Mevli State

Mevli State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Mevli
Area
• 1931	2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	207
Succeeded by India

Mevli 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 1702 and an area of 5 sq miles. ^[4]

Rulers

The Rulers held the title of Thakur. The state was held by a variety of shareholders.

In 1922 the 3 shareholder of Mevli were: ^[5]

• Pagi Samatsang Dhembhi (b. 1893)
• Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)
• Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)

In 1927 the 3 shareholders of Mevli were: ^[6]

• Sadansing Samatsing (b. ca. 1917)
• Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)
• Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)

References

1. Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/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. Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up