Sant State
| Sant State સંત રિયાસત |
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| Princely State of British India | |||||
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| History | |||||
| • | Established | 1255 | |||
| • | Accession to the Union of India | 1948 | |||
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| • | 1901 | 1,020 km2(394 sq mi) | |||
| Population | |||||
| • | 1901 | 39,956 | |||
| Density | 39.2 /km2 (101.5 /sq mi) | ||||
 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. |
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Sant State (Hindi संत), also known as Sant-Rampur State was one of the Rajput princely states of western India before and a salute state during the colonial British Raj.
The state was founded in 1255 and named after its founder. It had its capital in Santrampur (Sant-Rampur). It was granted a Hereditary 9 gun salute and belonged to the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency. It covered 1,020 Square Kilometers.
Its last ruler signed the accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948, by which it ceased to exist, merging into Gujarat, and was assigned a Privy purse of 112,000 Rupees.
The rulers of Sant belonged to the Parmar Rajput dynasty. They were styled Rana (equivalent to Raja from ca 1870 onward.
The line is nominally continued.
Coordinates: 23°11′22″N 73°53′34″E / 23.18947°N 73.8928°E
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