Mahi Kantha Agency
Mahi Kantha Agency | |||||||
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Agency of British India | |||||||
1820–1933 | |||||||
Mahi Kantha Agency in Gujarat | |||||||
Capital | Sadra | ||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1901 | 8,094 km2 (3,125 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1901 | 361,545 | ||||||
History | |||||||
• Established | 1820 | ||||||
• Formation of the Western India States Agency | 1933 | ||||||
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Mahi Kantha was a political agency or collection of
Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta, were included in the Western India States Agency.[1]
The total area of the agency was 8,094 km2 (3,125 sq mi); the population in 1901 was 361,545.
History
The states came within the British sphere of influence after the
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Successor jurisdictions
In 1933 the agencies of Mahi Kantha and
Banas Kantha, known as Palanpur Agency until 1925, were merged. However Palanpur State was transferred to the Rajputana Agency
and was thus not part of the newly created agency.
After the
independence of India in 1947, the rulers of the Mahi Kantha states acceded to the Government of India, and the area was reorganized into districts of Bombay State. In 1960, Bombay State was split along linguistic lines, and the area of Mahi Kantha became part of the new state of Gujarat
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The states were classified in the following manner:
Salute states
First Class state
- Idar (styled (Maha)Raja), a 15-guns salute state, covering over half of the territory of the agency.
Second Class state
- Danta (styled Maharana), an 11-guns salute state
Non-Salute states
Third Class states
Fourth Class states
- Ilol
- Ghodasar
- Katosan
- Khadal
- Pethapur
- Vallbhapur
- Ranasan
- Sudasna
- Varsoda
- Ambliara
- Antroli
- Moyad
- Vaghpur
Fifth Class states
Sixth Class states
- Bhalusna
- Pavthi ( Thakur Sahab Mulsinhji Vadansinhji)
- Bolundra
- Dedhrota
- Derol
- Hadol
- Hapa
- Kadoli
- Khedwada
- Likhi
- Prempur
- Ramas
- Satlasna
- Tajpuri
- Vakhtapur
Seventh Class states
Estates
The agency included as well a large number of estates belonging to Rajput or Kolis formerly feudatories of Baroda; several of the states paid tribute to Baroda, and some, being classed as non-jurisdictional thalukdars, were under British administration.[3]
References
- ^ Arnold Wright ed. Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. 1922.
- ^ William Lee-Warner, The Native States Of India (1910)
- ^ ADMINISTRATION (1884). b omby n presidency.
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Mahi Kantha". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 396. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the