Datha is a town and former non-salute Rajput princely state on

Saurashtra Saurashtra, Sourashtra, or variants may refer to: ** Kathiawar, also called Saurashtra Peninsula, a peninsula in western India ** Saurashtra (state), alias United State of Kathiawar, a former Indian state, merged into Bombay State and since its d ...

peninsula 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 Western India is a loosely defined region of India consisting of western states of India, Republic of India. The Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs in its Western Zonal Council Administrative divisions of India, Adminis ...

. The village lies on the Bagad river, in

Kathiawar Kathiawar (), also known as Saurashtra, is a peninsula in the south-western Gujarat state in India, bordering the Arabian Sea and covering about . It is bounded by the Kutch district in the north, the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest, and by the ...

History

The princely state, in

Gohelwar Gohelwar was one of the four ''prant''s or traditional provinces of Saurashtra, the others being Jhalawar or Jhalavad, Halar, and Sorath. Gohelwar covered the southeast of the Kathiawar peninsula, and roughly corresponds to the modern Bhavn ...

''prant'', was ruled by

Sarvaiya The Sarvaiya also spelled ''Sarvaiyya'', ''Sarvia'', ''Sarwia'', ''Savaria'' ''Sawaria'' are a social group of India, mainly found in Gujarat. They are offshoot of the Chudasamas and claim descent from the Yaduvanshi Rajput lineage. Sarvaiya Raj ...

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. In 1901 it comprised 24 villages, covering 69 square km, with a population of 9,452, yielding 31,339 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, mostly from land), and paid 5,398 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 ...

and

Junagadh State The State of Junagadh or Junagarh was a princely state located in Gujarat, It was ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty since 1654 by first Nawab of Junagarh, Nawab of Junagadh even within the Maratha Confederacy and later British India. which, aft ...

References

External links and Sources

Imperial Gazetteer, on DSAL.UChicago.edu - Kathiawar
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