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Gotardi State

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Gotardi State
Princely State of British India
1948

Location of Gotardi
Area 
• 1931
7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
430
Succeeded by
India

Gotardi State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Rewa Kantha Agency[1] and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.[2] It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.[3] The state had a population of 430 and an area of 7.77 square kilometres (3.00 sq mi).[2]

Rulers

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The state was held by several shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).

The Shareholders in 1888 [4] were:

  • Ramsingh Satu -March 4th 1888
  • Sawa Ramsingh fl. 1888 (son and successor of the above)

In 1922 [5] the four shareholders of Gotardi were:

  • Hathibhai Jethibhai (b. 1885)
  • Dayabhai Sivabhai (b. 1884)
  • Bhimsing Bhakeibhai (b. 1919)
  • Ghinabhai Jhujabhai (b. 1892)

In 1927 [6] the four shareholders of Gotardi were:

  • Hathibhai Jethibhai (b. 1885)
  • Bhimsing Bhakeibhai (b. 1919)
  • Dapabhai Shivbhai
  • Jinabhai Punjabhai

References

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  1. ^ Memoranda On Native States In India 1909. Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 264. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Memoranda On The Indian States 1935. Government of India Press. 1936. p. 100. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  3. ^ Memoranda On Native States In India 1909. Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 270. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  4. ^ Summary Of The Principal Measures Of The Viceroyalty Of The Maequess Of Lansdowne In Foregin Department December-1888 January-1894, p. 146, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207828/page/n151/mode/2up
  5. ^ The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
  6. ^ A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 188, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/157/mode/2up