Bolundra is a village, princely state and Taluka in

Modasa Modasa is a town and a municipality in Aravalli district in the Indian state of Gujarat. The town became the headquarters of the new Aravalli district, carved out from Sabarkantha, on 15 August 2013. It is an economic centre for agricultu ...

, India. The village (Ta – Modasa) is in the

Aravalli district Aravalli district is a district in the state of Gujarat in India that came into being on August 15, 2013, becoming the 29th district of the state. The district has been carved out of the Sabarkantha district. The district headquarters are at Moda ...

in Gujarat state, western India, on the bank of the River Meshvo.

History

The ''

taluka A tehsil (, also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka () is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan. It is a subdistrict of the area within a district including the designated populated place that serves as its administrative ...

'' was ranked a Sixth Class state, the lowest in the classification of the colonial

Mahi Kantha Agency Mahi Kantha was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta State, Danta, were included in the Western In ...

, and was ruled by

Rajput Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...

chieftains. It covered six square miles, comprising five villages, and had a combined population in 1901 of 740, yielding a state revenue of 2,499 rupees (1903–4, mostly from land), paying a tribute of 134 rupees to

Idar State Idar State, also known as Edar, was a princely state located in present-day Gujarat state of India. During the British era, it was a part of the Mahi Kantha Agency, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. History Rao Dynasty ...

Rulers

The Rulers held the title of Thakur. * Thakur Salamsinghji (b. ca 1865) fl. 1900 * Thakur Bhud Sinhji (b. September 7th 1895) May 8th 1900-fl. 1909 * Thakur Hindusinhji Sardarsinhji (b. 1888) November 5th 1913-fl. 1940 Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 344 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n349/mode/2up

References

External links

* Princely states of Gujarat Villages in Aravalli district {{Sabarkantha-geo-stub