Dodka State

Dodka State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Dodka
Area
• 1931	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	1,446
Succeeded by India

Dodka 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 1446 and an area of 3 sq miles. ^[4]

Rulers

The Rulers had the title of Matadar (typically heads of families who co-govern the village/estate together, though sometimes they are elected) ^[5]

In 1927 ^[6] the two shareholders of Dodka were:

• Punja Karsan
• Ishwar Jibhai

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 1935, p. 100, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up
5. Glossary of Gujaratee revenue and official terms, p. 30, https://archive.org/details/glossarygujarat00robegoog/page/n43/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