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Sayla State
Origins
Sayla was established around 1751 by a member of the Jhala Rajput clan, kinsmen of the rulers of Dhrangadhra State and Limbdi, who took the town and set up his own chiefship.
Rule and society
The Thakor governed a small dry-farming territory within the Kathiawar Agency. The town is known as a Hindu pilgrimage place connected with the saint Lalji Maharaj. Little else is recorded of its political history.
Decline and legacy
After accession to India Sayla was merged into the United State of Saurashtra in 1948; it is now a town in Surendranagar district of Gujarat.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
Sayla StateSaurashtra State 1948 CE – 1956 CE
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- Sayla State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1807 CE – 1858 CE
- Sayla State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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