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 BHAUNAGAR TOWN.

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smaller portion, including Bhaunagar itself and the original estates of the fell to the Peshwd, and formed part of the Dhandhiika and Gogo, which the Peshwd ceded to the At the time of the British Government under the treaty of Bassein. settlement of Kithiawar, therefore, part of the Bhaunagar possessions had already become British territory, while part remained under the Gaekwar. The revenue {jama) demanded from the British portion was But as _;^ii 65, and that payable to the Gaekwar was fixed at ;^745o. it was expedient to consolidate in the hands of the British Government the various claims over Bhaunagar, an agreement was made, with the Thakur’s consent, for the transfer of the GaekwaPs tribute in Bhaunagar to the British Government, which was accordingly included in the

family in Sihor (Sehore), Districts of

cessions

made

in

1807 by the Gaekwar

for the

support of a contingent

Government suppressed the mint at Bhaunagar, where copper money had been previously coined. As compensation for this, a sum of ;^28o a year was granted to the In

force.

Thakur.

the

1839,

A

further

of his resigning

The Thakur

all

British

sum

of

^400

was given

also subscribed the usual engagements,

duty vessels putting into his port under After the cession of

was

tacitly

to him, in consideration

claims to share in the land or sea customs of Gogo,

exempting from

stress of weather.

Dhandhuka and Gogo,

the chief of Bhaunagar

permitted to exercise the same powers as before in the por-

tion of his estates

which

fell

within these Districts.

But

in

consequence

of a serious abuse of power, his British estates were, in 1815, placed under the jurisdiction of the English courts. The Thakur never ceased to complain of this change, after

full

investigation,

Thakur’s revenue in his

and

to bring forward claims.

Eventually,

an agreement was concluded by which the British estates was fixed at ^5200 in perpetuity.

were removed from and criminal courts of the Bombay Presidency, and transferred to the supervision of the Political Agent in In 1873, the Bhaunagar State made an agreement with the Kathiawar. British Government for the construction of a telegraph line between Bhaunagar and Dholera. Bhaunagar ranks as a first-class Tributary State among the many petty States in Kathiawar ; its chief is entitled to a salute of 1 1 guns, and he maintains a military force of 2765 men, also 85 mounted and 500 foot police. He has powers of life and death over all except British subjects, A tribute is payable of^ 15,449, 19s. jointly to the British Government (^12,806), the Gaekwar, and the Nawdb of Junagarh. The chief has received a sanad authorizing adoption, and the succession follows the There are 117 schools, with 6238 pupils. rule of primogeniture. Bhaunagar {Bhdvdndgar). Town and port in the Gulf of Cambay, and chief town of the State of the same name, Kathiawar, Bombay

In 1866, certain villages in

this portion of the State

the jurisdiction of the revenue,

civil,

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