Mevli State
Appearance
Mevli State | |||||||
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Princely State of British India | |||||||
1948 | |||||||
![]() Location of Mevli | |||||||
Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi) | ||||||
Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 207 | ||||||
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Mevli 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 1702 and an area of 5 sq miles.[4]
Rulers
[edit]The Rulers held the title of Thakur. The state was held by a variety of shareholders.
In 1922 the 3 shareholder of Mevli were:[5]
- Pagi Samatsang Dhembhi (b. 1893)
- Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)
- Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)
In 1927 the 3 shareholders of Mevli were:[6]
- Sadansing Samatsing (b. ca. 1917)
- Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)
- Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)
References
[edit]- ^ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 100, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
- ^ Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 22, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up
- ^ The Rewakantha directory, p. 116, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/116/mode/2up
- ^ Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up