JHINJHUVADA NON SALUTE STATE
Zinzuwada, also spelled Jhinjhuvada or Jhinjhuwada is
a town in Dasada Taluka of Surendranagar
district, Gujarat, India.
According to
a legend the town was founded by Zunzo Rabari. He had advised Mayanalla Devi,
wife of Chaulukya ruler Karna, to take blessings from a hermit living
on an island in the Rann of Kutch. She later gave birth to Jayasimha
Siddharaja who
named the place where he lived as Zinzuwada after him.
The core
town is surrounded by 11th century fort built during the rule of Chaulukya dynasty. There are inscriptions on the
walls of the fort ascribed to Udayana, a minister of Jayasimha Siddharaja.
It was a
non-salute princely
state on Saurashtra peninsula during British Raj. The princely state in Jhalawar prant was ruled by Kshatriya Koli Chieftains's Thakors of Jhala dynasty. In 1901, it comprised 18 villages,
covering 165 Square miles, with a population of 11,732, yielding 73,343 Rupees
state revenue (1903-4, mostly from land), paying 11,075 Rupees tribute to the
British.
Revenue Stamp :-
Type 7 :- Used in 1892-95 AD, Kathiawar revenue stamp of type 10 , over stamped with , “ JHINJHUWADA COURT” . Size 65 X 54 mm.
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