Bodanones is a village on
Saurashtra peninsula in
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
, western
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
History
Bodanones was a village controlled by (Kamliya Ahir) chieftain.
It had a population of 136 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 1,200 Rupees (mostly from land; 1903-4) and paying 112 Rupees tribute, 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 ...
and to
Junagadh State
Junagarh or Junagadh ( ur, ) was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Union of India in 1948.
History
Muhammad Sher Khan Babai was the founder of the Babi Pashtun d ...
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During the
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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* it is also called Crown rule in India,
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or Direct rule in India,
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, the petty state in
Gohelwar
Gohelwar was one of the four ''prant''s or traditional provinces of Saurashtra, the others being Jhalawar or Jhalavad, Halar, and Sorath.
Gohelwar covered the southeast of the Kathiawar peninsula, and roughly corresponds to the modern Bhav ...
''prant'' was under the colonial
Eastern Kathiawar Agency.
External links and sources
DSAL.UChicago - Kathiawar
Specific
Princely states of Gujarat
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