REWA KANTHA NON SALUTE STATE
Rewa
Kantha was a political
agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain
of Gujarat and the hills of Malwa,
from the Tapti River to the Mahi River crossing the Rewa (or Narmada) River, from which it takes its name.
The
political agent, who was also District
collector of
the prant (British District) of the Panchmahal, resided at Godhra.
The native
states came under British subsidiary
alliances after
the Third
Anglo-Maratha War of
the early 19th century.
The total
surface was 4,971.75 square miles, comprising 3,412 villages, with a population
of 479,055, yielding 2,072,026 Rupeese state revenue and paying 147,826 Rupees
tribute (mostly to the Gaikwar Baroda State).
In 1937 the
princely states of the Rewa Kantha Agency were merged with Baroda State in order to form the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency, which in turn merged in 1944 with
the Western
India States Agency as Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency.
After the
Independence of British India in 1947, split into India and Pakistan, the
rulers of the states all agreed to accede to the Government
of India and were
integrated into Bombay
State. Bombay state was
split along linguistic lines in 1960, and Rewa Kantha became part of Gujarat, like Saurashtra State.
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