Monvel is a town and former princely state 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.

History

Monvel was a minor princely state, also comprising two more villages, 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 ...

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 ...

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Kathiawar Kathiawar () is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) in the east. In the northeast, it is ...

. It was ruled by Kathi Chieftains. It had a combined population of 1,967 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 18,299 Rupees (1903-4, nearly all from land) and paying a tribute of 313 Rupees, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.

External links and Sources

History
Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu
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