Charkha (Dhari, Gujarat)

Charkha is a village in Dhari Taluka of Amreli district on Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, western India. It was formerly minor princely state.

History

During it was a petty state in Sorath prant, which during the colonial British raj subordinate to the Lakhapadar thana. It was ruled by Kathi chieftains of Vala tribe.[1][2]

The population according to the census of 1872 was 1613 and according to that of 1881 1414 souls.[1] In 1901 it comprised Charkha and a second village, with a combined population of 1,519, yielding 27,000 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, nearly all from land), paying 541 Rupees tribute, to the Gaikwar Baroda State and Junagadh State.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 404. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. 1 2 http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_175.gif Imperial Gazetteer

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. p. 404.

Coordinates: 21°52′37″N 71°14′35″E / 21.877°N 71.243°E / 21.877; 71.243

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