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Sanjeli (
Sanjeli (Hindi
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: संजेली) ''cotila'', sometimes known as Sanjeda Mehvassi, is a Hindu
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former petty princely state, located in the present 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 ...
in western India.
It is a tehsil
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 Zila (country subdivision), district including the designated populated place that ser ...
of Dahod district
Dahod district is a district of Gujarat state in western India. This largely tribal district is mostly covered by forests and hills.
Geography
Dahod is located in eastern Gujarat. It is located at the tripoint between Gujarat, Rajasthan and Madh ...
.
History
Sanjeli became aBritish protectorate
British protectorates were protectorates under the jurisdiction of the British government. Many territories which became British protectorates already had local rulers with whom the Crown negotiated through treaty, acknowledging their status wh ...
in 1820. From 1820 to 1937, the territory remained stable at 88 square kilometers. In 1892, the state had a population of 3,751.
It became a third class state in 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 ...
's Rewa Kantha division. In 1937 it merged with 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 ...
into 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 Maharaja enjoyed a privy purse
The Privy Purse is the British sovereign's private income, mostly from the Duchy of Lancaster. This amounted to £20.1 million in net income for the year to 31 March 2018.
Overview
The Duchy is a landed estate of approximately 46,000 acres (20 ...
of 40,000 rupees. In 1901 - 1914 it was under direct British India
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administration due to minority rule.
On 10 June 1948, it ceased to exist by accession to the Bombay State
Bombay State was a large Indian state created in 1950 from the erstwhile Bombay Province, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Province (in British India roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Mah ...
at India's independence.
Ruling chiefs
Rulers held the title of Thakur. * 1750 - 1789 (No. 38) Sardarsinhji * 1789 - 1814 (No. 39) Bahadursinhji * 1814 - 1857 (No. 40) Jagatsinhji * 1858 - 1901 (No. 41) Pratapsinhji * 1902 - 1941 (No. 42) Pushpsinhji * 1941 - 1948 (No. 43) NarendrasinhjiReferences
Princely states of Gujarat {{India-hist-stub