Gohelwar was one of the four ''
prant''s or traditional provinces of
Saurashtra, the others being
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 ...
or Jhalavad,
Halar, and
Sorath.
Gohelwar covered the southeast of the Kathiawar peninsula, and roughly corresponds to the modern
Bhavnagar District
Bhavnagar District is a Districts of India, district of southeastern Gujarat, India, on the Saurashtra (region), Saurashtra peninsula. It is also known as Gohilwar as a major portion of Bhavnagar district was ruled by Gahlot, Gohil Rajputs. The a ...
and
Amreli District
Amreli district is one of the 33 administrative districts of the state of Gujarat in western India. The district headquarters are located at Amreli. The district occupies an area of 6,760 km2 and has a population of 1,514,190 of which 22.45 ...
.
Princely states
Its
salute state
A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...
s were :
*First Class:
Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar is a city in the Bhavnagar district of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a States of India, state of India. It was founded in 1723 by Gohil Koli, Bhavsinhji Takhtasinhji Gohil (1703–1764). It was the capital of Bhavnagar State, whi ...
(entitled to a hereditary 13-guns salute and a 15-guns local salute, with the King titled Maharaja)
*Second Class:
Palitana (entitled to a hereditary 9-guns salute, with the King titled Thakur Sahib)
The major non-salute states included:
*Third Class:
Jasdan,
Vala
*Fourth Class:
Lathi
*Fifth Class: none
*Sixth Class:
Bhadli,
Itaria,
Kotra Pitha
Kotra Pitha is a town and former non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula, in Gujarat, western India.
History
The Sixth Class princely state, in Sorath prant, was ruled by ભાણ વાળા દાદા વાળા સાહે ...
,
Limbda
Limda or Hanubha na Limda, literally Hanubha's Limda, is a former Rajput talukdari in Gohilwar prant of Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India. It was held by Gohil Rajputs Clan and its ruler held title of Darbar saheb. 1901 it compris ...
,
Vankia
Vankia is a town and former non-salute princely state in Gujarat, western India.
History
Vankia was a Sixth Class princely state, in the Gohelwar ''prant'' of Kathiawar, also comprising two more villages, ruled by Kathi Chieftains.
It had a ...
*Seventh Class:
Kariana
Kariana is a small village in Amreli district in the state of Gujarat, India. It is on the road from Babra to Gadhda. You can also visit Ghela Somnath temple distance 15 from the Kariyana.
Description
This village has many peacocks and there ...
Several more princely estates and states existed in this region, however, they would typically own only one or two villages.
External links
Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu - Kathiawar
Districts of British India
Gohils
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