Alwa is a village and former ''Mehwal'' (petty princely state) in

Gujarat Gujarat () is a States of India, state along the Western India, 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 List of states and union territories ...

, western India.

History

The non-salute state, comprising Alwa town and four more villages, was part of the

Sankheda Mehwas 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 an ...

. It was ruled by Muslim Chieftains, 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 an ...

. It covered 8 square miles with a population of 805 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 5,577 Rupees (1903–4; mostly from land) and paying 52 Rupees tribute to the Gaikwar

Baroda State Baroda State was a kingdom within the Maratha Confederacy and later a princely state in present-day Gujarat. It was ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty from its formation in 1721 until its accession to the newly formed Dominion of India. With th ...

External links and sources

Imperial Gazetteer on DSAL - Rewa Kantha
Princely states of Gujarat {{India-history-stub