Kankrej thana
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Kankrej thana or Kankrej Estates was a former collection of native states in what is now part of Banaskantha district of Gujarat, India.
History
The
giras were divided up in equal shares among all sons.[citation needed
]
Kankrej chiefs agreed with British in 1819–20 to become protectorate and came under Mahi Kantha Agency. It continued part of the Mahi Kantha till, in 1844, on account of its nearness to Palanpur, it was transferred to the Palanpur Superintendency.[4]
Kankrej was under
Independence of India in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in Bombay State. When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under Banaskantha district
of Gujarat.
References
Notes
- ISBN 978-81-7167-299-8.
- ^ Macmurdo, James (1977). The Peninsula of Gujarat in the Early Nineteenth Century. New Delhi, India: Sterling Publishers. pp. 85: Kankrej : A petty state in Mahi Kanta, Gujarat and comprised of the chiefships of Thara, Un and Wara. Except Thara, Un and Wara were ruled by the Kolis . British relations with Kankrej dated from 1819–20 . In 1844 Kankrej was.
- ^ Patel, Govindlal Dalsukhbhai (1954). The Indian Land Problem and Legislation. New Delhi, India: N. M. Tripathi. pp. 79: The existence of the largest number of the ankadia villages in Vijapur, Chanasma, Kheralu, Mehsana and Patan were due to the juxta - position of Chunwal, Mahikantha and Kankrej which were held by turbulent Kolis.
- ^ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha 2015, p. 332.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 785.
Bibliography
- Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. pp. 331–332.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 785.
