Kadana (state)

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Kadana
1825-1924
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Capital Kadana
Form of government Princely State
surface 335 km²
population 14,200 (1891)
founding 1825
resolution 1924
State religion: Hinduism
Dynasty: Parmar

Kadāna was a 335 km² princely state in British India , which was administered from 1825 to 1924 as part of the Rewā Kāntha Agency . He then became part of the Western India States Agency . The country was between 23 ° 16'14 "–30'30" N and 73 "43'-54 'E. The state joined the Indian Union and became part of Gujarat when the states were reorganized in 1960. The title of The Rajput ruler, who was one of the few regions to pay no tribute to Baroda , was Thakur .

history

The 1872 census found 12,986 inhabitants in 100 villages, of which 98.6% were Hindus. The population rose to 14,200 in 124 villages by 1891. As a result of the devastating famines (1896–1897 and 1900–1902) and the subsequent epidemics (including the plague in 1902/3), only about 9600 (−32½%) inhabitants lived there in 106 settlements in 1901. The total tax revenue rose from 1872 (~ 10,000 Rs. ) To 18,669 Rs. In the disaster year 1901. Relying on the prevailing ideology of liberalism , the colonial rulers failed to provide more than minimal support. By 1941 the population had risen to 19790.

According to the local oral tradition, the state was founded in the 13th century by Limdev, a younger brother of Jālmsingh, a descendant of the eponymous founder of Jhālod . With the neighboring states of Sunth , Dungarpur or Bālāsinor one was more or less in a permanent state of war. The local population, mostly Bhil , managed to maintain their independence and to remain free from tribute obligations. The rule, like the entire region, came under British rule in 1812 when the Gaekwar ceded his rights. The Raja of Sunth (= Sant) claimed in 1856 that the state had to come under his sovereignty because the adoption of a boy as crown prince was not lawful. The local Political Agent decided in favor of the child, so that the state remained independent. As court lord, the Thakur received the powers of a magistrate, 2nd class. The prince was one of the non-salute princes elected to the Chamber of Princes created in 1921 .

literature

  • Jadab Chandra Chakrabarti: The Native States of India. Luzac, London 1896, pp. 117-118 .
  • Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency. Volume 5: Cutch, Pálanpur and Mahi Kántha. sn, Bombay 1880, ( digitized version ).
  • Kadana. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 14: Jaisalmer to Karā. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, p. 255 .
  • Rewā Kāntha. In: The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 21: Pushkar to Salween. New Edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 289-299 .

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  1. ↑ Real increase per capita: 87% (the decline in value of the silver rupee 1872–1896 is high at 35%).
  2. ↑ On the type and (small) extent of this help cf. Mike Davis : Late Victorian holocausts. El Niño famines and the making of the third world. Verso, New York NY et al. 2001, ISBN 1-85984-739-0 .