Chinchli Gaded State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Surat Agency"Memoranda On The Indian States 1930", p. 290 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275346/page/n311/mode/2up and then by the Western India States Agency. The state had a population of 1805 and an area of 27.23 sq miles.Memoranda on the Indian States 1940, P. 30 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater

It was more specifically classified as one of the 14 minor princely states of the Dangs, in the Dang district, India."The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon", P. 51 https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethrich/page/40/mode/2up

History

The area of Khandesh became a British possession in 1818 following the defeat of Peshwa Baji Rao II during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The neieghbouring Dang principalities were seen as separate states and conducted routine raids into the Khandesh territories. In 1825 the Gaekwar of Baroda sent a force of 10 000 men to subdue the Dangs but were defeated, the Dang states only subjugated in 1839.Reorganization scheme for the establishment of direct political relations between the govt. and India and states in the Bombay presidency, 1931, p. 25-26 https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/ItemDetails/ItemDetails?itemId=e9609138-b62c-4dea-a28d-ffabfa4480ee During the campaign, the Rajas of Vasurna, Chinchli Gaded and Gadvi had looted villages in Peint and Baglan.A Memoir of the Khandesh Bhil Corps (1825-1891) by A. H. A. Simcox,, https://archive.org/details/KhandeshBhilCorps/page/n157/mode/2up.

In 1842 parts of the Dang teak forests, surrounding 446 villages, were leased by the Government in Bombay, the lease extended in perpetuity and to the whole territory in 1862. Some time after 1842 the tribute demanded of the Dang states by the Desmukh of Mulher lead to heavy disturbances, which resulted in the British Government deducting the Desmukh's tribute from the sum paid to the Dang chiefs for leasing their forests.Reorganization scheme for the establishment of direct political relations between the govt. and India and states in the Bombay presidency, 1931, p. 25-26 https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/ItemDetails/ItemDetails?itemId=e9609138-b62c-4dea-a28d-ffabfa4480ee

In 1880 the state had a yearly revenue of ca. 72 £ (720 Rupees)BK 353 -Gazetteer Of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 604 https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/624/mode/2up

Rulers

The rulers held the title of NaikMemoranda On The Indian States 1940, P. 30 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater The Dang Chiefs held the power to settle criminal and civil disputes, including being able to issue fines, have witches sentenced to be burnt alive and other capital offenders being killed by being shot by arrows.BK 353 -Gazetteer Of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 603, https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/622/mode/2up

Jiva Bhaván fl. 1880BK 353 -Gazetteer Of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 605 https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/624/mode/2up Naik Jinmya walad Gudad Bhavan fl. 1893The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon p.31 https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethrich/page/50/mode/2up?view=theater Naik Gajesingh walad Zimna Bhavan (b. 1874) 1899-fl. 1915Memoranda On The Indian States 1915, P. 250 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35687/page/n255/mode/2up?view=theater Naik Nayansinh Ankush (b. 1893) 1917-fl. 1940Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, P. 30 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n39/mode/2up?view=theater

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