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Vakhtapur (Rewa Kantha)

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Vakhtapur is a village and former Rajput non-salute princely state in Gujarat, western India.

History

The minor princely state, belonging to the Pandu Mehwas division of Rewa Kantha, was ruled by Rajput Chieftains.

In 1901 it comprised only the single village, covering 1 1/2 square miles, with a population of 244, yielding 816 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, mostly from land), paying 116 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.

References

  1. "(Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 13.) Mahi Kantha: General statistics of Each State in the Mahi Kantha Agency". Digital South Asia Library.

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Princely states of the Western India States Agency during the British Raj, by colonial (Sub)Agency and (in Kathiawar) by prant
Italics = Thana's, jurisdictions grouping several petty states
Gohelwar prant (Eastern Kathiawar)
Jhalawar prant (Eastern Kathiawar)
Halar prant (Western Kathiawar)
Sorath prant (Western Kathiawar)
Palanpur Agency (Banas Kantha Agency)
Mahi Kantha Agency (Banas Kantha)

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