Kotda Nayani is a village and former non-salute
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...
on
Saurastra peninsula in
Gujarat, western
India.
History
Kotda Nayani was a petty princely state and colonial
thana, comprising only the village, in the
Halar
Halar (Haalaar) is a historical region of western India, located by the Gulf of Kutch coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in Gujarat State, on Saurashtra peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar District ...
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prant
A prant is a historical district in India, and a native British Raj age term for a colonial district. The same name can thus have different meanings depending on the period.
Pre-colonial
Some prants are traditional names for parts of historical ...
'' of
Kathiawar, ruled by
Jadeja Rajput Chieftains.
It had a population of 1,365 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 16,135 Rupees (1903-4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 347 Rupees, to the British and
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 ...
.
In 1943, with the implementation of the 'attachment scheme', when Kotda-Nayani thana,
Hadala taluka and
Mali(y)a state were merged into
Morvi State, that thus enlarged its territory by an additional 310 km² with about 12,500 inhabitants, and on 15 February 1948 merged into the
United State of Kathiawar
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 ...
after the 1947 accession to
India, which later merged into Gujarat.
Sources and external links
Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu
Princely states of Gujarat
Rajput princely states
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