(Bhalgam) Baldhoi is a village and former non-salute

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Raj, British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, ...

in Gujarat, western India.

Village

Modern Baldhoi lies in Jasdan Taluka of Rajkot district, on Saurasthra peninsula. It includes the site of a deserted village called Bhalgam close to the foot of the Baldhua hill.

Etymology

There is a hill nearby known as the Baldhua hill. According to a legend, a laden bullock belonging to a Brinjari ascended this steep hill nearly 900 feet high, and died on the summit. A temple has been built on the spot and the hill was hereafter called Baldhua from ''baladh'' - a bullock. For the same reason the village is called Baldhoi.

History

Bhalgam Baldhoi was a petty princely state, comprising solely the village, in the

Halar Halar (Haalaar) is a historical region of western India, located by the Gulf of Kutch coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in Gujarat State, on Saurashtra peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar District ...

prant A prant is a historical district in India, and a native British Raj age term for a colonial district. The same name can thus have different meanings depending on the period. Pre-colonial Some prants are traditional names for parts of historical ...

'' of Kathiawar. Bhalgam Baldhoi had a population of 617 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 9,168 Rupees (1903-4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 262 Rupees, to the British an

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. It was held by Vala Kathi Chieftains, also during British period. It was subject to the Lodhika ''thana''.

References

External links and Sources

History
Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu
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