Short answers, pulled from the story.
The name Kathiawad seems to have been derived from the early settlements of Kathikas or Kathis who entered Gujarat from Sindh in early centuries of the Common Era. This linguistic root anchors the region's identity in ancient migration patterns that shaped its cultural fabric.
After India's independence in 1947, 217 princely states of Kathiawar were merged to form the state of Saurashtra on the 15th of February 1948. Initially, it was named United State of Kathiawar, which was renamed to Saurashtra State in November 1948.
Gir National Park and its surroundings host the last remaining Asiatic lion population. Other national parks in Kathiawar are Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar on the Gulf of Cambay, and Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch, near Jamnagar.
The peninsula is bound on the south and south-west by the Arabian Sea, on the north-west by the Gulf of Kutch and on the east by the Gulf of Khambhat. Only one narrow neck connects it on the north-east with the mainland of Gujarat.
The first postage stamps of the state were issued for Princely State of Junagadh in 1864. They consisted of three lines of Hindi script in colourless letters on black, and were produced by hand-stamping with watercolor ink.