:''See Tejpura for namesakes'' Tejpura is a town, apparently in Mahesana Taluka, Mehsana District, and former minor

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the 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 fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the nin ...

, western India.

History

The jurisdictional state in

Mahi Kantha Mahi Kantha was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, within the Gujarat Division of Bombay Presidency. In 1933, the states of the Mahi Kantha Agency, except for Danta, were included in the Western India States ...

was part of Katosan ''

Thana Thana means "police station" in South Asian countries, and can also mean the district controlled by a police station. * Thanas of Bangladesh, former subdistricts in the administrative geography of Bangladesh; later renamed ''upazila'' * in (Brit ...

'' and was ruled by

Kshatriya Kshatriya ( hi, क्षत्रिय) (from Sanskrit ''kṣatra'', "rule, authority") is one of the four varna (social orders) of Hindu society, associated with warrior aristocracy. The Sanskrit term ''kṣatriyaḥ'' is used in the co ...

Makwana The Makwana, or Makawana is a clan (Gotra) of the Koli caste found in the Indian state of Gujarat. The Makwana clan is mostly found among Talpada Kolis, Chunvalia Koli and Ghedia Kolis. In 1931 census of Baroda State, there were 20,700 Kolis o ...

Koli Koli may refer to: Places * Koli, Finland, a hill in Finland * Koli National Park, a national park in Finland * Koli, Iran (disambiguation), several places in Iran * Koli Airfield, a former airfield in the South Pacific Other uses * Koli people ...

Chieftains. In 1901 it has a population of 1,034, yielding (together with the personal union) a state revenue of 3,500 Rupees (1903-4, all from land), paying 308 Rupees tribute to the Gaekwar

Baroda State Baroda State was a state in present-day Gujarat, ruled by the Gaekwad dynasty of the Maratha Confederacy from its formation in 1721 until its Instrument of Accession, accession to the newly formed Dominion of India in 1949. With the city of Ba ...

. In 1940, the

Attachment Scheme 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 Britis ...

saw Tejpura and many other (tributary) petty (e)states merged into the Gaekwar

, its suzerain

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 ...

, which in 1949 merged into independent India's

Bombay State Bombay State was a large Indian state created at the time of India's Independence, with other regions being added to it in the succeeding years. Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding S ...

Rulers

The rulers of Tejpura were titled ' Thakor Saheb'.

Thakor Sahebs

*1850 – 1860 Shamji (b. 1820 - d. 1860) *1860 – 1920 Kalbhadraji (b. 1840 -d. 1920) *1920 – 1945 Muldevji (b. 1860 - d. 1945) *1945 – 1947 Tulsidasji (b. 1890 - d. 1965)

Titular Thakor Sahebs

*1947 – 1965 Tulsidasji (b. 1890 - d. 1965) *1965 – 1990 Alakkji (b. 1910 - d. 1990) *1990 – Present Rameshlchandraji (b. 1936 - Present) Heir Apparent Yuvraj Jayendrasinhn(b. 1960 - d. 1995) Current Heir Apparent Rajkunvar Rajendrasinh(b. 1996 - present )

References

External links and Sources