Vijaynagar State Explained
| Native Name: | વિજયનગર |
| Conventional Long Name: | Vijaynagar State
Pol State |
| Common Name: | Pol |
| Nation: | British India |
| Subdivision: | Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy (1731 - 1805)
Princely State |
| Year Start: | 1577 |
| Year End: | 1948 |
| Event End: | Indian independence |
| S1: | India |
| Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
| Stat Area1: | 350 |
| Stat Year1: | 1931 |
| Stat Pop1: | 8,491 |
Vijaynagar State, known as Pol State before 1934 and also called Ghodadar for a short time, was a princely state under the Mahi Kantha Agency, Bombay Presidency in NE Gujarat during the British Raj. The capital of the state was in Vijaynagar taluka, Sabarkantha district. The state's last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 8 August 1947.[1]
History
Vijaynagar was ruled by bhil chiefs https://books.google.com/books?id=61dNgT55vVYC&q=Kannauj+bhil+chief Pol state was founded in 1577. Between 1864 and 1877 it was renamed Vijayanagar after its new capital. The rulers of the state bore the title 'Rao'.[2]
Rulers
- .... – 1720 Chandrasinhji (d. 1720)
- 1720 – 1728 Kesarisinhji
- 1728 – .... Kasansinhji
- .... – .... Makansinhji
- .... – .... Hathisinhji
- .... – .... Madhavsinhji
- .... – .... Ajabsinhji
- .... – .... Bhupatsinhji I
- .... – .... Bhavansinhji
- .... – .... Surajsinhji
- .... – .... Vajesinhji
- .... – .... Ratansinhji
- .... – .... Abheysinhji
- .... – .... Kiratsinhji
- .... – .... Laxmansinhji
- .... – .... Bharatsinhji
- .... – .... Amarsinhji
- .... – 1852 Anandsinhji
- 1852 – 1859 Pahadsinhji Gulabsinhji (b. 1839 – d. 1859)
- 1859 – 1864 Navalsinhji (d. 1864)
- 23 Nov 1864 – 24 October 1889 Hamirsinhji I Gulabsinhji (b. 1840 – d. 1889)
- 24 Oct 1889 – 1905 Prithisinhji Hamirsinhji (b. 1872 – d. 1905)
- Feb 1906 – 1913 Bhupatsinhji II Hamirsinhji (b. 1885 – d. 1913)
- 1913 – 17 November 1914 Mohabatsinhji Bhupatsinhji (b. 1883 – d. 1914)
- 17 Nov 1914 – 1947 Hamirsinhji II Hindupatsinhji (b. 1902/4 – d. 1986)
- 17 Nov 1914 – 1924 .... -Regent
See also
External links
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Notes and References
- "Instrument of Accession of Vijaynagar State". Vijaynagar State-Instrument of Accession and Standstill Agreement signed between Hamirsingh Hindusingh Rathor, Ruler of Vijaynagar State and the Dominion of India. New Delhi: Ministry of States, Government of India. 1947. p. 2. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via National Archives of India.
- Web site: Indian Princely States A-J. 6 December 2014.
