Mevasa is a town and former 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.
History
The minor princely state in
Jhalawar prant
Kingdom of Jhalavad was a kingdom present in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat. The kingdom came to be known as the Dhrangadhra State after it became a princely state in the nineteenth century. The town of Dhrangadhra served as its capital. It ...
, ruled by
Kathi Chieftains, comprised the town and five other villages. It had a combined population of 619 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 6,796 Rupees (1903–4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 559 Rupees, to the British and
Sukhdi State.
See also
There are two other villages, Mevasa Khadiya and Mevasa Kamribaina, in
Junagadh taluka (
Sorath prant
Sorath may refer to:
* Saurashtra (region), also known as Sorath, a region of Gujarat, India
* Sorath (raga), a raga in Indian music
* ''Sorath Rai Diyach'', a historical romantic tale from Sindh, Pakistan
* Sorath (Shakugan no Shana), Sorath (''S ...
).
External links
Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu
Princely states of Gujarat
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