Danta State

{{Short description|Princely state of India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}

{{Infobox former country

|native_name = દાંતા રિયાસત

|conventional_long_name =Danta State

|common_name =Danta

|era =

|year_start = 1061

|date_start =

|event_start=

|year_end = 1948

|date_end =

|event_end= Independence of India

|event1 =

|date_event1 =

|p1 =

|s1 = India

|flag_p1 =

|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg

|image_flag = Danta-estat.PNG

|image_coat = Danta state coa.png

|image_map =

|image_map_caption =

|stat_area1 =898.73

|stat_year1 = 1901

|stat_pop1 = 18,000

|footnotes =

}}

File:danta-reial.png of the rana of Danta

]]

The Danta State was a sovereign state that was established in 1061 and lasted till its merger with the Indian Republic.{{cite book |last1=Divanji |first1=R.B. |title=Report on the Administration of the Danta State for the Year 1933-34 |date=1934 |url=http://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/document/MWZNZndQb25PdlBxeWlPSFVwWWhYa2k4OE9uL3J6dW5iVmlOOXNRYWtoVT0 |access-date=7 May 2021}}{{cite book |title=Gujarat State Gazetteers |date=1981 |publisher=Government of Gujarat |location=Ahmadabad |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3233/page/n1/mode/2up |access-date=7 May 2021}} It was located in what is now Banaskantha District of Gujarat, India.