Dang district, India

[7] As per the treaty signed in 1842 the Company allowed to use the forests and their natural products against which they had to pay around 3,000 silver coins to the five kings.

Currently the kings receive a yearly political pension by the Government of India, which is the main source of their income.

[7][11] At the end of each fiscal year during Holi, the kings gather in Ahwa for a traditional royal ceremony, in their richly decorated buggies and bands with tribal dancers, to receive the payment as per the agreement of 1842.

[11] Recently the Dangs Kings have urged the government to protect their depleting forest cover due to illegal logging.

[20][23][better source needed] A rusty-spotted cat was sighted for the time in 1991 in Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary.

[24] In Purna and Ratanmahal Wildlife Sanctuarys, eight bird species are considered locally extinct, including Indian grey hornbill, jungle bush quail, red spurfowl and large woodshrike.

[20] Also, Bengal tiger, Indian giant squirrel and gaur are reportedly extinct in Gujarat.

The Dangs ( orange ) within Surat Agency , India