Itwad State

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 Agency¹ 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

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