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Vana is a town and minor former Rajput minorprincely state onSaurashtra peninsula inGujarat, westernIndia.
Vadal was a non-salute princely state inJhalawarprant, comprising Vana and two other villages, underJhalaRajput Chieftains.
It had a population of 2,749 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 26,000 Rupees (all from land; 1903–4) and paying 3,993 Rupees tribute to theJunagarh State.
During theBritish Raj, the petty state was under the colonialEastern Kathiawar Agency.
According to the bookBangalorean (https://bookbangalorean.com/) by Kaveri Sinhji, published in December 2024, the village of Vana in Saurashtra has a notable historical association with the royal families of India. In 1900, Pratap Kunwarba, a nine-year-old daughter of a respected jagirdar (landholder) from Vana, married the 13-year-old heir to the Mysore throne, Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. As Maharani of Mysore, Pratap Kunwarba resided in Bangalore Palace and spent considerable time in the city.
In the 1930s, her sister, Raj Kunwarba, who became the Maharani of Gondal State, acquired 32 acres of land adjacent to Bangalore Palace and established Jayamahal Palace, where she lived and raised her seven children. Their brother, Rana Lakshman Sinhji, later moved to Bangalore as well, setting up his residence, known as "Beaufort," on a neighboring 10-acre property. There, he raised one daughter, two sons, and 13 grandchildren.
The ties between Vana and Mysore led to a series of royal marriages between northern and southern princely states, as well as a trend among royals to establish summer residences in Bangalore, drawn by its proximity to the Mysore royal family. Notably, the five Gondal princesses married into prominent royal families of Orchha, Palitana, Bhavnagar, Wadhwan, and Dharampur, earning Vana the distinction of being a small village that produced one of the highest numbers of queens in India.
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