Dedan is a village and former non-salute princely state on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, Western India.
History The Fifth Class princely state, in Sorath prant, was ruled by Baberia Kotila kathi Chieftains.
In 1901 it comprised the town and eleven other villages, covering 50 square miles, with a combined population of 4,394, yielding 59,405 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, about half from land), paying 4,181 tribute to the Gaikwar Baroda State und Unamamuli (1225).https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_174.gif Imperial Gazetteer The first ruler was Dantabapu Kotila and in 1923 the last ruler sat on the throne named Jilubapu Kotila by owning 202 Villages.
References
External links and Sources History Imperial Gazetteer, on DSAL.UChicago.edu - Kathiawar
The king of Dedan state was Danta bapu Kotila who was the great king.