Muli 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.

Muli State

State in the Kathiawar Political Agency, Bombay, lying between 22° 38' and 22° 46 N. and 71° 25' and 71° 38 E., with an area of 133 square miles. The population in 1901 was 15,136, residing in 20 villages. The revenue in 1903-4 was Rs. 79,773, and 25 square miles were cultivated. The State ranks as a fourth-class State in Kathiawar, and is the only Ponwar chiefship. The Ponwars entered the peninsula about 1470-5 from Thar and Parkar, under the leadership of Laghhdirji, and established themselves at Than and (?hotila. They founded the present town of Muli, named after a Rabari woman. After three generations the Kathls crossed over to Than, and shortly after expelled the Ponwars from Chotila. Since then the Kathis have held Chotila, and the Ponwars' holding has been limited to Muli and the adjacent villages.