Mohanpur State

Mohanpur State
મોહનપુર
Princely State of British India
c.1227–1948

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History
  Established c.1227
  Attachment Scheme and merger with Baroda State 1948
Area
  1881 231 km2 (89 sq mi)
Population
  1881 14,667 
Density 63.5 /km2  (164.4 /sq mi)
Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 

Mohanpur State (Gujarati: મોહનપુર; Hindi: मोहनपुर) was a small princely state belonging to the Mahi Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency during the era of the British Raj.[1] It was centered on Mohanpur town,[2] in present-day Sabarkantha district of Gujarat State, and included 52 villages.

History

A predecessor state was founded around 1227 by an ancestor of the later kings named Thakore Jaspal, but its history is obscure.[3] The state was ruled by the Parmar dynasty of Rajputs.[4]

Although small in size, Mohanpur was not one of the small states that were merged with Baroda State under the Attachment Scheme in December 1943.[5]

The last ruler was Vinaysinhji Sartansinhji who was born in 1909 and rose to the throne on 23 June 1923. He married and had issue.[6] Thakur Vinaysinhji Sartansinhji signed the instrument of accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948. He died on 9 December 1955.

Rulers

The rulers of Mohanpur State bore the title Thakur.[6]

See also

References

  1. Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 17, p. 384.
  2. Mohanpur location
  3. Royalty - Mohanpur (Princely State)
  4. Rajput Provinces of India – Mohanpur; Princely State
  5. McLeod, John; Sovereignty, power, control: politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947; Leiden u.a. 1999; ISBN 90-04-11343-6; p. 160
  6. 1 2 Princely States of India

Coordinates: 23°27′N 73°4′E / 23.450°N 73.067°E / 23.450; 73.067


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