Varnol Mal State (or Varnolmal) was a minor
princely state during the
British Raj
The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent,
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* lasting from 1858 to 1947.
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* It is also called Crown rule ...
in what is today
Gujarat State
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 ninth- ...
India. It was initially administered by the
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 ...
and then by the
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 ...
It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the
Pandu Mehwas
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 ...
, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825. The State had a population of 684 and an area of 3.5 sq miles.
[Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up]
History
The minor princely state, belonging to the
Pandu Mehwas
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 ...
division of
Rewa Kantha.
In 1901 it comprised also a second village, covering 3 1/2 square miles, with a combined population of 426, yielding 1,094 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, nearly all from land), paying 65 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar
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 ...
.
Rulers
The state was held by several shareholders.
* Kalubhai Jesanghbai (b. 1876) fl.1922
[The Rewakantha directory, p. 122, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/122/mode/2up]-fl. 1927
[A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up]
* Fakirbhai Parbatsing (b. 1878) fl. 1922
-fl. 1927
See also
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Varnoli Moti, neighboring princely state
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Varnoli Nani, neighboring princely state
References
Princely states of Gujarat
History of Gujarat
1948 disestablishments in India
States and territories disestablished in 1948
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