Rewa Kantha was a political agency or collection of princely states in British India, subordinate to the government of Bombay Presidency

Bombay Presidency

The Bombay Presidency was a province of British India. It was established in the 17th century as a trading post for the English East India Company, but later grew to encompass much of western and central India, as well as parts of post-partition Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.At its greatest...

. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat and the hills of Malwa, from the Tapti River

Tapti River

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 to the Mahi River

Mahi River

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 crossing the Narmada

Narmada River

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 or Rewa River, from which it takes its name. The number of separate states is 61, many of which were under British jurisdiction. The largest state was Rajpipla

Rajpipla

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.(Bakrol taluqdari estate in panchmahal is originated by Rajpipla gohil dynasty) It also included five second-class states entitled Chhota Udaipur

Chhota Udaipur

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, devgadh Bariya, Santrampur

Santrampur

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, Lunawada

Lunawada

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, and Balasinor

Balasinor

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. The total area of the agency was 12877 km² (4,971.8 sq mi). In 1901 the population was 479,065. Many of the inhabitants were Bhil

Bhil

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s and Koli

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s. The political agent, who was also collector of the British District of the Panch Mahals, resided at Godhra

Godhra

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. The states came under British control after the Third Anglo-Maratha War

Third Anglo-Maratha War

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 of the early 19th century. After Indian Independence in 1947, the rulers of the states acceded to the Government of India

Government of India

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, and the agency was integrated into Bombay State

Bombay State

The Bombay State was a state of India, dissolved with the formation of Maharashtra and Gujarat states on May 1, 1960.-History:During British rule, portions of the western coast of India under direct British rule were part of the Bombay Presidency...

. Bombay state was split along linguistic lines in 1960, and Rewa Kantha became part of Gujarat.