Santalpur is a village in Santalpur Taluka of

Patan district Patan district is one of the 34 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Its main city is Patan. This district is located in northern Gujarat and bounded by Vav-Tharad district in the north, Banaskantha district in the northeast, Mehsana dis ...

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state, India.

History

The proprietors of Santalpur and

Chadchat Chadchat is a region surrounding Santalpur in Patan district of Gujarat, India. History Chadchat is said to take its name from the Chavad or Chad Chadchat branch of the Parmar (Rajput clan), Parmar tribe who conquered the district, till then oc ...

were

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Rajputs. According to the local history, before the Jadejas came Santalpur was held by

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, probably a colony from

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. After them came the

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s, one of whom founded and gave his name to the village of Santalpur. Santal Jhala married a sister of Lunaji Vaghela, the conqueror of Gidi and

Radhanpur Radhanpur is a village and a gram panchayat in Patan district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Gujarat. Origin of name According to the tradition, this village is named after Radhan Khan, a descendant of Fateh Khan Baloch. ...

, but, offending Lunaji, was attacked by him and slain. Santalpur did not long continue under Vaghela rule. Sarkhaji the son of Lunaji was driven out by Rao

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who took both Santalpur and Chadchat. Santalpur was under

Palanpur Agency Palanpur Agency, also spelled Pahlunpore Agency, was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the native states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta ...

of Bombay Presidency, which in 1925 became the

Banas Kantha Agency Palanpur Agency, also spelled Pahlunpore Agency, was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the native states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta ...

. After

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in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in

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. When

state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under

Mehsana district Mehsana district (alternate spelling "Mahesana") is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. Mehsana city is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district has a population of over 1.8 million and an area of over ...

of Gujarat. Later it became part of

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