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{{Infobox former subdivision
|conventional_long_name =Ambliara State
|common_name =Ambaliyara
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision = [[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = Unascertained
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1943
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Attachment Scheme]] and merger with [[Baroda State]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = Baroda State
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Baroda flag.svg
|image_flag = Flag of Ambliara state.png
|image_coat =
|image_map =
|image_map_caption =
|stat_area1 =207
|stat_year1 = 1891
|stat_pop1 = 12,437
|footnotes =
|native_name={{lang|hi|अमलियारा रियासत}}
|capital=Ambaliyara|today=}}
The '''Ambliara State''', also spelt Ambaliyara was a [[princely state]] under [[Mahi Kantha Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]] during the era of the [[British Raj]] in India.

== History ==

The Ambliara State was ruled by a [[Chauhan clan|Chauhan]] family that is categorized among the "[[Kshatriya]] [[Koli people|Koli]]" [[Thakor|Thakordas]] (minor lords).<ref>{{cite book |author1=Raymond Brady Williams |author2=Yogi Trivedi |title=Swaminarayan Hinduism: Tradition, Adaptation, and Identity |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rs5JDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT354 |year=2016 |publisher=OUP India |isbn=978-0-19-908959-8 |pages=354–}}</ref> According to the Gujarat State Gazetteers, the rulers were "[[Khant (caste)|Khant]] Kolis" by caste, and their family claimed descent from the [[Chahamanas of Shakambhari|Chauhans of Sambhar and Ajmer]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Sabarkantha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wIxhAAAAIAAJ |year=1974 |publisher=Gujarat State |page=134 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7iOsNUZ2MXgC&q=Amliyara&pg=PA27|title=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|last=Lethbridge|first=Sir Roper|date=2005|publisher=Aakar Books|isbn=9788187879541|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YY4bAQAAIAAJ&q=Amalyara+Kolis&pg=PA209|title=The Imperial Gazetteer of India|last=Hunter|first=Sir William Wilson|date=1885|publisher=Trübner & Company|language=en}}</ref>

A single, undated one [[paisa]] [[Banknote of Ambliara|banknote]] was issued by the state.<ref>{{Numis cite SCWPM|date=2006.s}}</ref>

Ambliara State was merged with [[Baroda State]] under the [[Attachment Scheme]] on 10 July 1943.<ref>McLeod, John; ''Sovereignty, power, control: politics in the States of Western India, 1916–1947;'' Leiden u.a. 1999; {{ISBN|90-04-11343-6}}; p. 160</ref> Finally, Baroda State [[instrument of accession|acceded]] to the [[Dominion of India|Indian Union]] on 1 May 1949. The state had enjoyed a [[Privy Purse]] of Rs 26000.{{cn|date=January 2019}}

== Rulers ==

The rulers of Ambliara bore the title ''[[Thakur (title)|Thakur]] [[Shri]] [[Maan (title)|Maan]]''.<ref>[http://www.worldstatesmen.org/India_princes_A-J.html Princely States of India]</ref>

*1689 – 1724 Roop Singhji
*1724 – 1773 Moghaji
*1773 – 1796 Bhalji
*1796 – 1814 Bhathhiji (d. 1814)
*1814 – 1838 Nathu Singhji (b. 1799 – d. 1838)
*1838 – 1858 Regents
*1858 – 1876 Amar Singhji (b. 1838 – d. 1876)
*23 April 1876 – 7 March 1908 [[Jalim Singh|Jhalamsinghji Amarsinghji]] (b. 1860 – d. 1908)
*7 March 1908 – 1947 [[Keshrisinghji Jalamsinghji]] (b. 1887 – d. 1963)

== See also ==

* [[Political integration of India]]

== References ==
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{{Princely states of the Mahi Kantha Agency}}
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[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]
[[Category:1943 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Koli princely states]]

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