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Vakhtapur State (Rewa Kantha)

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Vakhtapur State
Princely State of British India
1948

Location of Vakhtapur
Area 
• 1931
3.885 km2 (1.500 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
390
Succeeded by
India

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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater
  3. ^ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
  4. ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
  5. ^ "(Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 13.) Mahi Kantha: General statistics of Each State in the Mahi Kantha Agency". Digital South Asia Library.
  6. ^ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
  7. ^ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up
  8. ^ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
  9. ^ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up
  10. ^ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
  11. ^ 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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