Vanod is a town and former
Rajput
Rājpūt (, from Sanskrit ''rājaputra'' meaning "son of a king"), also called Thākur (), is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating fro ...
salute state
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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
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
The State of Junagadh or Junagarh was a princely state located in Gujarat, It was ruled by the Muslim Babi dynasty since 1654 by first Nawab of Junagarh, Nawab of Junagadh even within the Maratha Confederacy and later British India. which, aft ...
.
External links and sources
''Imperial Gazetteer'', on dsal.uchicago.eduInformation on Vanod
Princely states of Gujarat
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