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Baroda And Gujarat States Agency
Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. The political agent, who was also Collector of the British District of the Panchmahal, resided at Baroda (Vadodara). History In 1933, the great Gaekwar Baroda State and other princely states of the Baroda Agency were merged with those of the agencies adjacent to the northern part of the Bombay Presidency, Rewa Kantha Agency, Surat Agency, Nasik Agency, Kaira Agency and Thana Agency, in order to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency. On 5 November 1944 the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was merged with the Western India States Agency (WISA) to form a larger Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency. At Indian Independence, this would merge into Bombay State, ending up at its split in present Gujarat. The Attachment Scheme The process of the 'attachment scheme' began from 1940 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one form or another, they existed between 1612 and 1947, conventionally divided into three historical periods: *Between 1612 and 1757 the East India Company set up Factory (trading post), factories (trading posts) in several locations, mostly in coastal India, with the consent of the Mughal emperors, Maratha Empire or local rulers. Its rivals were the merchant trading companies of Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century, three ''presidency towns'': Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. *During the period of Company rule in India (1757–1858), the company gradually acquired sovereignty over large parts of India, now called "presidencies". However, it also increasingly came under British government over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha) was merged with the princely states of Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and the Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka). On 1 November 1956, Bombay State was re-organized under the States Reorganisation Act on linguistic lines, absorbing various territories including the Saurashtra and Kutch States, which ceased to exist. On 1 May 1960, Bombay State was dissolved and split on linguistic lines into the two states of Gujarat, with Gujarati speaking population and Maharashtra, with Marathi speaking population. History During the British Raj, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palej
Palej is a census town in the Bharuch district, Gujarat, India. Cotton is a major product of the industrial area surrounding the town. Palej supports the daily needs of many small nearby villages. History Palej acts as a central hub for many small and big villages of Bharuch and Vadodara district. Being connected by both, a highway and a railway station Palej has become the main source for the frequent as well as the rare commuters. It has witnessed a drastic development in the past decade in all sectors. People of Hindu, Muslim and Jain religion are the prominent resident of Palej. The beauty of Palej has attracted many migrants who have settled here. Palej also has a lake and few religious shrines. In the feudal and British raj past, Palej (also spelled Palaj) was among the numerous petty princely states of Gujarat in the Mahi Kantha Agency Mahi Kantha was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsora
Varsoda is a small village located in Mansa, Gujarat, on the bank of the Sabarmati River, formerly the seat of an eponymous Rajput princely state. It is approximately from Gandhinagar, the state capital of Gujarat. History Varsoda (or Varsora) was a Hindu princely state in Mahi Kantha with an area of 28 square kilometers km2 (11 square miles) before Indian Independence (1947). It had a population of 4,051 in 1892, 3,656 in 1901, yielding 18,871 rupees sate revenue (1903-4, mainly from land), and paying 1,583 rupees tribute to the Gaekwar Baroda State. Rulers * Thakur Gambhirsinhji * Thakur Motisinhji -/1858 * Thakur Kishorsinhji Motisinhji, born 15 October 1840, succeeded 4 March 1858, died 18 July 1919 * Thakur Joravarsinhji, born 17 April 1914 and succeeded 18 July 1919. The state ceased to exist on 10 June 1948 by accession to Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tejpura State
:''See Tejpura for namesakes'' Tejpura is a town, apparently in Mahesana Taluka, Mehsana District, and former minor princely state in Gujarat, western India. History The jurisdictional state in Mahi Kantha was part of Katosan ''Thana'' and was ruled by Kshatriya Makwana Koli Chieftains. In 1901 it has a population of 1,034, yielding (together with the personal union) a state revenue of 3,500 Rupees (1903-4, all from land), paying 308 Rupees tribute to the Gaekwar Baroda State. In 1940, the Attachment Scheme saw Tejpura and many other (tributary) petty (e)states merged into the Gaekwar Baroda State, its suzerain salute state, which in 1949 merged into independent India's Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding Sou .... Rulers The rulers of Tejpura were titled ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rampura, Sankheda Mehwas
Rampura is a village and former petty Koli-ruled princely state in Gujarat, western India. As a state, Rampura was a part of the Western India States Agency. It was classified as a thana (i.e. a very small state) in Katosan, which were entities smaller than even a non-salute state and something of an administrative anomaly, although seen as an expedience in the years immediately following the 1857 Rebellion, the state was attached to Baroda State in June 1940. Such states, says historian John McLeod, "lacked the resources to maintain anything beyond the most rudimentary governments, indeed that they were so tiny that their independent existence was simply ludicrous." In 1945, it was recorded that the state had an area of , a population of 2304 and a revenue of 11,000 rupees. It had previously been a part of the Rewa Kantha Agency Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maguna
Maguna is a town in the Mehsana district of Gujarat in Western India. History Maguna was a Seventh Class taluka and princely state, also comprising four more villages, part of the Katosan ''thana'', in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by Makwana Koli chieftains. It had a combined population of 3,235 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 11,959 Rupees (1903-4, nearly all from land) and paying a tribute of 892 Rupees, to the Gaekwar Baroda State Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its c .... Sources and external links Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu - Mahi Kantha References Cities and towns in Mehsana district Princely states of Gujarat {{India-hist-stub External links A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deloli
Deloli is a village in the Mahesana district of Gujarat, in western India. History Deloli was a petty princely state comprising only the village in Mahi Kantha Agency and ruled by Koli caste's chieftains. Deloli had a population of 800 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of about 3,095 rupees (which is about equal to 41.52 dollars) (1903–1904, nearly all from land), paying a tribute of 256 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Baroda (Vadodara) as its c .... References * {{Cite web, title=Census of India 2021 district census handbook, url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2404_PART_B_DCHB_MAHESANA.pdf, url-status=live External links Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL – Mahi Kantha Villages in Mehsana district Princely states of Gujarat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
