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'''Varnoli Nani''' 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. 266, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.</ref> and then by the [[Baroda and Gujarat States Agency]].<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater</ref> It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the [[Pandu Mehwas]], petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up</ref> The state had a population of 87 and an area of 1 sq mile.<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The petty princely state, belonging to the [[Pandu Mehwas]] division of [[Rewa Kantha]], was ruled by [[Rajput]] Chieftains.<br />
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In 1901 it comprised only the single village, covering 1 square mile, with a population of 74, yielding 346 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, mostly from land), paying 19 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar [[Baroda State]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_297.gif |title=Imperial Gazetter of India, Volume 21, page 291 – Imperial Gazetteer of India – Digital South Asia Library |website=Dsal.uchicago.edu |date=2013-02-18 |accessdate=2017-01-18}}</ref><br />
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==Rulers==<br />
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* Rahtor Bhaiji (b. 1824) fl. 1893 <ref>The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1893 Edition), p. 330, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up</ref> -fl. 1900 <ref>The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1900 Edition), p. 565, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up</ref><br />
* Jivabhai Kanbhai fl. 1927 <ref>A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up</ref> with:<br />
* Bolabhai Motibhai fl. 1927 <ref>A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Varnol Mal]], neighboring princely state<br />
* [[Varnoli Moti]], neighboring princely state<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Sources and external links ==<br />
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V21_297.gif Imperial Gazetteer, on DSAL.UChicago.edu - Rewa Kantha]<br />
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