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	'''Ghorasar''' is a town ~~and former princely state~~ in [[~~Gujarat~~]], ~~western [[~~India]].		'''Ghorasar''' is a town in the [[Ahmedabad district]] of Gujarat, India.

	== History ==		== History ==
	Ghorasar was a Fourth Class princely state and [[taluka]], comprising fourteen more villages, covering sixteen square miles in [[Mahi Kantha]]~~, ruled by [[Hindus\|Hindu]] [[Dabhi]] [[Kshatriya]] [[Koli people\|Koli]] Chieftains of [[Thakor]] title~~.<ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&q=Ghodasar+Koli&pg=PT354\|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity\|last1=Williams\|first1=Raymond Brady\|last2=Trivedi\|first2=Yogi\|date=2016-05-12\|publisher=Oxford University Press\|isbn=9780199089598\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ&q=Ghodasar+Koli&pg=PA418\|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha\|date=1880\|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press\|language=en}}</ref>		Ghorasar was a Fourth Class princely state and [[taluka]], comprising fourteen more villages, covering sixteen square miles in [[Mahi Kantha]].

	It had a combined population of 6,291 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 23,415 Rupees (just over half from land), paying tributes of 3,501 Rupees to the Gaikwar [[Baroda State]] and 488 Rupees to [[Kaira Agency\|Kaira]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Hunter\|first=William Wilson\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43138\|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43138/page/n371 365]\|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India\|date=1881\|publisher=Trübner & Company\|language=en}}</ref>		It had a combined population of 6,291 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 23,415 Rupees (just over half from land), paying tributes of 3,501 Rupees to the Gaikwar [[Baroda State]] and 488 Rupees to [[Kaira Agency\|Kaira]].<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Hunter\|first=William Wilson\|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43138\|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43138/page/n371 365]\|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India\|date=1881\|publisher=Trübner & Company\|language=en}}</ref>
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'''Ghorasar''' is a town and former princely state in [[Gujarat]], western [[India]].

== History ==
Ghorasar was a Fourth Class princely state and [[taluka]], comprising fourteen more villages, covering sixteen square miles in [[Mahi Kantha]], ruled by [[Hindus|Hindu]] [[Dabhi]] [[Kshatriya]] [[Koli people|Koli]] Chieftains of [[Thakor]] title.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&q=Ghodasar+Koli&pg=PT354|title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity|last1=Williams|first1=Raymond Brady|last2=Trivedi|first2=Yogi|date=2016-05-12|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199089598|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dLUBAAAAYAAJ&q=Ghodasar+Koli&pg=PA418|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha|date=1880|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|language=en}}</ref>

It had a combined population of 6,291 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 23,415 Rupees (just over half from land), paying tributes of 3,501 Rupees to the Gaikwar [[Baroda State]] and 488 Rupees to [[Kaira Agency|Kaira]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hunter|first=William Wilson|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43138|page=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43138/page/n371 365]|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India|date=1881|publisher=Trübner & Company|language=en}}</ref>

On 10 July 1943, Ghorasar ceased to exist, being among the princely states merging under the 'Attachment Scheme' into the Gaekwar [[Baroda State]], following its fate into independent India's [[Bombay State]] and after its split from [[Gujarat]].

== Sources and external links ==
'''General'''
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_019.gif Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL - Mahi Kantha]

'''Specific'''
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[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Koli princely states]]

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