Litter Gothda State
{{Short description|Village in Gujarat state, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
{{Infobox former subdivision
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|conventional_long_name =Litter Gothda State
|common_name =Litter Gothda
|nation = British India
|subdivision = Princely State
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|event_start=
|year_end = 1948
|date_end =
|event_end= Accession to the Union of India
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|s1 = India
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 = Flag of India.svg
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|image_map = File:Rewa_Kantha_Agency_with_all_Princely_States_Gujarat_during_British_India_1811-1937_with_labels.svg
|image_map_caption = Location of Litter Gothda
|stat_area1 =10.36
|stat_year1 =1931
|stat_pop1 =1450
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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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{{Princely states of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency}}
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Category:Princely states of Gujarat
Category:1948 disestablishments in India
Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948
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