Umetha State

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Umetha State
Princely State of British India
1948
Rewa Kantha Agency with all Princely States Gujarat during British India 1811-1937 with labels.svg
Location of Umetha
Area 
 1931
62.16 km2 (24.00 sq mi)
Population 
 1931
5 356
Succeeded by
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Umetha State (or Umeta) was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was administered by the Rewa Kantha Agency and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency. [1] and had a population of 5 356 and an area of 24 sq miles. [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 consisted of five villages in the Kaira District and nine villages in the Rewa Kantha Agency region. [4] It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825. [5]

Rulers

The Rulers had the title of Thakur.


References

  1. Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up
  2. Manager Of Publications Delhi. Memoranda On The Indian States 1930.
  3. Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
  4. Manager Of Publications Delhi. Memoranda On The Indian States 1940.
  5. Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
  6. The golden book of India (1893 Edition), p. 558, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n579/mode/2up
  7. Memoranda On Native States In Indian 1915,p. 276 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35687/page/n241/mode/2up
  8. Memoranda On The Indian States 1930, p. 276 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275346/page/n297/mode/2up
  9. Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 41, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n49/mode/2up
  10. Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 41 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n49/mode/2up