Chachana (sometimes spelled Chanchana or Cacana) is a village and former Rajput princely state in Chuda Taluka of Surendranagar district, on the Saurashtra peninsula in Gujarat, India.
History
editThe petty princely state, comprising only the single village in Jhalawar prant (Eastern Kathiawar), was ruled by Jhala Rajput Chieftains and Bhayad of Limbdi State. It was under Bhoika thana.[1]
The population according to the census of 1872 was 783 and according to that of 1881, 782 souls.[1]
In 1901 it had a population of 459, yielding 5,000 Rupees state revenue (1903-4, all from land), paying 318 Rupees tribute to the British.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text). Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 402–403.
- ^ "Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 15, page 168 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library". Dsal.uchicago.edu. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
Sources and external links
edit- Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 15, page 168 - on Digital South Asia Library
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar. Vol. VIII. Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay. 1884. pp. 402–403.
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