Poicha State

Poicha State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Poicha
Area
• 1931	9.7125 km2 (3.7500 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	1,018
Succeeded by India

Poicha 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 1018 and an area of 3.75 sq miles. ^[4]

Rulers

The state was held by several shareholders.

Between 1922 ^[5] and 1927 ^[6] the 6 shareholders of Poicha were:

• Khumansing Himatsing (b. 1872) fl. 1922-fl. 1927
• Chandrasing Ranchod (b. 1888) fl. 1922-fl. 1927
• Himatsing Gagabhai (b. 1870) fl. 1922-fl. 1927
• Jenabhai Parbatsing (b. 1868) fl. 1922-fl. 1927
• Himatsing Waghji (b. 1887) fl. 1922-fl. 1927
• Thackerani Rupaliba, widow of Kanbhai Lakhbhai (b. 1894) fl. 1922
• Devabhai Lalbhai fl. 1927

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. 102, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n111/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. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n33/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. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up