Area 87 km² | ||
Sanjeli (Hindi Name संजेली) is a Hindu former petty princely state, located in the present Gujarat state in western India.
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Map of Sanjeli, Gujarat 389175
It is now also one of the tehsils of Dahod District.
History
In 1159, Sanjeli state was founded by a Rajput of the Sogira Chauhan clan, styled Raja, on 88 km2 of tribal undulating land .
In 1820, it accepted a British protectorate. It had a population of 3,751 in 1892.
It became a third class state in Rewa Kantha Agency's Rewa Kantha division (until its 1937 merger with Baroda State into Baroda and Gujarat States Agency). The Thakurs enjoyed a privy purse of 40,000 rupees. In 1901 - 1914 it was under direct British India administration due to minority rule .
On 10 June 1948, it ceased to exist by accession to the Bombay State at India's independence.