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 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 1454 and an area of 3.75 sq miles. ^[4]

Rulers

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

References

1. Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n293/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. A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 158 https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/157/mode/2up