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- For namesakes, see Ramas
Ramas is a town and former princely state in Mahi Kantha.
The village is in Bayad Taluka, in Aravalli district of Gujarat state, western India.
History
Ramas was a Sixth Class princely state and taluka, comprising eight more villages, covering six square miles. It was ruled by Koli people[1] Of Jhala Clan Chieftains, during the British Raj under the colonial Mahi Kantha Agency.
It had a combined population of 865 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 2,623 Rupees (nearly all from land), paying a tribute of 158 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State.
Places of interest
There is a step-well said to have been built five hundred years ago by the wife of a Nawab of Kapadvanj.[2]
References
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880.
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Government Central Press. 1880. p. 439.
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