Princely state
Vakhtapur State was a minorprincely state during theBritish Raj in what is todayGujarat State India. It was initially administered by theRewa Kantha Agency [ 1] Baroda and Gujarat States Agency [ 2] 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]
The minor princely state, belonging to thePandu Mehwas division ofRewa Kantha , was ruled byRajput 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 GaekwarBaroda State .[ 5]
The Rulers had the title of Thakur. It wa divided between severel shareholders.
Chhatrasing Navalsing (b. 1890) fl. 1922[ 6] [ 7] Amarsing Nathoobhai (b. 1881) fl. 1922[ 8] [ 9] Bai Takhtaba (b. 1901) fl. 1922[ 10] Laxmansing Becharsing fl. 1927[ 11] ^ 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 External links and Sources [ edit ]
