Vala

Talaja

Vala seat after their displacement from Vala-Chamardi; the Walak coastal strip still bears the clan’s name.

Ruler’s title
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Standing
Historic seat
Region
Saurashtra
Founded
Vala seat after Vala-Chamardi
After 1947
Passed into history before the princely order ended

The account

The Vala refuge by the Shetrunji estuary, with its rock-cut Buddhist caves; later absorbed into Bhavnagar’s territory.

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Territorial Holdings

Talaja Sarvaiya Chovisi Villages

Hereditary cadet estates (Bhayat) and prominent settlement villages historically granted to or affiliated with this seat.

Chok
Aiyavej
Hathasani