Jesar State

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Jesar 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 AgencyMemoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 100,

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270,

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up The state had a population of 514 and an area of 1.5 sq miles.Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 100, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up

Rulers

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

Between at least 1922 The Rewakantha directory, p. 120, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/120/mode/2up and 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/157/mode/2up the four shareholders of Jesar were:

  • Gagabhai Khatubhai (b. 1871)
  • Bhathibhai Gokalbhai (b. 1885)
  • Bai Suraj (b.1879) widow of Dipsing Jitbhai
  • Damabhai Dayabhai (b. 1890)

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Category:History of Gujarat

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