Vakhtapur 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 AgencyMemoranda 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 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
The state had a population of 390 and an area of 1.5 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 minor princely state, belonging to the Pandu Mehwas division of Rewa Kantha, was ruled by Rajput Chieftains.
In 1901 it comprised only the single village, covering 1 1/2 square miles, with a population of 244, yielding 816 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, mostly from land), paying 116 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.
Rulers
The Rulers had the title of Thakur. It wa divided between severel shareholders.
Chhatrasing Navalsing (b. 1890) fl. 1922 The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up -fl. 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up with: Amarsing Nathoobhai (b. 1881) fl. 1922 The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up -fl. 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up and with: Bai Takhtaba (b. 1901) fl. 1922 The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up and then: Laxmansing Becharsing fl. 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 164, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/163/mode/2up
References
External links and Sources Imperial Gazetteer, on DSAL.UChicago.edu - Rewa Kantha