Nalia 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. 102, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n111/mode/2up It was part of the 28 Princely States making up the Sankheda Mehwas, estates dating from the fall of Pawagadh in 1484, by Rajputts settling on the south of the territory near the town of Sankheda, from which the Sankheda Mehwas derive their name.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272,https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up The state had a population of 176 and an area of 1 sq mile.Memoranda on the Indian States 1940, p. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n33/mode/2up
History
The state of Baroda had imposed a tribute on the Sankheda Mewas, it's extraction causing British intervention in 1822, brokering an agreement where the Gaekwar received tribute from the states, while their independence was recognised by Baroda, which also promised to respect the petty states' rights.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up
Rulers
The Rulers held the title of Thakur. It was held by a variety of shareholders.
In 1922 the 6 shareholdes of Nalia were:The Rewakantha directory, p. 114, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/114/mode/2up
Thakur Jitkhan Alamkhan (b. 1882)The Rewakantha directory, p. 112, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/112/mode/2up Thakur Fatekhan Alamkhan (b. 1885) Thakur Umedkhan Alamkhan (no longer registered as a shareholder by 1927A Collection of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up) Thakur Nasirkhan Khusalbawa Thakur Kuberkhan Jitabawa (b. 1855) Thakur Rasulkhan Hetamkhan
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