The thana was scattered over a total area of 35 sq miles and comprised of a total population of 13,325 in the year 1931. The Princely State of Kassalpura was incorporated as a part of the Baroda Agency, which was a sub division of the Western India States Agency. The state was also a part of the erstwhile Sabar Kantha Agency. Kassalpura state was under the administrative control of the Sadra Division and the Katosan Thana. Later the region was included as a part of the modern state of Gujarat. The Princely State of Kassalpura was a non- jurisdictionary native state, which was under the administration of the shareholders. Kassalpura state was ranked as a 7th Class taluka, before the abolition of the class system in the year 1928. The former princely state was claimed by more than one monarchs, who held the official title of shareholders. The shareholders of the state of Kassalpura were Makwana Kolis, branches of Katosan. The estateholders were generally low in status and rather impoverished. The succession of the throne was not governed by the rule of primogeniture to any of their shares. Further more, many were under the management of Agency and owed gratitude and a lack of capability to manage their affairs without disagreement. The princely state of Kassalpura or Kasalpura paid annual tribute to Baroda. According to the Attachment Scheme of 1943, Kassalpura state was attached to Baroda in June, 1940, along with other petty states of Katosan Thana. The Princely State of Kassalpura acceded the princely state to the Dominion of India, also known as Union of India, after the country gained independence from the British rule in the year 1947. |