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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
| conventional_long_name = Baria State<br />
| common_name = Princely state of Baria<br />
| nation = [[British India]]<br />
| subdivision = [[Princely State]]<br />
| era = 19th century<br />
| year_start = 1524<br />
| date_start = <br />
| event_start = <br />
| year_end = 1948<br />
| date_end = <br />
| event_end = [[Political integration of India|Accession to the Union of India]]<br />
| event1 = <br />
| date_event1 = <br />
| p1 = <br />
| s1 = India<br />
| flag_p1 = <br />
| flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg<br />
| image_flag = Flag of the Baria State.svg<br />
| image_coat = Baria state coa.jpg<br />
| image_map = Rewa Kantha Agency with all Princely States Gujarat during British India 1811-1937 with labels.svg<br />
| image_map_caption = Baria State (''sky blue'') within [[Rewa Kantha Agency]], British India<br />
| capital = [[Devgadh Baria]]<br />
| stat_area1 = 2106<br />
| stat_year1 = 1901<br />
| stat_pop1 = 81,579<br />
| footnotes = <br />
| demonym = <br />
| today = {{flag|India}}<br />
| government_type = Monarchy<br />
| native_name_lang = Gujarati<br />
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The '''Baria State''', also known as '''Bariya State''', was one of the [[princely state]]s of India during the period of the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallace |first1=Major R. |title=Historical Sketch of the Native States under the control of the political agent in the Rewa Kanta |date=1854 |pages=5-7, 127-159 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.109817/page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=23 March 2026}}</ref> It was under the [[Rewa Kantha Agency]] of the [[Bombay Presidency]] and had its capital in [[Devgadh Baria]] town of present-day [[Dahod district]] in Gujarat state.<br />
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A geological study of Baria State was carried out in 1931.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rama Rao |first1=B. |title=The Geology of the Baria State |date=1931 |publisher=The Government of Baria |location=Bangalore |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.40066/page/n5/mode/2up |access-date=23 March 2026}}</ref> Baria State operated a narrow gauge railway between [[Piplod]] and [[Devgadh Baria]] which was later absorbed into [[Indian Railways]].<ref>{{cite book |title=History Of Indian Railways Constructed And In Progress |date=1938 |publisher=Government of India Press |location=Simla |pages=59–60 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/page/59/mode/2up |access-date=23 March 2026}}</ref> <br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bombay Presidency]]<br />
* [[Political integration of India]]<br />
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