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'''Akadia '''or '''Ankadia''' is a village and former [[Rajput]] petty [[princely state]] on [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] peninsula.<br />
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== Village ==<br />
Akadia (or '''Ankadia''') lies in Amreli [[Taluka]] of [[Amreli district]] in [[Gujarat]], western India. It is situated about twenty miles north-east of Babra, and about four miles north of [[Bhadli]], on the northern bank of the Keri river.<ref name="bg"/><br />
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== History ==<br />
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The princely state, in [[Gohelwar]] ''prant'', was ruled by [[Chavda dynasty|Chavda]] Rajput Chieftains. During the [[British Raj]], it was in the charge of the colonial [[Eastern Kathiawar Agency]].<br />
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It comprised only the single village, with a population of 102 in 1901, yielding 1,250 Rupees state revenue (1903–04, all from land), paying 154 Rupees tribute to the British and [[Junagadh State]].<br />
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It was a separate tribute paying state under the [[Babra, Gujarat|Babra]] ''thana'' during British period. The ruling [[Garasia]]s were [[Chavda dynasty|Chavda]] Rajputs and this was the only independent Chavda holding in [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]].<ref name="bg">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=356}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links and Sources ==<br />
* [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_171.gif Imperial Gazetteer, on DSAL.UChicago.edu - Kathiawar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024342/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_171.gif |date=30 April 2021 }}<br />
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[[File:PD-icon.svg|10px]] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [[public domain]]: {{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=356}}<br />
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