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Kadana State

1600 CE – 1948 CE (approx.) · capital Kadana

A small Rajput state on the upper Mahi river in eastern Gujarat, in the forested borderland with Rajasthan.

Origins

Kadana was held by a Rajput family in the hilly country of the upper Mahi, on the border of Gujarat and Rajasthan. The estate emerged around 1600, though its founding is known mainly from local tradition.

Rule and society

The ruler governed forested hills with a sizeable Bhil population. In the British period Kadana was a minor state of the Rewa Kantha Agency. Few details of its rulers are widely recorded.

Decline and legacy

Kadana was merged into Bombay Province in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960. The Kadana dam on the Mahi now stands in its former territory.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Lineage

Kadana StateDominion of India 1947 CE – 1950 CE

Connections (2)

Kadana State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1820 CE – 1858 CE
Kadana State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE

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

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