Litter Gothda State

{{Short description|Village in Gujarat state, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}

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|subdivision = Princely State

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|event_end= Accession to the Union of India

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|stat_area1 =10.36

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Litter Gothda 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{{cite book | title=Memoranda On Native States In India 1909 | page=264 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n293/mode/2up | publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India | accessdate=25 May 2025}} and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.{{cite book | title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1935 | page=100 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up | publisher=Government of India Press | date=1936 | accessdate=25 May 2025}} It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.{{cite book | title=Memoranda On Native States In India 1909 | page=270 | url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up | publisher=Superintendent Government Printing, India | accessdate=25 May 2025}} The state had a population of 1450 and an area of 4 sq miles Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 22, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/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. 118, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/118/mode/2up and 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up the 4 shareholders of Litter Gothda were:

  • Jeebhai Dala (b. 1874)
  • Natha Mathiji (b. 1881)
  • Gaba Kala (b. 1889)
  • Moti Gulab (b. 1834)

in 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up the two additional shareholders of Litter Gothda were:

  • Abasali Bakarali
  • Rahemumia Kasamali

References

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