Vasan Sewada State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Rewa Kantha AgencyMemoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 266, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency. and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.Memoranda on the Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater It was part of the 28 Princely States making up the Sankheda Mehwas, estates dating from the fall of Pawagadh in 1484, by Rajputts settling on the south of the territory near the town of Sankheda, from which the Sankheda Mehwas derive their name.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up The State had a population of 1604 and an area of 12.5 sq miles.Memoranda on the Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
History
The state of Baroda had imposed a tribute on the Sankheda Mewas, it's extraction causing British intervention in 1822, brokering an agreement where the Gaekwar received tribute from the states, while their independence was recognised by Baroda, which also promised to respect the petty states' rights.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up
Rulers
The Rulers had the title of Thakur.
Thakur Kalubawa (b. 1828) fl. 1893The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1893 Edition), https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up Thakur Jarawarkhan (b. 1872) fl. 1900The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1900 Edition), https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethrich/page/330/mode/2up Thakur Isabkhanji Jorawarkhanji (b. 10 December 1901) 30 June 1903- fl. 1939Memoranda on the Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
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