Lunavada princely state court fee/revenue stamp

LUNAVADA                                                             9  GUN  SALUTE  STATE             

Lunavada state is formerly Rewa Kantha Agency, now in Gujarat State , area of state was 1,005 Sq. Km.  ,and population of state was 95,162 in 1931, Privy purse of state at  the time of accession on 10 June1948  was Rs.1,31,000.

According to tradition the predecessor state was established in 1225 by descendants of Sidhraj, Raja of Anhilwara Patan, as the state of Virpur. In 1434, Rana Bhimsinghji moved the capital to Lunavada on the other side of the Mahi river. Before the town was established, the area was controlled by the princely state of Santrampur, ruled by Puwar Rajputs.

In 1826 Lunavada State became a British protectorate and was a second class state in the Rewa Kantha Agency. The capital was Lunavada town, said to have been founded in 1434. The 1901 census records that the population had a decrease of 28% in the previous decade, due to famine.

Col. HH Maharaja Sri Virbhadrasinhji Ranjitsinjhi 1929/1986, born 8 June 1910 in Lunawada, invested with full ruling powers on 2 October 1930, Member of the Chamber of Princes, married Maharajkumari Manher Kunwari [HH Maharani Kusum Kunwari of Lunawada], daughter of Capt. HH Maharana Raj Saheb Shri Sir Amarsinhji Banesinhji (Gangubha) of Wankaner, and had issue. He died in 1986

 

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