Varnoli Nani 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 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 87 and an area of 1 sq mile.Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
History The petty 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 square mile, with a population of 74, yielding 346 Rupees state revenue (1903–4, mostly from land), paying 19 Rupees tribute, to the Gaekwar Baroda State.
Rulers
Rahtor Bhaiji (b. 1824) fl. 1893 The 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), p. 330, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up -fl. 1900 The 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), p. 565, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up Jivabhai Kanbhai fl. 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up with: Bolabhai Motibhai fl. 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up
See also Varnol Mal, neighboring princely state Varnoli Moti, neighboring princely state
References
Sources and external links Imperial Gazetteer, on DSAL.UChicago.edu - Rewa Kantha