Vasan Virpur 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 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 28 Princely States making up the Sankheda Mehwas, estates dating from the fall of Pawagadh in 1484, by Rajputts settling on the south of the territory near the town of Sankheda, from which the Sankheda Mehwas derive their name.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272,https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up The state had a population of 4 571 and an area of 12.5 sq miles.Memoranda on the Indian states, 1934, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04376/page/103/mode/2up
History
The state of Baroda had imposed a tribute on the Sankheda Mewas, it's extraction causing British intervention in 1822, brokering an agreement where the Gaekwar received tribute from the states, while their independence was recognised by Baroda, which also promised to respect the petty states' rights.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up
Rulers
The Rulers had the title of Thakur. The estate has been jointly held by a multitude of shareholders. From two in 1893Golden Book of India (1893 Edition), p. 565, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up to three in 1909Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 266 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up to six in 1934Memoranda on the Indian states, 1934, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04376/page/103/mode/2up to seven in 1939Memoranda on the Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
Thakur Daima Jitabawa Bajibhai (b. 1870) 23 August 1887-fl. 1893 with:Golden Book of India (1893 Edition), p. 565, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up Thakur Jaswantsinghji (b. 1874) (in the Vasan Division)The Rewakantha directory, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/106/mode/2up 23 August 1887Golden Book of India (1893 Edition), p. 565, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n587/mode/2up -fl. 1927A Collection of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up and he later with: Gambhirsinghji Bhaibawa (in the Virpur Division) fl. 1922The Rewakantha directory, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/106/mode/2up -fl. 1927A Collection of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up with: Chhatrasingji Bhaibawa (in the Savli division) fl. 1922The Rewakantha directory, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/106/mode/2up-fl. 1927A Collection of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 166, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/165/mode/2up
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