Sant State

History

According to bardic history, the state was founded in c. 1255 by an individual named Sant who had been forced to leave Jhalod upon the military defeat of his father, Jalamsingh. Sant's brother, Limdev, founded the nearby state of Kadana.
In 1753, The Maharawal of Banswara State, killed the three sons of Rana Ratansinhjii and tried to capture the throne of Sant State; the fourth son who was an infant named Badansinghji was hidden by Kolis of Malwa and grew up in a Koli family. The Maharawal annexed the Sant State in Banswara State and established his army in Sant. After several years, when Badansinghji reached maturity, the Kolis of Malwa attacked the army of Banswara. The Khant Kolis of Malwa defeated the army of Maharawal and threw it out of Sant state. After that, Kolis of Malwa established Rana Badansinghji Pawar at the throne of Sant State.
In 1803, Sant State entered into a defensive treaty with the British Government, but the latter subsequently reneged on the treaty under Lord Cornwallis' policy of not entering alliances with Indian states. Thereafter, on 10 August 1819, Sant State was party to an agreement between Scindia and Lunawada mediated by the British, which effectively made the state a British vassal. The state was placed under the administration of the Rewa Kantha Rewa Kantha Agency in 1825.
In 1913, the state was rocked by an adivasi (Bhil) uprising led by Govindgiri.
The last ruler of Sant State signed the accession to the Indian Union on 10 June 1948, by which the state ceased to exist and merged into Gujarat, and was assigned a Privy purse of 112,000 Rupees.