Chuda is a town and Taluka headquarter of Chuda Taluka in

Surendranagar district Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar city, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitants, ...

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, India. It was formerly a Rajput

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History

During the

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, it was a third class state under the colonial

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. It ceased to exist on 15 February 1948 by accession to newly independent India's

Saurashtra State Saurashtra, also known as United State of Kathiawar, was a State of India that existed between 1948 and 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital, History Formation as United State of Kathiawar Saurashtra ...

. The

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was fixed at 51,250 Rupees. The Rajput line of nominal Thakurs in continued.

Thakur Shris

* 1707 - 1747 Abhasinhji Madhavsinhji (died 1747) * 1747 - 1768 Raisinhji Abhasinhji, son of the above (d. 1768) * 1768 - 1780 Gajsinhji Raisinhji, son of the above (d. 1780) * 1780 - 1820 Hathisinhji Gajsinhji, son of the above (d. 1820) * 1820 - 1830 Abhasinhji Hathisinhji, son of the above * 1830 - 1854 Raisinhji Abhasinhji, son of the above * 24 July 1854 – 13 Jan 1908 Bacharsinhji Raisinhji, son of the above (b. 1840 - d. 1908) * 22 Feb 1908 – 20 Jan 1921 Jorawarsinhji Bacharsinhji, son of the firstborn son of the above (b. 1886 - d. 1921) * 20 Jan 1921 - 1947 Bahadursinhji Jorawarsinhji, son of the above, ?last ruler (b. 1909 - d. ... ) * 20 Jan 1920 – 7 Feb 1929 ... -Regent * Dharmendrasinhji Bahadursinhji, son of the above * 4 Oct 1950 Krishnakumarsinhji Dharmendrasinhji, son of Bahadursinhji

Demographics

The state had a population of 11,333 in 1921.

Economy and transport

There is a railway station at Chuda on the Bhavnagar-Wadhwan line. The soil of Chuda is very fertile, and the water is considered good.

References

External links

Indian Princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archives on web.archive.org, with genealogy

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