Vasurna State
| Vasurna State | |||||||
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| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
 Location of Vasurna in the Dang region | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 342.24 km2 (132.14 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 7 329 | ||||||
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Vasurna State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Surat Agency [1] and then by the Western India States Agency. The state had a population of 7 329 and an area of 132.14 sq miles. [2]
It was more specifically classified as one of the 14 minor princely states of the Dangs, in the Dang district, India. [3]
History
[edit]The area of Khandesh became a British possession in 1818 following the defeat of Peshwa Baji Rao II during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The neighbouring Dang principalities were seen as separate states and conducted routine raids into the Khandesh territories. In 1825 the Gaekwar of Baroda sent a force of 10 000 men to subdue the Dangs but they were defeated, the Dang states only subjugated in 1839. [4] During the campaign, the Rajas of Vasurna, Chinchli Gaded and Gadvi had looted villages in Peint and Baglan.[5]
In 1842 parts of the Dang teak forests, surrounding 446 villages, were leased by the Government in Bombay, the lease extended in perpetuity and to the whole territory in 1862. Some time after 1842 the tribute demanded of the Dang states by the Desmukh of Mulher lead to heavy disturbances, which resulted in the British Government deducting the Desmukh's tribute from the sum paid to the Dang chiefs for leasing their forests. [6]
In 1880 the state had a yearly revenue of ca. 230 £ (2300 Rupees) [7]
Rulers
[edit]The Rulers had the title of Raja [8] The Dang Chiefs held the power to settle criminal and civil disputes, including being able to issue fines, have witches sentenced to be burnt alive and other capital offenders being killed by being shot by arrows. [9]
- Yashvantráv Lakshman fl. 1880 [10]
- Raja Jawahirsingh (Ratansingh Jeswantrao) (b. 1878) fl. 1893 [11]
- Raja Pandurao Navsa (b. 1875) May 6th 1905-fl. 1915 [12]
- Samansinh Pandurao (b. 1913) May 1st 1920-fl. 1935 [13]
- Chandrasinh Samansinh (b. August 31st 1931) April 20th 1936- fl. 1939 [14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Memoranda On The Indian States 1930", p. 290 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275346/page/n311/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up
- ^ "The golden book of India; a genealogical and biograhical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon", P. 51 https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethrich/page/40/mode/2up
- ^ Reorganization scheme for the establishment of direct political relations between the govt. and India and states in the Bombay presidency, 1931, p. 25-26 https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/ItemDetails/ItemDetails?itemId=e9609138-b62c-4dea-a28d-ffabfa4480ee
- ^ A Memoir of the Khandesh Bhil Corps (1825-1891) by A. H. A. Simcox,, https://archive.org/details/KhandeshBhilCorps/page/n157/mode/2up.
- ^ Reorganization scheme for the establishment of direct political relations between the govt. and India and states in the Bombay presidency, 1931, p. 25-26 https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/ItemDetails/ItemDetails?itemId=e9609138-b62c-4dea-a28d-ffabfa4480ee
- ^ BK 353 -Gazetteer Of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, 597, 605-606 https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/626/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 30, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n37/mode/2up
- ^ BK 353 -Gazetteer Of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 603, https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/622/mode/2up
- ^ BK 353 -Gazetteer Of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, 606 https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/626/mode/2up
- ^ "The golden book of India; a genealogical and biograhical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon" p. 566, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On Native States In Indian 1915, p. 250, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35687/page/n255/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939 p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
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