SANT STATE 9 GUN
SALUTE STATE
Santrampur State (Sant State, also spelt
Sunth and Soanth) is a former state located in the present-day state of
Gujarat, India. It covered an area of approximately 1,367 Sq.Km or
528 Sq. Mi. in 1901 AD and its population was 59351 and was bounded
on the north by the dominions of Dungarpur and Banswara in Rajputana. On the east was the
sub division of Jhalod in the Panch Mahals. On the south
it touched the small state of Sanjeli while on the west it was bounded by the
State of Lunavada.The State enjoyed a hereditary salute
of 9 gun and 11 gun local salute. The rulers of Santrampur are Parmar Rajputs.
They claim descent from the Mahipavat branch of the famous Malwa dynasty.
According to bardic history, the state
was founded in 1255 AD by an individual named Sant who had been forced to
leave Jhalod upon the military defeat of his father,
Jalamsingh. Sant's brother, Limdev, founded the nearby state of Kadana.
In 1753, The Maharawal of Banswara State, killed the three sons of Rana Ratansinhjii and tried to capture the throne of
Sant State; the fourth son who was an infant named Badansinghji was hidden
by Kolis of Malwa and
grew up in a Koli family. The Maharawal annexed the Sant State in Banswara
State and established his army in Sant. After several years, when Badansinghji
reached maturity, the Kolis of Malwa attacked the army of Banswara. The Khant Kolis of Malwa defeated the army of Maharawal and
threw it out of Sant state. After that, Kolis of Malwa established Rana
Badansinghji Pawar at the throne of Sant State.
In 1803, Sant State entered into a
defensive treaty with the British Government, but the latter subsequently
reneged on the treaty under Lord Cornwallis' policy of not entering alliances
with Indian states. Thereafter, on 10 August 1819, Sant State was party to
an agreement between Scindia and Lunawada mediated by the British, which effectively made the
state a British vassal. The state was placed under the administration of
the Rewa Kantha Rewa
Kantha Agency in
1825.
In 1913, the state was rocked by
an adivasi (Bhil) uprising led by Govindgiri.
The last ruler of Sant State signed
the accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948, by which the state
ceased to exist and merged into Gujarat, and was assigned a Privy
purse of 112,000
Rupees.
Court Fee
Stamps :--
Type- 5 :- 1941, Size 75x 38 mm. , Perf. 8 ½ ,Wove paper.
One Anna, Red, Ref. # 51
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