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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
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|conventional_long_name =Vora State <br />
|common_name =Vora <br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
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|image_map_caption = Location of Vora <br />
|stat_area1 =2.59<br />
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'''Vora State''' 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 name=NS266>{{cite book | title=Memoranda On Native State In India | date=1909 | page=266 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up}}</ref> and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency, and then by the [[Baroda and Gujarat States Agency]].<ref>{{cite book | title=Memoranda On The Indian States | date=1935 | page=104 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater}}</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 name=NS272>{{cite book | title=Memoranda On Native State In India | date=1909 | page=272 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up}}</ref> The state had a population of 1407 and an area of 5 sq miles.<ref name=MI26>{{cite book | title=Memoranda On The Indian States | date=1939 | page=26 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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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 name=NS272 /><br />
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==Rulers==<br />
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The Ruler had the title of Thakur.<br />
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* Thakur Motabawa Fatebawa (b. 1855) 2 July 1890-fl. 1909 <ref name=NS266 /><br />
* Thakur Badharkhan Motabawa (b. 30 October 1901) 27 December 1911-fl. 1939 <ref name=MI26 /><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]</div>CourtneySugden