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Wav State
Origins
Wav, or Vav, was held by Chauhan Rajputs who claimed descent from the medieval Chauhan rulers of Rajasthan. The register dates the state to around 1700. It lay in the desert fringe where Gujarat meets the Rann and Sind.
Rule and society
The Rana ruled a dry territory of grazing land and millet fields. In the British period Wav was a minor state under the Palanpur and later the Banas Kantha Agency. Few further details are widely recorded.
Decline and legacy
Wav merged into Bombay Province in 1948 and became part of Gujarat in 1960, in Banaskantha district.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
Lineage
Wav StateDominion of India 1947 CE – 1950 CE
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- Wav State was a protectorate of Company rule in India1820 CE – 1858 CE
- Wav State was a protectorate of British Raj1858 CE – 1947 CE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Wav State. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/wav-state
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- “Wav State.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/wav-state. Accessed .
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- The Epoch Institute. “Wav State.” The Epoch Institute States Register. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/wav-state.
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- The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Wav State’, The Epoch Institute States Register. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/wav-state (Accessed: ).
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