Kadana State was a minor princely state during the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the

Rewa Kantha Agency Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat an ...

and then by the

Baroda and Gujarat States Agency Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. The political agent, who was also Collector of the Brit ...

. The state had a population of 17 560 and an area of 132 sq miles...Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 22, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up Its capital was Kadana in the Mahisagar district.

History

The state was founded in the 13th century by the younger brother of the founder of

Sant State The Kingdom of Santrampur or later Sant State was a kingdom and later a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India. It was ruled by Mahipavat branch of the Paramara dynasty. The capital of the state was Santrampur. It covered ...

.Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 112, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n121/mode/2up It was never conquered or forced to pay tribute to another state, but Sant claimed suzerainty over it until 1871.

Rulers

The Ruler held the title of Thakur. * Rana Parwatsinghji -April 12th 1889 * Rana Shri Chhatrasalji (b. January 28, 1879) April 12, 1889-fl. 1940 Summary Of The Principal Measures Of The Viceroyalty Of The Maequess Of Lansdowne In Foregin Department December-1888 January-1894, p. 147, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207828/page/n153/mode/2up Adopted son and successor of the above.

References

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