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'''Bansda State''' was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. It was under the [[Surat Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]].
'''Bansda State''' was one of the [[princely state]]s of [[India]] during the period of the [[British Raj]]. It was under the [[Surat Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]].[[File:Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933.svg|thumb|Bansda State (''green'') within [[Surat Agency]]|left|200px]]
 
==History==
[[File:Surat Agency with all princely states with labels British India 1880-1933.svg|thumb|Bansda State (''green'') within [[Surat Agency]]|left|350px]]
The state was founded by Virsinhji in 1781 and had its capital in [[Bansda]].The state was founded by Virsinhji in 1781
and had its capital in Bansda. Its rulers
were Rajputs of the Solanki / Vansadia
dynasty known as Vansadias.[1]. Bansda's last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India  A-J ]</ref>
 
===Rulers===
The rulers of Bansda were titled "Maharaja Sahib" from ca 1829 onwards.<ref>[http://rulers.org/indstat1.html Rulers]</ref>
* ... - 1701                Udaisimhji II
*1701 - 1716                Virsimhji I                        (d. 1716)
*1716 - 1739                Ralbhamji                        (d. 1739)
*1739 - 1753                Ghulabsimhji I                    (d. 1753)
*1753 - 1770                Udaisimhji III                    (d. c.1770)
*1770 - 1780                Kiratsimhji Las                    (d. 1780)
*1780 - 1789                Virsimhji II                      (d. 1789)
*1789 - 1793                Naharsimhji                        (d. 1793)
*1793 - 1815                Raisimhji                          (d. 1815)
*1815 - 27 Oct 1828        Udaisimhji IV                      (d. 1828)
*1828 - 16 Jun 1861        Hamirsimhji                        (b. 1826? - d. 1861)
*1861 - 13 Feb 1876        Ghulabsimhji II                    (b. 1838 - d. 1876)
*6 Mar 1876 – 21 Sep 1911  Pratapsimhji Ghulabsimhji          (b. 1863 - d. 1911)
*21 Sep 1911 – 15 Aug 1947  Indrasimhji Pratapsimhji          (b. 1888 - d. 1951) (from 11 May 1937, Sir Indrasimhji Pratapsimhji)
*Maharaja Sahib Digvirendrasinhji Indrasinhji  (Retired in 2017)
*Maharaja Sahib Jayvirendrasinhji Digvirendrasinhji Solanki A/W Maharani Sahiba Utpal Jayvirendrasinhji Solanki (Till date)


==See also==
==See also==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.hubert-herald.nl/BhaGujarat2.htm Heraldry of the princely states of Gujarat]


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Bansda State
વાંસદા રિયાસત
Princely State of British India
1781–1948
Flag of Bansda
Flag
Coat of arms of Bansda
Coat of arms

Bansda, 1896
CapitalBansda
Area 
• 1901
557 km2 (215 sq mi)
Population 
• 1901
39,256
History
History 
• Established
1781
1948
 Succeeded by
India
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Bansda". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Bansda State was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was under the Surat Agency of the Bombay Presidency.

Bansda State (green) within Surat Agency

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