Gohelwar

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Map of the four prants of Kathiawar, 1855

Gohilwar was one of the four prants (traditional districts, here maintained during the British raj) into which the many feudal units (mostly petty princely states) of Kathiawar on Saurashtra peninsula in present Gujarat (western India) were divided, the others being Halar (west), Jhalawar (or Jalavad; north) and Sorath (southern).

Gohilwar covered the (south)east and roughly corresponds to the modern Bhavnagar District and Amreli District.

Princely states[edit]

Its salute states were :

  • First Class : Bhavnagar State, title Maharaja, Hereditary salute of 13-guns (15-guns local)
  • Second Class : Palitana State, title Thakore Sahib, Hereditary salute of 9-guns

Its main non-salute states included :

There were many more petty states, usually just a single village.

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