Balasinor (also referred to as Vadasinor) is a town located in the Kheda district, in Gujarat, India. Formerly a princely state of the Babi (Yusufzai Pathan) dynasty, it was created in 28 Sep 1758 out of the Junagadh Babis (famously related to Parveen Babi of Bollywood fame). The current nawab is HH Nawab Babi Shri Muhammed Salabat Khanji II (who happened to be the only Babi gone to Mumbai to claim Parveen Babi's body on her death). The Heir and son of Nawab Saheb is Nawabzada Sultan Salauddinkhan Babi, born 1979 and educated at the Rajkumar College, Rajkot. The Royal family run their residence "the Garden Palace" as a warm homestays heritage hotel! They can be contacted for staying at this palace. Also a luxury camp " Camp Dinosaur" a unit of Kasbah Camps is being run there in the palace premises. Another famous Princess of the Kingdom is Nawabzadi Aaliya Sultana Babi, who in 2009 travelled to Ingatestone in the UK to find a husband. Her trip was recorded in BBC Three's Undercover...
