Varsoda

Varsoda is a small village located in Mansa, Gujarat, on the bank of the Sabarmati River, formerly the seat of an eponymous petty Rajput princely state. It is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) from Gandhinagar, the state capital of Gujarat.

Varsoda State Palace

History
Goddess Kuldevi Chamunda-devi Temple
Village view

Varsoda (or Varsora) was a petty Hindu princely state in Mahi Kantha with an area of 28 square kilometers km2 (11 square miles) before Indian Independence (1947). It had a population of 4,051 in 1892, 3,656 in 1901, yielding 18,871 rupees sate revenue (1903-4, mainly from land), and paying 1,583 rupees tribute to the Gaekwar Baroda State.

Rulers
  • Thakur Gambhirsinhji
  • his brother Thakur Motisinhji -/1858
  • his son Thakur Kishorsinhji Motisinhji, born 15 October 1840, succeeded 4 March 1858, died 18 July 1919
  • his grandon, the last ruler, Thakur Joravarsinhji, born 17 April 1914 and succeeded 18 July 1919. The state ceased to exist on 10 June 1948 by accession to Bombay State.
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