Amrapur State (Rewa Kantha)
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
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• 1931 | 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 407 | ||||||
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Amrapur 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 407 and an area of 2 sq miles. [4] The capital was the modern village of Amrapur, Jamnagar district. Not to be confused with Amrapur State (Kathiawar).
Rulers
[edit]The state was held by several shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).
Between at least 1922 [5] and 1927 [6] the four shareholders of Amrapur were:
- Prabhatsing Sivsing (b. 1876)
- Amarsing Bhulabjai (b. 1886)
- Somabhai Ramsing (b. 1896)
- Abhersing Gabhirbhai (b. 1889)
References
[edit]- ^ Memoranda On Native States In India 1909. Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 264. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935. Government of India Press. 1936. p. 98. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Memoranda On Native States In India 1909. Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 270. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 20, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n29/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. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up
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