Umetha State

{{Short description|Princely state}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}}

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

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|stat_year1 =1931

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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. Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104,

https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up and had a population of 5 356 and an area of 24 sq miles. {{Cite book |last=Manager Of Publications Delhi |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275346/page/n297/mode/2up |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1930}} 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 consisted of five villages in the Kaira District and nine villages in the Rewa Kantha Agency region. {{Cite book |last=Manager Of Publications Delhi |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n49/mode/2up |title=Memoranda On The Indian States 1940}} 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,

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