Rewa, a state of India, called also Baghalkhand (q.v.).—REWA KANTHA is the name of a political agency under the government of Bombay, containing sixty-one small states, of which five are tributary to the British government, and most of the remainder to Baroda. The territory included, covering an area of 4792 miles, with a total population of 543,452, lies mainly along the south bank of the lower Nerbudda with patches north of it, and on the west borders on Broach, Baroda, and Ahmadabad.
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