Dhari State

Dhari State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Dhari
Area
• 1931	9.7125 km2 (3.7500 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	1,454
Succeeded by India

Dhari 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 1454 and an area of 3.75 sq miles.⁴

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

In 1922 ⁵ the 5 shareholders of Dhari were:

• Vakhatsing Nathoobhai (b. 1906)
• Raisingji Sivsingji (b. 1866)
• Udesing Gumasing (b. 1894)
• Somabhai Sahebsing (b. 1899)
• Salemsing Rupabhai (b. 1885)

In 1927 ⁶ the 6 shareholders of Dhari were:

• Vakhatsing Nathoobhai (b. 1906)
• Udesing Gumasing (b. 1894)
• Somabhai Sahebsing (b. 1899)
• Salamsing Rupsing
• Laxmansing Raising
• Miljibhai Jorbhai