Bhathan is a village and former

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 Limbdi Taluka of

Surendranagar District Surendranagar is an administrative district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat state in India. It has a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Surendranagar city, along with the twin city of Wadhwan, has a total of 400,000 inhabitants, ...

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 ninth ...

, India. The village is in

Dasada (Vidhan Sabha constituency) Dasada is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Surendranagar district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes. List of segments This assembly seat represents the ...

History

The tribute-paying state in

Jhalawar Jhalawar () is a city, municipal council and headquarter in Jhalawar district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located in the southeastern part of the state. It was the capital of the former princely state of Jhalawar, and is the admin ...

''prant'', comprising only the village, was ruled by Jhala

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

Chieftains. In 1901, it had a population of 405, yielding a state revenue of 1,800 Rupees (1903-4, mostly from land) and paying a tribute of 701 Rupees, to the British and to

Junagadh State Junagarh or Junagadh ( ur, ) was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Union of India in 1948. History Muhammad Sher Khan Babai was the founder of the Babi Pashtun d ...

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Princely states of Gujarat Villages in Surendranagar district {{Surendranagar-geo-stub