Limbdi State, 1908

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Limbdi Town

Capital of the State of the same name in Kathiawar, Bombay, situated in 22° 34' N. and 71° 53' E., on the north bank of the Bhogava river, 14 miles south-east of Wadhwan and 90 miles north-west of Bhaunagar, Population (1901), 12,485. It was formerly fortified. It is a railway station on the branch between Bhaunagar and Wadhwan of the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagarh-Por- bandar Railway. The town contains a dispensary and a library. The old palace in which the Thakur Sahib lived was destroyed by fire in 1906, when several lives were lost and damage was done to the amount of about 8 lakhs.