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Baria State
Baria State
Princely State of British India
1524–1948
	Flag Coat of arms
	; Baria State (sky blue) within Rewa Kantha Agency, British India
Capital	Devgadh Baria
Demonym	Koli people
Area
• 1901	2,106 km2 (813 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	81,579
• Type	Monarchy
Historical era	19th century
• Established	1524
• Accession to the Union of India	1948
	Succeeded by
India
Today part of	India

The Baria State, also known as Bariya State, was one of the princely states of India during the period of the British Raj. It was under the Rewa Kantha Agency of the Bombay Presidency and had its capital in Devgadh Baria town of present-day Dahod district in Gujarat state. The Baria State was ruled by Koli chieftains of Baria clan (Gotra) of Gujarat, who later claimed to be kshatriya.^[1]

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^ Nath, Y. V. S. (1960). Bhils of Ratanmal: An Analysis of the Social Structure of a Western Indian Community. New Delhi, India: Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda. pp. 65: presence in these regions, by explaining that they came in the wake of the founders of the present ruling houses of Bariya State and other estates in the area. The latter however claim to be Kshatriya today, though the local traditions give them a Koli extraction." Till recently, most of the thakurdari and ankadi rights in these States were held by Bariya Kolis. Some of them even claim kinship with the Rulers of Baria and the Thakurs of Ratanmal.

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