Sanjeli (state)
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| Capital | Sanjeli | ||||
| Form of government | Princely State | ||||
| surface | 87 km² | ||||
| population | 8083 (1931) | ||||
| resolution | June 10, 1948 | ||||
| State religion: Hinduism Dynasty: Chauhan |
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Sanjeli was a princely state in British India with twelve villages on 87 km², which was administered until 1825-1924 as part of the Rewa Kantha Agency . He then became part of the Western India States Agency . The title of the Rajput ruler, who was one of the few regions not to pay tribute to Baroda , was Thakur . The little country, until 1925 classified by the British as the "5th class state", was considered backward even by Indian standards.
history
The property tax was fixed after surveys from 1867–1871 until a new settlement took place in 1920 . The 1872 census showed 2532 inhabitants, mostly Bhil and 48 Muslims, of whom about Rs 7000 were paid in taxes. The population rose to 3751 by 1891. Between 1890 and 1901 the population decreased by 27% (~ 2700 inh.) As a result of the devastating famine and the following epidemics. The survivors of the now 32 villages were forced to pay 13,326 Rs. Taxes in 1903/4, of which Rs. 5384 went to the British. By 1931 the population rose to 8,083.
The capital of the same is on ( 23 ° 4 ' N , 73 ° 58' O ), on the road of Pāli according Jhālod . During the territorial reform of 1943 ( attachment scheme ), it joined Bāriya (= Baria). The state joined the Indian Union on June 10, 1948 and became part of Gujarat when the states were reorganized in 1960 and is now part of Dahod District .
dynasty
The family, founded by Satrāsalji, are Rajputs from the Songada Chohān lineage that came from Merwar. They ruled, from at least 1159, first of Rājpur, a village near Kesarpur, the northern part of Bāriya , until 1789 the ruler was slain by Prince Bāriyas. His adult son, who was seeking revenge, also fell in battles against Bariya. Through the mediation of the British, his son Jagatsingh received the twelve villages of Sanjelis on a permanent basis in 1804.
The local oral tradition calls a line of twenty rulers from the pre-colonial period: Thenamesare; Limdevji; Madesingh; Dharuji; Sultānsingh; Shārdulsingh; Bhimsingh; Khansingh; Bhojrāji; Rāghavdās; Ashkaran; Surajmal; Limbji; Jagrupsingh; Anupsingh; Umedsingh; Dolatsingh; Devisingh; Surajmal; Bhimsingh; Jagatsingh (†? 1858); Pratāpsingh (= Pertabsingh) * 1847, adopted, reg. 1858-1902; Pushpasinghji Pratāpsinghj * Dec. 11, 1892, reg. from 1902, abdicated in 1948.
literature
- Campbell, James; Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency, Bombay 1880, Vol. VI
- Chakrabarti, Jadab Chandra; The Native States of India; London 1896, p. 227
- Hunter, William Wilson (Ed.); Imperial Gazetteer of India; Oxford 1908–1931, Volume XXI: "Rewa Kantha"
- Lethbridge, Sir Roper (1840-1919); The Golden Book of India; London 1893, p. 447