Sorath prant
- See Sorath for namesakes
Sorath was originally one of then pre-colonial prants into which Saurashtra peninsula in present Gujarat (western India) was divided, the very name being a Muslim amalgamation of that Ancient Greek name for the region.
In the British raj, it was the south(west)ern-most of the four surviving prants into which the many feudal units (mostly petty princely states) of Kathiawar were regrouped, the others being Halar (west), Jhalawar (or Jalavad; north) and Gohilwad (Bhavnagar; southeast).
It roughly corresponds to the modern Porbandar District and Junagadh District.
It comprised 1,193 villages, covering 5,217 square miles, with a total population of 575,288 in 1901, yielding 5,399,349 Rupees state revenue (1903-4; of which 3,610,250 from land) and paying 215,060 Rupees tribute to the British, the Gaekwar Baroda State and/or the Junagadh State.
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Its salute states were :
- First Class : Junagadh State, title Nawab, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local and personal)
- Second Class : Porbandar State, title Maharaja Rana Sahib, Hereditary salute of 13-guns
Its main non-salute states included :
- First Class : Jafarabad State
- Third Class : Bantva Manavadar; third to seventh : Jetpur
- (No Fourth Class)
- Fifth Class : Bantva (Gidad), Dedan, Vasavad
- Sixth Class : Bagasra, Kuba, Vinchhavad
- (No Seventh Class)
Further petty states, often just a single village, were :
- Charkha, Dahida, Dholarva, Gadhia, Garmali Moti, Garmali Nani, Gigasaran, Halaria, Jamka, Kaner, Kathrota, Khijadia Najani, Lakhapadar, Manavav
- Monvel, Silana, Vaghvadi, Vekaria.
Furthermore, it included three civil stations, without talukdars : Dhasa, Jetalsar and Shahpur.
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