Baldhoi#History

Modern Baldhoi lies in Jasdan Taluka of Rajkot district, on Saurasthra peninsula.

It includes the site of a deserted village called Bhalgam close to the foot of the Baldhua hill.

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There is a hill nearby known as the Baldhua hill. According to a legend, a laden bullock belonging to a Brinjari ascended this steep hill nearly 900 feet high, and died on the summit. A temple has been built on the spot and the hill was hereafter called Baldhua from baladh - a bullock. For the same reason the village is called Baldhoi.{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kathiawar (Public Domain text)|url=https://archive.org/details/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press, Bombay|volume=VIII|pages=374}}

Bhalgam Baldhoi was a petty princely state, comprising solely the village, in the Halar prant of Kathiawar.

Bhalgam Baldhoi had a population of 617 in 1901, yielding a state revenue of 9,168 Rupees (1903–4, mostly from land) and a paying a tribute of 262 Rupees, to the British an Junagadh State.

It was held by Vala Kathi Chieftains, also during British period. It was subject to the Lodhika thana.

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History

• [https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_173.gif Imperial Gazetteer, on dsal.uchicago.edu]

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