Sayla princely state court fee / revenue stamp

SAYLA NON SALUTE STATE

Indian Princely State Sayla, Formerly Western India States Agency (Kathiawar), merged into Saurashtra, now in Gujarat state. Area of state was 575 Sq. Km. and Population was 15,285 in 1931. Privy purse was 62,500 Rs. at the time of accession on15 Ferbuary1948 .

The Princely State of Sayla was one of the prominent princely states of India that were administered by native rulers or Indian princesunder the indirect control of the British Government of India. The region covered a total area of 222.1 sq miles and comprised of a total population of 15,352 in the year 1941. The princely state of Sayla, also known as Saela, included around 46 villages and is located in the north central Kathiawar. The region was segregated into a main block of territory which consisted of the state of Sayla and 2 small islands, which were almost completely bounded by Dhrangadhra. The princely state of Sayla was bordered by Muli and Dhrangadhra in the north; by Chuda in the east; by Sudamda Dhandhalpur in the south; by the princely state of Chotila in the southwest; and by Lakhtar in the west. The Princely State of Sayla was incorporated as a part of the Baroda Agency, which was sub division of Western India States Agency. Later it became a part of the Eastern Kathiawar Agency and was later included in the Indian state of Gujarat. The courts of the state implemented full civil and criminal jurisdiction, with the customary limitations in respect to capital offenses. The native ruler exercised final and absolute control over the administrative functions of the state. The Raja of Sayla state was an original member of the Chamber of Princes in his own right. Before the eradication of the class system in the year 1925, Sayla state belonged to the Third Class of Kathiawar states.

Court Fee Stamps :-

Type-6 :- used in 1943-47, Size 83x47mm., Perf.12, Wove paper.