Lunavada State, also known as Lunawada State, was a
princely state in
India
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during the time of the
British Raj
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. Its last ruler acceded to the Union of India on 10 June 1948.
Lunavada State had an area of 1,005 km
2 and fell under 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 collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and ...
of the
Bombay Presidency, later integrated into the
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 Briti ...
. Its capital was located in
Lunavada
Lunavada (also transliterated as Lunawada) is a municipality in the Mahisagar district, formerly in the northern part of Gujarat state of India.
Lunawada is the administrative headquarters of the Mahisagar district and one of most developing to ...
town in present-day
Gujarat
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state,
India
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History
According to tradition the predecessor state was established in 1225 by descendants of Sidhraj, Raja of Anhilwara Patan, as the state of Virpur. In 1434, Rana Bhimsinghji moved the capital to Lunavada on the other side of the
Mahi river
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. Before the town was established, the area was controlled by the princely
Sant State
Santrampur State (Sant State, also spelt Sunth and Soanth) is a former state located in the present-day state of Gujarat, India. It covered an area of approximately and was bounded on the north by the dominions of Dungarpur and Banswara in R ...
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In 1826 Lunavada State became a
British protectorate and was a second class state in the Rewa Kantha Agency. The capital was Lunavada town, said to have been founded in 1434.
The 1901 census records that the population had a decrease of 28% in the previous decade, due to
famine
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.
[
Col. HH Maharaja Sri Virbhadrasinhji Ranjitsinhji 1929/1986, born 8 June 1910 in Lunawada, invested with full ruling powers on 2 October 1930, Member of the Chamber of Princes, married Manher Kunwari H Maharani Kusum Kunwari of Lunawada daughter of Capt. HH Maharana Raj Saheb Shri Sir Amarsinhji Banesinhji (Gangubha) of ]Wankaner
Wankaner is a city and a municipality in Morbi district in the State of Gujarat. Until 2013, Wankaner was part of the Rajkot district.
Etymology
The city was named after its location on the Machhu River, "Wankaner" translating to "riverbend" ( ...
, and had issue. He died in 1986.
Rulers
The rulers had the title 'Rana' and were accorded a status of 9-gun salute
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Ranas
* 1674 - 1711 Bir Singh (d. 1711)
* 1711 - 1735 Nar Singh (d. 1735)
* 1735 - 1757 Wakhat Singh (d. 1757)
* 1757 - 1782 Dip Singh (d. 1782)
* 1782 - 1786 Durjan Singh (d. 1786)
* 1786 Jagat Singh
* 1786 - 1818 Partab Singh
* 1818 - 1849 Fateh Singh (d. 1849)
* 1849 - 1851 Dalpat Singh (d. 1851)
* 1851 - 1852 interregnum
* 1852 - Jun 1867 Dalil Singh (d. 1867)
* 31 Oct 1867 – 27 Apr 1929 Wakhat Singh Dalil Singh (b. 1860 - d. 1929) (from 25 May 1889, Sir Wakhat Singh Dalil Singh)
* 27 Apr 1929 – 15 Aug 1947 Virbhadra Singh Ranjit Singh (b. 1910 - d. 1986)
See also
* Koli rebellions
* List of Koli people
The Koli people (Hindi: कोली) are a community native to India and Pakistan. The Koli forms the largest caste- cluster, comprising 24% of the total population of the Gujarat and 30% of Himachal Pradesh. The following is the list of notab ...
* List of Koli states and clans
The Koli is an Indian caste found in Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and Jammu and Kashmir states in India. Koli is an agriculturist caste of Gujarat but in coastal areas they a ...
* List of Rajput dynasties
During the medieval and later feudal/colonial periods, many parts of the Indian subcontinent were ruled as sovereign or princely states by various dynasties of Rajputs.
The Rajputs rose to political prominence after the large empires of anci ...
* Political integration of India
After the Indian independence in 1947, the dominion of India was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule, and the other under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal affairs remainin ...
References
External links
Heraldry of the princely states of Gujarat
{{Princely states of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency
Princely states of India
History of Gujarat
Mahisagar district
Rajputs
15th-century establishments in India
1434 establishments in Asia
1948 disestablishments in India