Dadhalia is a town and former Rajput 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

Dadhalia was a Fifth Class princely state, comprising eleven more villages, covering twenty-eight square miles in

Mahi Kantha 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 ...

, It has been deprived of its jurisdiction as

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 ...

due to maladministration and placed under Sabar Kantha ''

thana Thana means " station" or "place" in South Asian countries. The word ''thana'' originates from the Sanskrit word ''sthana'' or "sthanak", meaning "place" or "stand", which was anglicized as ''thana'' by the British. * Thanas of Bangladesh, forme ...

''. It had a combined population of 2,619 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 3,689 Rupees (1903–4, half from land), paying tributes of 699 Rupees 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 ...

and 611 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

Rulers took the title of

Raja Raja (; from , IAST ') is a noble or royal Sanskrit title historically used by some Indian subcontinent, Indian rulers and monarchs and highest-ranking nobles. The title was historically used in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. T ...

Sahib. *1840 – 1860: Shamalsha *1860 – 1925: Krishnarajji *1925 – 1935: Mulrajji *1935 – 1964: Tribhovanrajji *1964 – 1990: Amolraji *1990 – 1995: Rameshji *1995 – 1998: Abhilashji *1998 – 2017: YoginaDeviji *2017 – Present : Richakumariji

Sources and external links

Imperial Gazetteer on dsal.uchicago.edu - Mahi Kantha
{{coord missing, Gujarat Princely states of Gujarat