Chachana

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Chachana (sometimes spelled Chanchana or Cacana) is a village and former Rajput princely state in Chuda Taluka of Surendranagar district, on the Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, India.

History[edit]

The petty princely state, comprising only the single village in Jhalawar prant (Eastern Kathiawar), was ruled by Jhala Rajput Chieftains and Bhayad of Limbdi State. It was under Bhoika thana.[1]

The population according to the census of 1872 was 783 and according to that of 1881, 782 souls.[1]

In 1901 it had a population of 459, yielding 5,000 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, all from land), paying 318 Rupees tribute to the British.[2]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 402–403.
  2. "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 15, page 168 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library". Dsal.uchicago.edu. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.

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