| Vakhtapur State | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
 Location of Vakhtapur | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 3.885 km2 (1.500 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 390 | ||||||
| History | |||||||
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Vakhtapur 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[1] and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency[2] It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.[3]
The state had a population of 390 and an area of 1.5 sq miles.[4]
History
The minor princely state, belonging to the Pandu Mehwas division of Rewa Kantha, was ruled by Rajput Chieftains.
In 1901 it comprised only the single village, covering 1 1/2 square miles, with a population of 244, yielding 816 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, mostly from land), paying 116 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.[5]
Rulers
The Rulers had the title of Thakur. It wa divided between severel shareholders.
- Chhatrasing Navalsing (b. 1890) fl. 1922 [6] -fl. 1927 [7] with:
- Amarsing Nathoobhai (b. 1881) fl. 1922 [8] -fl. 1927 [9] and with:
- Bai Takhtaba (b. 1901) fl. 1922 [10] and then:
- Laxmansing Becharsing fl. 1927 [11]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater
- ↑ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
- ↑ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
- ↑ "(Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 13.) Mahi Kantha: General statistics of Each State in the Mahi Kantha Agency". Digital South Asia Library.
- ↑ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
- ↑ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up
- ↑ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
- ↑ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up
- ↑ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
- ↑ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up
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