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Itwad State

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Itwad State
Princely State of British India
1948

Location of Itwad
Area 
• 1931
15.54 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
1,569
Succeeded by
India

Itwad 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 1569 and an area of 6 sq miles.[4]

Rulers

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

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

  • Partapsing Jhinabhai (b. 1893)
  • Motising Amarsing (b. 1871)
  • Vajesing Gulabsing (b. 1879)
  • Jeebhai Sivbhai (b. 1863)

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

  • Partapsing Jhinabhai (b. 1893)
  • Vajesing Gulabsing (b. 1879)
  • Motibhai Amarsing
  • Jinabhai Shivsing

References

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  1. ^ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up
  2. ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 100, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up
  3. ^ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
  4. ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 100, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/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