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{{Short description|Princely state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name =
|conventional_long_name =Rengan State
|common_name =Rengan
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
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|year_start =
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]
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|p1 =
|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
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|image_map = File:Rewa_Kantha_Agency_with_all_Princely_States_Gujarat_during_British_India_1811-1937_with_labels.svg
|image_map_caption = Location of Rengan
|stat_area1 =10.36
|stat_year1 =1931
|stat_pop1 =587
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'''Rengan State''' (or '''Rangan''', '''Regan''') was a minor [[princely state]] during the [[British Raj]] in what is today [[Gujarat State]] India. It was initially administered by the [[Rewa Kantha Agency]]<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up</ref> and then by the [[Baroda and Gujarat States Agency]].<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 102,
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n111/mode/2up</ref> It was part of the 28 Princely States making up the [[Sankheda Mehwas]], estates dating from the fall of Pawagadh in 1484, by Rajputts settling on the south of the territory near the town of Sankheda, from which the Sankheda Mehwas derive their name.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 272,
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up</ref> The state had a population of 587 and an area of 4 sq miles.<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n33/mode/2up</ref>

==History==

The state of [[Baroda]] had imposed a tribute on the Sankheda Mewas, it's extraction causing British intervention in 1822, brokering an agreement where the [[Gaekwar]] received tribute from the states, while their independence was recognised by Baroda, which also promised to respect the petty states' rights.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 272,
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up</ref>

== Rulers ==

The Rulers held the title of Thakur.

It was held by a variety of shareholders. Between at least 1922 <ref>The Rewakantha directory, p. 122
https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/112/mode/2up</ref> and 1927 <ref>A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164
https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up</ref> the 7 shareholders of Rengan were:

* Thakur Khusalbawa Rasulkhan
* Thakur Sajansing Motabawa (b. 1879)
* Thakur Bhaibava Jorabawa (b. 1888)
* Bai Umedba (widow of Thakur Jesing Alibhai) (b. 1880)
* Thakur Badharkhan Nathkan (b. 1847)
* Chunma (widow of Bapubhai Fatebhai) (b. 1858)
* Thakur Badrudin Umedbhai (b. 1849)

== References ==
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{{Princely states of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency}}

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{{Short description|Village in Gujarat, India}}

[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]

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