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K AT HI AW A R A G E NC Y.
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to the Kathiawar Company. The cash contributions amounted to
about Rs. 10,000, while the investments in the War Loan amounted
to Rs. 15,000.
Limbdi.
Thakur Saheb Daulatsinhji Jasvatsinhji, K.C.I.E., Limbdi, was
born in 1808.
The Limbdi House originated with Harpal Deo,'who was also J
ancestor of the Dhrangadra House. Harpal Deb was a Jhala IL
who came from the north in very early times and established hi-
in Kathiawar.
The present Chief was the first of the Kathiawar Chiefs to make
education entirely free in his State. He has also been instrumental
in restoring the large trade in cotton for which Limbdi was formerly
noted, but which had fallen into decay. He has also inaugurated a
number of industrial concerns.
The area of the State is 244 square miles, its population is about
32,000 and its annual revenue 2 lakhs.
The Chief is entitled to a salute of 9 guns.
On the outbreak of the war with Germany, the Thakur Saheb
placed all the resources of the| State at the disposal of Government.
He also offered his personal services. Ycry liberal concessions were
ogered by the State to intending recruits, as a result of which 35
recruits were enlisted in the Kathiawar Company at a total cost
of Rs. 3,437 to the State. The following is the list of contributions
towards the War :—
Rs.
1. Gift of an ambulance car ... ... 7,500
2. Gift of two machine guns ... ... 5,000
The State contributed more than Rs. 50,000 towards the War
and Relief Funds, while the investments in the War Loan by the
State and its subjects amounted to more than four lakhs of rupees.
fhe title of K. C. I. E. was conferred on the 'Thakur Saheb on
the 1st January, 1921,
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to the Kathiawar Company. The cash contributions amounted to
about Rs. 10,000, while the investments in the War Loan amounted
to Rs. 15,000.
Limbdi.
Thakur Saheb Daulatsinhji Jasvatsinhji, K.C.I.E., Limbdi, was
born in 1808.
The Limbdi House originated with Harpal Deo,'who was also J
ancestor of the Dhrangadra House. Harpal Deb was a Jhala IL
who came from the north in very early times and established hi-
in Kathiawar.
The present Chief was the first of the Kathiawar Chiefs to make
education entirely free in his State. He has also been instrumental
in restoring the large trade in cotton for which Limbdi was formerly
noted, but which had fallen into decay. He has also inaugurated a
number of industrial concerns.
The area of the State is 244 square miles, its population is about
32,000 and its annual revenue 2 lakhs.
The Chief is entitled to a salute of 9 guns.
On the outbreak of the war with Germany, the Thakur Saheb
placed all the resources of the| State at the disposal of Government.
He also offered his personal services. Ycry liberal concessions were
ogered by the State to intending recruits, as a result of which 35
recruits were enlisted in the Kathiawar Company at a total cost
of Rs. 3,437 to the State. The following is the list of contributions
towards the War :—
Rs.
1. Gift of an ambulance car ... ... 7,500
2. Gift of two machine guns ... ... 5,000
The State contributed more than Rs. 50,000 towards the War
and Relief Funds, while the investments in the War Loan by the
State and its subjects amounted to more than four lakhs of rupees.
fhe title of K. C. I. E. was conferred on the 'Thakur Saheb on
the 1st January, 1921,