Varnol Mal State (or Varnolmal) 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 684 and an area of 3.5 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.
In 1901 it comprised also a second village, covering 3 1/2 square miles, with a combined population of 426, yielding 1,094 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, nearly all from land), paying 65 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.
Rulers
The state was held by several shareholders.
Kalubhai Jesanghbai (b. 1876) fl.1922The Rewakantha directory, p. 122, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/122/mode/2up-fl. 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up Fakirbhai Parbatsing (b. 1878) fl. 1922-fl. 1927
See also Varnoli Moti, neighboring princely state Varnoli Nani, neighboring princely state
References