Chuda State

Chuda State was one of the princely states of India in the Jhalawad region of Kathiawar during the period of the British Raj. . It was an offshoot of Wadhwan State ruled by the Jhala clan of Rajputs. ^[1] Chuda town was the capital of the State. ^{[2] [3]}

Chuda State
1707–1947
Coat of arms
Capital	Chuda
History
• Established	1707
• Accession to Indian Union	1947
Area
• Total	202 km2 (78 sq mi)
Population
• 1921 census	11,333
Preceded by Succeeded by Wadhwan State India
Today part of	Gujarat,India

History

During the British raj, it was a third class state under the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency. ^[4]

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. ^[4]

References

1. Henige, David P. (2004). Princely States of India: A Guide to Chronology and Rulers. Orchid Press. ISBN   978-974-524-049-0.
2. Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series. Superintendent of Government Printing. 1909.
3. Singhji, Virbhadra (1994). The Rajputs of Saurashtra. Popular Prakashan. ISBN   978-81-7154-546-9.
4. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 407–408.

External links

• Indian Princely States on www.uq.net.au, as archives on web.archive.org, with genealogy

22°29′00″N71°44′00″E / 22.4833°N 71.7333°E / 22.4833; 71.7333

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 407–408.