Kankrej thana

Kankrej thana or Kankrej Estates was a former collection of native states in what is now part of Banaskantha district of Gujarat, India.

History

The thana was divided between 34 talukdars , or petty estate holders belong to Koli caste. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The most important of these were Thara, Khamboi and Un. Most of the estates were small, often covering not even a single village, but parts of several villages shared with others. There were numerous bhayats (land alienated to junior branches) of these petty chiefs, but the lands were not actually surveyed and divided; they simply occupied as much as land as they could cultivate. Primogeniture was not observed in any of the estates of Kankrej Thana; rather, giras were divided up in equal shares among all sons.^{[ citation needed ]}

Kankrej chiefs agreed with British in 1819–20 to become protectorate and came under Mahi Kantha Agency. It continued part of the Mahi Kantha till, in 1844, on account of its nearness to Palanpur, it was transferred to the Palanpur Superintendency. ^[4]

Kankrej was under Palanpur Agency of Bombay Presidency, ^[5] which in 1925 became the Banas Kantha Agency. After Independence of India in 1947, Bombay Presidency was reorganized in Bombay State. When Gujarat state was formed in 1960 from Bombay State, it fell under Banaskantha district of Gujarat.

References

Notes

1. Raza, Moosa (1995). Of Nawabs and Nightingales & Other Episodes. New Delhi, India, Asia: Rupa & Company. pp. 120: "Sir, it's about a hundred kilometers from here in the north." (That meant a full day's journey in that terrain) "and once upon a time it was the most important temple of Shiva in that region. It is said that when the Koli chiefs ruled Kakrej and the wells gave fresh water, the area was prosperous . But the people became proud and quarrelsome . They fought against each other, then came the robbers, the chiefs became weak. ISBN   978-81-7167-299-8.
2. Macmurdo, James (1977). The Peninsula of Gujarat in the Early Nineteenth Century. New Delhi, India: Sterling Publishers. pp. 85: Kankrej : A petty state in Mahi Kanta, Gujarat and comprised of the chiefships of Thara, Un and Wara. Except Thara, Un and Wara were ruled by the Kolis . British relations with Kankrej dated from 1819–20 . In 1844 Kankrej was.
3. Patel, Govindlal Dalsukhbhai (1954). The Indian Land Problem and Legislation. New Delhi, India: N. M. Tripathi. pp. 79: The existence of the largest number of the ankadia villages in Vijapur, Chanasma, Kheralu, Mehsana and Patan were due to the juxta - position of Chunwal, Mahikantha and Kankrej which were held by turbulent Kolis.
4. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur and Mahi Kantha 2015, p. 332.
5. Chisholm 1911, p. 785.

Bibliography

• Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. pp. 331–332. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Radhanpur"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 785.

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