Chuda State
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Chuda is a town and Taluka headquarter of Chuda Taluka in Surendranagar district, Gujarat, India. It was formerly a princely state.
History[edit]
During the British raj, it was a third class state under the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency.[1]
It ceased to exist on 15 February 1948 by accession to newly independent India's Saurashtra State. The privy purse was fixed at 51,250 Rupees.
Thakur Shris[edit]
- 1707 - 1747 Abhasinhji Madhavsinhji (died 1747)
- 1747 - 1768 Raisinhji Abhasinhji, son of the above (d. 1768)
- 1768 - 1780 Gajsinhji Raisinhji, son of the above (d. 1780)
- 1780 - 1820 Hathisinhji Gajsinhji, son of the above (d. 1820)
- 1820 - 1830 Abhasinhji Hathisinhji, son of the above
- 1830 - 1854 Raisinhji Abhasinhji, son of the above
- 24 July 1854 – 13 Jan 1908 Bacharsinhji Raisinhji, son of the above (b. 1840 - d. 1908)
- 22 Feb 1908 – 20 Jan 1921 Jorawarsinhji Bacharsinhji, son of the firstborn son of the above (b. 1886 - d. 1921)
- 20 Jan 1921 - 1947 Bahadursinhji Jorawarsinhji, son of the above, ?last ruler (b. 1909 - d. ... )
- 20 Jan 1920 – 7 Feb 1929 ... -Regent
- Dharmendrasinhji Bahadursinhji, son of the above
- 4 Oct 1950 Krishnakumarsinhji Dharmendrasinhji, son of Bahadursinhji
Demographics[edit]
The state had a population of 11,333 in 1921.
Economy and transport[edit]
There is a railway station at Chuda on the Bhavnagar-Wadhwan line. The soil of Chuda is very fertile, and the water is considered good.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 407–408.
External links[edit]
22°29′00″N 71°44′00″E / 22.4833°N 71.7333°E
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 407–408.