Native Name: | વડગામ |
Conventional Long Name: | Wadagam State |
Common Name: | Wadagam |
Nation: | British India |
Subdivision: | Vassal state of Maratha Confederacy Princely State |
Capital: | Vadgam |
Year Start: | TBD |
Year End: | 1948 |
Event End: | Independence of India |
S1: | India |
Flag S1: | Flag of India.svg |
Stat Area1: | 73 |
Stat Year1: | 1931 |
Stat Pop1: | 3,938 |
Footnotes: | Wadagam (Princely State) |
The Vadagam State (Gujarati: વડગામ; Hindi: वड़ागाम) was a 5th Class princely state belonging to the Mahi Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj. It had its capital in Vadgam taluk, Banaskantha district of present-day Gujarat State.[1] Wadagam State's last ruler signed the accession to join the Indian Union in 1948.
Wadagam state was founded by Kumar Shri Keshavdasji Rajsinhji of Ranasan, a scion of the family of Ranasan and the former Raos of Chandravati.
The rulers of Wadagam State bore the title 'Thakur'.[2]