynasty is of Abyssinian (Habesha) origin.[1]
Sachin State was under the protection of theMarathaPeshwa until it became aBritish protectorate. It had its own cavalry, currency, and stamped paper, as well as a state band that included Africans.
Fatma Begum (1892–1983), one of the early superstars ofHindi cinema and India's first female film director, was married to NawabSidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III of Sachin State later she divorced him when she started acting as the Nawab did not approve of her choice to pursue a career in acting and stage dramas, as it was not considered a respectable profession for women from affluent families at that time. In response to his disapproval, she divorced him and took custody of her three daughters, whom she later introduced to the film industry.[2][3]Sultana, the daughter of Fatima Begum,[4] became a leading figure in early Indian movies.[5]Zubeida, leading actress of India's first talkie filmAlam Ara (1931), was her younger sister.[6]
NawabSidi Ibrahim Muhammad Yakut Khan III, Sachin State's last ruler, signed the accession to join theIndian Union on 8 March 1948. The state then became part of Surat district inBombay Province.[7][8][9]
After thePartition of India, Zubaida stayed in India, while her sister Sultana moved toPakistan where she married and had a daughter,Jamila Razzaq, who became a prominent Pakistani actress in the decade between the mid-1950s and the mid-1960s.[10]
The rulers of Sachin State bore the title 'Nawab' and were granted the right of a 9gun salute by the British authorities.[11]
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