The Dedhrota is a village and a former princely state in Gujarat, India.[1]

History

Dedhrota was a sixth class jurisdictional[2] princely state in the Sabar Kantha Thana in Mahi Kantha Agency ruled by Koli chieftains. It consisted of villages and a population of 725. Its annual revenue was Rs. 2,203 (equivalent to ₹958,686 in 2023) and it was a tributary to the Baroda State.[3] It covered an area of 10 square miles (26 km2).[4]

Rulers

The rulers of Dedhrota bore the title of Thakur or Thakore.[4][5]

  • Thakore Shri Punjsinh (b. 1850)
  • Thakore Shri Nathusinh Punjsinh
  • Thakore Shri Daulatsinh Nathusinh (b. 1895, succeeded 1913)
  • Thakore Shri Pratapsinh Daulatsinh (b. 1916, succeeded 1921, invested with power 1936)
  • Thakore Shri Kishorsinh Daulatsinh (b. 1920)

References

  1. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 11, page 209 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  2. ^ McLeod, John (1999). Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947. BRILL. ISBN 9789004113435.
  3. ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 17, page 14 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library". dsal.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
  4. ^ a b Lethbridge, Sir Roper (2005). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. Aakar Books. ISBN 9788187879541.
  5. ^ Manager of Publications (1939). Memoranda on The Indian States. New Delhi: Government of India Press.