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Mevli State

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 and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency. It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825. The state had a population of 1702 and an area of 5 sq miles.

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Mevli State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Mevli
Area 
• 1931
2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
207
Succeeded by
India

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 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 1702 and an area of 5 sq miles.4

Rulers

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

References

  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 1940, p. 22, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up
  5. The Rewakantha directory, p. 116, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/116/mode/2up
  6. Collection of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up