Gohelwar was one of the four ''
prant
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Pre-colonial
Some prants are traditional names for parts of historical ...
''s or traditional provinces of
Saurashtra, the others being
Jhalawar
Jhalawar () is a city, municipal council and headquarter in Jhalawar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the admin ...
or Jhalavad,
Halar
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, and
Sorath.
Gohelwar covered the southeast of the Kathiawar peninsula, and roughly corresponds to the modern
Bhavnagar District
Bhavnagar District is a Districts of India, district of southeastern Gujarat, India, on the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra peninsula. It is also known as Gohilwar as a major portion of Bhavnagar district was ruled by Gahlot, Gohil Rajputs. The a ...
and
Amreli District
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.
Princely states
Its
salute state
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s were :
*First Class:
Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a States of India, state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Gohil Koli, Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, whi ...
(entitled to a hereditary 13-guns salute and a 15-guns local salute, with the King titled Maharaja)
*Second Class:
Palitana
Pālītāṇā is a city in Bhavnagar district, Gujarat, India. It is located 50 km southwest of Bhavnagar city and is a major pilgrimage centre ("shashwat tirth") for Jains. It is first of the two vegetarian cities in the world.
Histor ...
(entitled to a hereditary 9-guns salute, with the King titled Thakur Sahib)
The major non-salute states included:
*Third Class:
Jasdan
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,
Vala
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*Fourth Class:
Lathi
*Fifth Class: none
*Sixth Class:
Bhadli
Bhadli is a village and former princely state on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India.
Village
Bhadli lies in Jasdan Taluka of Rajkot district. It is situated on a tributary of the Ghelo river.
History
Bhadli was a Sixth Class n ...
,
Itaria,
Kotra Pitha
Kotra Pitha is a town and former non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula, in Gujarat, western India.
History
The Sixth Class princely state, in Sorath prant, was ruled by ભાણ વાળા દાદા વાળા સાહે ...
,
Limbda,
Vankia
*Seventh Class:
Kariana
Several more princely estates and states existed in this region, however, they would typically own only one or two villages.
External links
Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu - Kathiawar
Districts of British India
Gohils
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