Pandu 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 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 2 341 and an area of 9 sq miles.. Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n33/mode/2up
Rulers
The state was held by several shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).
In 1922 the 5 shareholders of Pandu were:The Rewakantha directory, p. 114, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/114/mode/2up
Khanjada Akbarkhan Bahadarkhan (b. 1898) Khanjada Ranmastakhan Ahmedkha (b. 1878) Khanjada Sikdarkha Tajukhan (b. 1893) Sardarbibi, widow of Nathukhan Mansurkhan (b. 1862) Khanjada Ayubkhan Hamirkhan
In 1927 the 5 shareholders of Pandu were:A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up
Jabarkhan Nijamkhan (b. ca. 1894) Usafkhan Ranmatkhan (b. ca. 1913) Sardarbibi, widow of Nathukhan Mansurkhan (b. 1862) Sikdarkha Tajukhan¨ Ayubkhan Hamirkhan
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