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: | 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
- Web site: Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 11, page 209 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library. dsal.uchicago.edu. 2019-08-17.
- Book: McLeod, John . Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947 . 1999 . BRILL . 9789004113435 . en.
- Web site: Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 17, page 14 -- Imperial Gazetteer of India -- Digital South Asia Library. dsal.uchicago.edu. 2019-08-17.
- 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.
- Book: Manager of Publications. Memoranda on The Indian States. Government of India Press. 1939. New Delhi.
