Dedhrota Explained

Common Name:	Dedhrota
Year Start:	late 18th century
Year End:	1948
Government Type:	Jurisdictional
Event End:	Accession to the Indian Union
Nation:	British India
Status Text:	Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy Princely State
Conventional Long Name:	Dedhrota State

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 and it was a tributary to the Baroda State.^[3] It covered an area of 10sqmi.^[4]

Rulers

The rulers of Dedhrota bore the title of Thakur or Thakore.^[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. Web site: Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 11, page 209 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library. dsal.uchicago.edu. 2019-08-17.
2. Book: McLeod, John . Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947 . 1999 . BRILL . 9789004113435 . en.
3. Web site: Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 17, page 14 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library. dsal.uchicago.edu. 2019-08-17.
4. Book: Lethbridge, Sir Roper. 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. 2005. Aakar Books. 9788187879541. en.
5. Book: Manager of Publications. Memoranda on The Indian States. Government of India Press. 1939. New Delhi.