Chudesar 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. 262, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n293/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 98, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n107/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 644 and an area of 2.5 sq miles Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 20, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n29/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 Ruler held the title of Thakur. The state was held by several shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).
In 1922 The Rewakantha directory, p. 110, 112, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/110/mode/2up, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/112/mode/2up the six shareholders of Chudesar were:
Thakur Kesarkhan Bhaibawa (b. 1872) fl. 1922-1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up Thakur Badbarkhan Chitabawa (b. 1897) fl. 1922-1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up Thakur Kesarkhan Rahimkhan (b. 1868) fl. 1922-1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up Thakur Kayamkhan Jilabawa (b. 1866) fl. 1922-1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up Thakur Naherkhan Alamkhan (b. 1893) fl. 1922-1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up Thakur Chandabawa Sherbai (b. 1857) fl. 1922 Chhitbha Vajbha (replaced the above by 1927) A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 156, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/155/mode/2up
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