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{{Short description|Indian aristocratic estate}}
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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = લીમડા (હનુભાના)
|conventional_long_name =Limda (Hanubha na)<br /><small>Limbda</small>
|common_name =Limda
|nation = [[British India]]
|subdivision =[[Princely State]]
|era =
|year_start = 1780
|date_start =
|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= [[Independence of India]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =
|s1 = [[Saurashtra State]]
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 =
|image_flag =
|image_coat = Coat_of_Arms_of_Limda_State.jpeg
|image_map = Kathiawar map.jpg
|image_map_caption =Map of the four prants of Kathiawar, 1855
|stat_area1 = 20
|stat_year1 = 1,901
|stat_pop1 = 2194
|today = [[Bhavnagar]], [[Gujarat]], [[India]]
}}
'''Limda''' or Hanubha na Limda, literally Hanubha's Limda, is a former [[Rajput]] [[Taluqdar|talukdari]] in [[Gohelwar|Gohilwar]] prant of [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] peninsula in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]. It was held by the [[Gahlot|Gohil]] [[Rajputs]] clan. Its pre-Independence ruler held the title of Darbar Saheb.

In 1901, it comprised a town and four more villages, with a combined population of 2,194, yielding 28,000 Rupees revenue (1903-4, mostly from land).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_171.gif |title=Imperial Gazetteer2 of India, Volume 15, page 165 - Imperial Gazetteer of India - Digital South Asia Library |website=Dsal.uchicago.edu |date=2013-02-18 |access-date=2017-01-17 |archive-date=30 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430024342/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_171.gif |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The talukdari in [[Gohilwar]] ''[[prant]]'' was established by Hanubha Gohil, third son of Lakhaji II Jijibawa, 16th Thakor Saheb of [[Lathi State|Lathi]]. Hanubha and his brothers Fatehsinh and Ajabha were given the estate of Ingorala after Lakhajiraj's death. They wrested control of Limda and neighboring villages from their [[Kathi people|Kathi]] rulers, thus expanding control over five villages. Their descendants held estates there until the abolition of ''[[Jagir|jagirs]]'' by The Bombay Merged Territories and Areas (Jagirs Abolition) Act of 1953.

The last ruler of Limda Darbar was Saheb Shri Ranjitsinhji Bhavsinhji Gohil who played an active role in the liberation of [[Junagadh]] from [[Nawab]] during the Arz-I-Hukumat movement. He was a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] (1967) from [[Gadhada assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.shaktisinhgohil.com/contact/|title=C.V.}}</ref>

==Rulers==

The family were members of the Gohil Dynasty of [[Rajput]]s.

==Notables==

*Gohil Hanubha was the first holder of the Limda estate. He was martyred on the battlefield fighting against Kathi forces and is worshipped as a local deity. The seat of the estate is known as Limda hanubha na literally means Hanubha's Limda.
*Gohil Fatehsinhji was Hanubha’s younger brother and first talukdar of Limda. He was martyred on the battlefield fighting against Kathi forces and is worshipped as a local deity.
*Gohil Ranjitsinhji was the last talukdar of Limbda and an Independence activist who played an important role in the arz-I-Hukumat movement that led to Junagadh’s liberation. He was also an [[member of legislative assembly|MLA]] representing [[Gadhada assembly constituency]] in 1967. Umrala Rajput Samaj dedicated the local community hall to him, naming it ‘Ranjeetsinhji Gohil Limda Bapu Bhavan’.
*[[Shaktisinh Gohil]] is an Indian Politician serving as [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]. He is General secretary of [[All India Congress Committee]], party in-charge for state of [[Bihar]] and National spokesman of [[Indian National Congress]]. He has been elected to [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]] five times and served as Minister in Gujarat Cabinet during two consecutive Congress governments from 1990 to 1995. He was Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Legislative Assembly from 2007 to 2012.

==See also==
* [[Lathi State]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [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 }}

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Rishank124 at 21:06, 13 February 2026