Mevli State
{{Short description|Princely state}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2015}}
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|nation = British India
|subdivision = Princely State
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|event_end= Accession to the Union of India
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Mevli 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 1702 and an area of 5 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 Rulers held the title of Thakur. The state was held by a variety of shareholders.
In 1922 the 3 shareholder of Mevli were:The Rewakantha directory, p. 116, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/116/mode/2up
- Pagi Samatsang Dhembhi (b. 1893)
- Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)
- Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)
In 1927 the 3 shareholders of Mevli were:Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up
- Sadansing Samatsing (b. ca. 1917)
- Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)
- Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)
References
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{{Princely states of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency}}
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{{Short description|Village in Gujarat, India}}
Category:Princely states of Gujarat
Category:1948 disestablishments in India
Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948
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