Dedhrota

Dedhrota State
Princely State
late 18th century–1948
• Type	Jurisdictional
History
• Established	late 18th century
•  Accession to the Indian Union	1948
Today part of	India

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 (equivalent to ₹958,686in 2023) and it was a tributary to the Baroda State. ^[3] It covered an area of 10 square miles (26 km²). ^[4]

Rulers

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