(Bhalgam) Baldhoi is a village and former non-salute princely state in Gujarat, western India.
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Map of Baldhoi, Gujarat 360060
Village
Modern Baldhoi lies in Jasdan Taluka of Rajkot district, on Saurasthra peninsula.
It includes the site of a deserted village called Bhalgam close to the foot of the Baldhua hill.
Etymology
There is a hill nearby known as the Baldhua hill. According to a legend, a laden bullock belonging to a Brinjari ascended this steep hill nearly 900 feet high, and died on the summit. A temple has been built on the spot and the hill was hereafter called Baldhua from baladh - a bullock. For the same reason the village is called Baldhoi.
History
Bhalgam Baldhoi was a petty princely state, comprising solely the village, in the Halar prant of Kathiawar.
Bhalgam Baldhoi had a population of 617 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 9,168 Rupees (1903-4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 262 Rupees, to the British an Junagadh State.
It was held by Vala Kathi Chieftains, also during British period. It was subject to the Lodhika thana.