Agar is a village and former ''Mehwal'' (petty
princely state
A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...
) 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 nin ...
, western
India
India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...
.
History
The non-salute state Agar was part of the
Sankheda Mehwas, under the colonial
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 ...
). It was ruled by
Muslim Chieftains, comprised the town and 27 more villages. It covered 17 square miles with a population of 1,399 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 10,746 Rupees (1903-4; mostly from land) and paying 143 Rupees tribute to the Gaikwar
Baroda State
Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its Instrument of Accession, accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Ba ...
.
External Links and Sources
Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL - Rewa Kantha
References
Princely states of Gujarat
Muslim princely states of India
Villages in Narmada district
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