Gotardi State

Gotardi State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Gotardi
Area
• 1931	7.77 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	430
Succeeded by India

Gotardi 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 430 and an area of 7.77 square kilometres (3.00 sq mi). ^[2]

Rulers

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

The Shareholders in 1888 ^[4] were:

• Ramsingh Satu -March 4th 1888
• Sawa Ramsingh fl. 1888 (son and successor of the above)

In 1922 ^[5] the four shareholders of Gotardi were:

• Hathibhai Jethibhai (b. 1885)
• Dayabhai Sivabhai (b. 1884)
• Bhimsing Bhakeibhai (b. 1919)
• Ghinabhai Jhujabhai (b. 1892)

In 1927 ^[6] the four shareholders of Gotardi were:

• Hathibhai Jethibhai (b. 1885)
• Bhimsing Bhakeibhai (b. 1919)
• Dapabhai Shivbhai
• Jinabhai Punjabhai

References

1. Memoranda On Native States In India 1909. Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 264. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
2. Memoranda On The Indian States 1935. Government of India Press. 1936. p. 100. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
3. Memoranda On Native States In India 1909. Superintendent Government Printing, India. p. 270. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
4. Summary Of The Principal Measures Of The Viceroyalty Of The Maequess Of Lansdowne In Foregin Department December-1888 January-1894, p. 146, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.207828/page/n151/mode/2up
5. The Rewakantha directory, p. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up
6. A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 188, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/157/mode/2up