Pandu State

Pandu State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Pandu
Area
• 1931	23.31 km2 (9.00 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	2 341
Succeeded by India

Pandu 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 2 341 and an area of 9 sq miles.⁴

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

In 1922 the 5 shareholders of Pandu were:⁵

• Khanjada Akbarkhan Bahadarkhan (b. 1898)
• Khanjada Ranmastakhan Ahmedkha (b. 1878)
• Khanjada Sikdarkha Tajukhan (b. 1893)
• Sardarbibi, widow of Nathukhan Mansurkhan (b. 1862)
• Khanjada Ayubkhan Hamirkhan

In 1927 the 5 shareholders of Pandu were:⁶

• Jabarkhan Nijamkhan (b. ca. 1894)
• Usafkhan Ranmatkhan (b. ca. 1913)
• Sardarbibi, widow of Nathukhan Mansurkhan (b. 1862)
• Sikdarkha Tajukhan¨
• Ayubkhan Hamirkhan