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Chuda State
Origins
Chuda was held by a branch of the Jhala Rajputs of Wadhwan State and emerged as a separate holding in 1707. Its seat was the small town of Chuda in the cotton country of Jhalawad.
Rule and society
The Thakor ruled a territory of cotton and grain villages, paying tribute to the Gaekwads and then coming under British supervision in the Kathiawar Agency after 1807. Few further details of its rulers are widely recorded.
Decline and legacy
Chuda merged into the United State of Saurashtra in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960, in Surendranagar district.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
Chuda StateSaurashtra State 1948 CE – 1956 CE
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- Chuda State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1807 CE – 1858 CE
- Chuda State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Chuda State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/chuda-state
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