Chuda State Explained
Chuda is a town and Taluka headquarter of Chuda Taluka in Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India. It was formerly a Jhala Rajput princely state.
History
During the British raj, it was a third class state under the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency.[1]
It ceased to exist on 15 February 1948 by accession to newly independent India's Saurashtra State. The privy purse was fixed at 51,250 Rupees. The Rajput line of nominal Thakurs in continued.
Thakur Shris
- 1707 - 1747 Abhasinhji Madhavsinhji (died 1747)
- 1747 - 1768 Raisinhji Abhasinhji, son of the above (d. 1768)
- 1768 - 1780 Gajsinhji Raisinhji, son of the above (d. 1780)
- 1780 - 1820 Hathisinhji Gajsinhji, son of the above (d. 1820)
- 1820 - 1830 Abhasinhji Hathisinhji, son of the above
- 1830 - 1854 Raisinhji Abhasinhji, son of the above
- 24 July 1854 – 13 Jan 1908 Bacharsinhji Raisinhji, son of the above (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
- 22 Feb 1908 – 20 Jan 1921 Jorawarsinhji Bacharsinhji, son of the firstborn son of the above (b. 1886 - d. 1921)
- 20 Jan 1921 - 1947 Bahadursinhji Jorawarsinhji, son of the above, ?last ruler (b. 1909 - d. ...)
- 20 Jan 1920 – 7 Feb 1929 ... -Regent
- Dharmendrasinhji Bahadursinhji, son of the above
- 4 Oct 1950 Krishnakumarsinhji Dharmendrasinhji, son of Bahadursinhji
Demographics
The state had a population of 11,333 in 1921.
Economy and transport
There is a railway station at Chuda on the Bhavnagar-Wadhwan line. The soil of Chuda is very fertile, and the water is considered good.[1]
External links
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Book: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. 1884. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. VIII. 407–408.
Notes and References
- Book: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). 1884. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. VIII. 407–408.
