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Derol or Dedol is a village and former princely state in Gujarat, western India.
History[edit]
Derol was a Sixth Class princely state, including a second village in Mahi Kantha. It was ruled by Makwana Kolis of Jhala Dynasty having Thakor title and part of Sabar Kantha Thana.[1][2][3]
It had a combined population of 837 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 1,823 Rupees (1903–1904, mostly from land), paying tributes of 513 Rupees to the Gaikwar Baroda State and 47 Rupees to Idar State.
Geography and transportation[edit]
- The village's small Derol railway station connects it to Kalol, which lies on the main trunk road State Highway-5. It is connected to Godhra, 27 km to the north, and Halol (13 km) and Vadodara (50 km) to the south.
- Apart from the highway, it is connected to adjacent villages through a network of country roads. Most of the country roads are paved, single-lane and reasonably maintained. A portion of the route between Kalol and Vadodara is a toll road.
See also[edit]
- Vaghela Derol, nearby village
External links and sources[edit]
History
Footnotes
- ↑ Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Cutch, Palanpur, and Mahi Kantha. Printed at the Government Central Press. 1880.
- ↑ Singhji, Virbhadra (1994). The Rajputs of Saurashtra. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 9788171545469.
- ↑ Lethbridge, Sir Roper (2005). The Golden Book of India: A Genealogical and Biographical Dictionary of the Ruling Princes, Chiefs, Nobles, and Other Personages, Titled Or Decorated of the Indian Empire. Aakar Books. ISBN 9788187879541.
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