Palanpur princely state court fee / revenue stamp

PALANPUR 13 GUN SALUTE STATE

Palanpur state was formerly Western India States Agency(Bombay) : now in Gujarat State , area of state was 4,582 Sq Km , Population of state was 236,694 in 1921 and 265,424 in 1931.Privy purse of the state at the time of accession on 10 June 1948 was Rs.275,000.

According to tradition Palanpur state was founded in 1370 and was ruled by the pashtun tribe of Lohani of Jhalori dynasty. 'While the earlier history of the family is who established themselves in Bihar during the twelfth century and ruled there as Sultans. Malik Khurram Khan, the founder of the Palanpur house, left Bihar and entered the service of Vishaldev of Mandore during the late fourteenth century. Appointed Governor of Songad or Jhalor, he took control of that place in the confusion that followed the death of the Mandore ruler'; a forebear of the family is reputed to have wed the foster-sister of the Mughal emperor Akbar and received Palanpur and surrounding areas as dowry. However, the family comes into historical prominence during the period of instability that followed the demise of Aurangzeb in the early 18th century. It was overrun soon afterwards by the Marathas; the Lohanis followed the trend of seeking recourse in the British East India Company against them and finally entered the subsidiary alliance system in 1817, along with all other neighbouring states, becoming a British protectorate. Palanpur State was dissolved in 1949.

Court Fee Stamps :--

Type-3 :- used in 1913 AD, size 78x36mm. , Perf. 14.Overprint ,“Current /only in /Palanpur in three lines in English and Fakat / Palanpur in 2 lines in Gujrati vertically in Black ” on British Indian Court Fees Stamps of 1913 AD with the portrait of George V , Wove paper.