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Varnolmal State

Varnol Mal State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Rewa Kantha Agency and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825. The State had a population of 684 and an area of 3.5 sq miles.

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Varnolmal State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Varnolmal
Area 
• 1931
9.065 km2 (3.500 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
684
 Succeeded by
India

Varnol Mal State (or Varnolmal) was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Rewa Kantha Agency1 and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency2 It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.3 The State had a population of 684 and an area of 3.5 sq miles.4

History

The minor princely state, belonging to the Pandu Mehwas division of Rewa Kantha.5

In 1901 it comprised also a second village, covering 3 1/2 square miles, with a combined population of 426, yielding 1,094 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, nearly all from land), paying 65 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.5

Rulers

The state was held by several shareholders.

  • Kalubhai Jesanghbai (b. 1876) fl.19226-fl. 1927 7
  • Fakirbhai Parbatsing (b. 1878) fl. 19226-fl. 1927 7
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 266, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.
  2. Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater
  3. Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
  4. Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
  5. "Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 21, page 291 – at Digital South Asia Library". Dsal.uchicago.edu. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  6. The Rewakantha directory, p. 122, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/122/mode/2up
  7. A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up