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Varnoli Nani State

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Varnoli Nani State
Princely State of British India
1948

Location of Varnoli Nani
Area 
• 1931
2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
87
Succeeded by
India

Varnoli Nani 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 87 and an area of 1 sq mile.[4]

History

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The petty 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 square mile, with a population of 74, yielding 346 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, mostly from land), paying 19 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.[5]

Rulers

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  • Rahtor Bhaiji (b. 1824) fl. 1893 [6] -fl. 1900 [7]
  • Jivabhai Kanbhai fl. 1927 [8] with:
  • Bolabhai Motibhai fl. 1927 [9]

See also

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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 Gazetter of India, Volume 21, page 291 – Imperial Gazetteer of India – Digital South Asia Library". Dsal.uchicago.edu. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. ^ The golden book of India; a genealogical and biograhical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1893 Edition), p. 330, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up
  7. ^ The golden book of India; a genealogical and biograhical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1900 Edition), p. 565, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up
  8. ^ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up
  9. ^ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up
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