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Lakhtar State
Origins
Lakhtar was founded in 1604 by a cadet of the Jhala house of Halvad, the line that also ruled Dhrangadhra State. Its seat was the small fortified town of Lakhtar, earlier known as Thana Lakhtar.
Rule and society
The Thakor ruled a dry territory of cotton and grain villages, paying tribute to the Gaekwads of Baroda and, after 1807, coming under British supervision in the Kathiawar Agency. It was a nine-gun salute state. Few further details of its rulers are widely recorded.
Decline and legacy
Lakhtar merged into the United State of Saurashtra in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960, in present Surendranagar district.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
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- Lakhtar State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1807 CE – 1858 CE
- Lakhtar State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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