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Gadhka is a village and formerly the seat of a Rajput taluka and minor princely state, named after the village, in Western Saurashtra, presently in western India's state Gujarat.
The village is one of many in the modern Rajkot Taluka of Rajkot rural legislative constituency, in Morbi district.
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The princely state was created as an offshoot of the Rajput Jadeja dynasty's Rajkot state for Thakur Ranmalji's second son, the first Thakur Saheb, on whose son and successor's childless death it was combined with Ranmaji's third son Akherajji's formerly received estate Makhawad.
Gadkhka State comprised five villages, covering 60 square kilometers, with a population of 1,908 in 1921.
During the British raj, it was a Fifth Class State in Halar prant, under the colonial Western Kathiawar Agency. Its jurisdictional powers were: Criminal, two years rigorous imprisonment and fines up to 2,000Rs, and Civil - to the extent of 5,000Rs.
The Hill States of India were princely states lying in the northern border regions of the British Indian Empire.
Halar (Haalaar) is a historical region of western India, located by the Gulf of Kutch coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in Gujarat State, on Saurashtra peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar District, Devbhumi Dwarka district, Morbi District and Rajkot District.
Bhavnagar State was a princely state with 13 Gun Salutes during the British Raj. It was part of Kathiawar Agency in Saurashtra. The hereditary Kotwals of the royal palace of Bhavnagar were Talpada Kolis of Radhavanaj village of Kheda district.
Kotharia is a town in Rajkot district of Gujarat, which was a small princely state offshoot of the Rajkot state in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, part of the Bombay Presidency during British Raj.
Muli State was a princely state in subsidiary alliance with British India. It was ruled by the Parmar clan of the Rajputs.
Lakhajirajsinhji II was the ruler of the Indian princely state of Rajkot from April 1890 until his death, holding the title Thakore Saheb. He came to the throne at the age of four, following the death of his father and his three older brothers. However, he did not govern in his own right until the age of 21, in 1907. Lakhajirajsinhji became one of the most progressive princely state rulers, introducing some of the first democratic institutions in India. He also fostered a culture of openness and intellectualism that laid the foundation for Rajkot as a centre of the Indian independence movement.
Pradyumansinhji Lakhajirajsinhji, the 14th Thakore Saheb of Rajkot, was an Indian nobleman and ruler of the princely state of Rajkot from June 1940 until the abolition of princely titles in 1971. The third son of Lakhajirajsinhji II Bavajirajsinhji, the 12th Thakore Saheb, Pradyumansinhji succeeded to the title after the death of his older brother, Dharmendrasinhji, on 11 June 1940.
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Jadeja was an Indian politician.
Kharedi-Virpur was a third class princely state in British India under Kathiawar Agency. It was ruled by Jadeja Rajput chiefs descended from the Nawanagar ruling family.
Vala State or Vallabhipura was a non-salute princely state in India during the British Raj until 1948. The centre was the city of Vallabhi. The last ruler of the state signed the state's accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.
Dhrol State was one of the 562 princely states of British India. It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Its capital was in the town of Dhrol, located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar.
Nava sudasana is a village in Satlasana Taluka, Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat, India. The population of village is around 6500. The Aravalli Range passes through the Nava Sudasana. The village recently built a temple of their Kuldevi Harsiddhi Mataji.
Mohanpur State was a small princely state belonging to the Mahi Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj. It was centered on Mohanpur town, in present-day Sabarkantha district of Gujarat State, and included 52 villages.
Nimkhera was one of the petty princely states.
Chuda is a town and Taluka headquarter of Chuda Taluka in Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India. It was formerly a Jhala Rajput princely state.
Jalia Devani is a former Rajput non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula, in Gujarat, western India.
Valsna or Walasna is a former minor princely state, and presumably its eponymous seat, in Gujarat, western India.
Rajpara is a village and former Hindu non-salute Rajput princely state on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India.
Khirasra state was one of the princely states of British India. It was an offshoot of the Dhrol state.
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