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Bhadva State

1700 CE – 1948 CE (approx.) · capital Bhadva

A minor chiefship of the Kathiawar peninsula, one of its many small hereditary estates.

Origins

Bhadva was a small estate in Kathiawar held by a local Rajput family from around 1700. Its founding is not well documented.

Rule and society

The ruler held a few villages and, after 1807, came under British supervision in the Kathiawar Agency. Few further details are recorded in standard works.

Decline and legacy

Bhadva merged into the United State of Saurashtra in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960, in Rajkot district.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Connections (2)

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bhadva State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhadva-state
MLA
“Bhadva State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhadva-state. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Bhadva State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhadva-state.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Bhadva State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bhadva-state (Accessed: ).

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