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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name = Vala State<br>Vallabhipura
|common_name = Vala
|nation = [[British India]]
|status_text = [[Princely State]]
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|year_start =1740
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Partition of India|Indian independence]]
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|s1 = India
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|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
|image_flag = Flag of the Vala State.svg
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|stat_area1 =492
|stat_year1 = 1921
|stat_pop1 = 11,386
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'''Vala State''' or '''Vallabhipura''' was a non-salute [[princely state]] in India during the [[British Raj]] until 1948. The centre was the city of [[Vallabhi]]. The last ruler of the state signed the state's accession to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 15 February 1948.

== History ==
{{For|the region's early history|Vallabhi}}

Vala (Vallabhipura) princely state was founded in 1740 by Thakore Sahib Akherajji of nearby [[Bhavnagar State|Bhavnagar]] (also in [[Gohelwar]] ''[[prant]]''; later a [[salute state]] under a [[Maharaja]]), a Gohil Rajput of the [[Suryavansha|Suryavanshi]] clan, for his twin brother Visaji, who became the first Thakore. It was one of the many states in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]], mostly petty states. It comprised 40 villages, covering 492 Square Kilometers km<sup>2</sup>. In 1921 it had a population of 11,386 (13.285 in 1903–4). Its state revenue was 225,000 Rupees (in 1903–4, mainly from land; later 341,773 Rupees), and it paid 9,202 Rupees tribute to the Gaekwar [[Baroda State]] and to [[Junagadh State]].

It was a native state of [[British India]] in charge of the colonial (originally Eastern -) [[Kathiawar Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]].,<ref>''Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer'' p. 1417.</ref> later merged into the [[Western India States Agency]].

It ceased to exist by accession to freshly independent India's then state [[Saurashtra (state)|Saurashtra]] (now part of [[Gujarat]]) on 15 February 1948. The [[Privy purse in India|privy purse]] was fixed at 520,000 Rupees.

== Ruling Thakurs ==
The rulers bore title of [[Thakore Sahib]].{{Citation needed|date=August 2019}}

*1740 – 1774 Visaji (d. 1774)
*1774 – 1798 Nathubhai Visaji, succeeded his above father (d. 1798)
*1798 – 1814 Meghabhai Nathubhai (d. 1814)
*1814 – 1838 Harbhamji Megabhai, succeeded his above father (d. 1838)
*1838 – 1840 D(a)ulatsimhji Harbhamji, succeeded his above father (d. 1840), childless
*1840 – 1853 Patabhai Megabhai, son of above Meghabai (d. 1853)
*1853 – 1860 Prithirajji Patabhai (d. 1860)
*1860 – 20 August 1875 Meghrajji Prithirajji (d. 1875)
*20 August 1875 – 1943 Vakhatsimhji Meghrajji, succeeded his above father (b. 1864 – d. 1943)
*1943 – 15 August 1947 Gambhirsimhji Vakhatsimhji, succeeded his above father, signed the accession to India (b. 1889 – d. 19..) which ended the polity.

The line was nominally continued.

== References ==
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== Sources and external links ==
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_171.gif Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL.UChicago.edu – Kathiawar]

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[[Category:Kathiawar Agency]]
[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Rajput princely states]]
[[Category:Bhavnagar district]]
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]

Vala State - Revision history

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