Savli

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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.

Savli

Head-quarters of the taluka of the same name, Baroda pranf, Baroda State, situated in 22 34' N. and 73 15' E. Population (1901), 4,687. It possesses Munsifs and magistrate's courts, a verna- cular school, a dispensary, and local offices, and is administered as a municipality, receiving an annual grant from the State of Rs. 1,000. A considerable trade in grain and cattle is carried on, and the town is the commercial centre of a wide group of villages In the immediate neighbourhood are large tanks, shady trees, and fruitful fields; at no great distance is the wild mehwasl country of ravines and jungles bordering the Mahi.

At one corner of the Savli tank stand two temples which commemorate the names of Damaji Gaikwar and his father Pilaji. The latter was assassinated at Dakor in 1732, but his body was carried away from that place by his followers, and the last honours were hurriedly paid it at Savli. The treacherous murder, the invasion of Abhai Singh, and the hasty funeral of the founder of the Gaikwar's house mark a crisis in the history of the Maratha conquest, and give something of historic dignity to the unpretending temple of Pilajl.