Vanod is a town and former
Rajput
Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...
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 ...
in
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
Vanod was a Fifth Class princely state covering 57 square miles, comprising the town and twelve more villages,t had a population of 409 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 6,435 rupees (1903-4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 324 rupees, to the British and
Junagadh State
Junagarh or Junagadh ( ur, ) was a princely state in Gujarat ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty in British India, until its integration into the Union of India in 1948.
History
Muhammad Sher Khan Babai was the founder of the Babi Pashtun d ...
.
External links and sources
''Imperial Gazetteer'', on dsal.uchicago.edu
Princely states of Gujarat
Jat princely states
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