Chudesar State was a minor princely state during the

British Raj The British Raj ( ; from Hindustani language, Hindustani , 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the colonial rule of the British The Crown, Crown on the Indian subcontinent, * * lasting from 1858 to 1947. * * It is also called Crown rule ...

in what is today

Gujarat State Gujarat () is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth- ...

India. It was initially administered by the

Rewa Kantha Agency Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat an ...

and then by the

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. It was part of the 28 Princely States making up the

Sankheda Mehwas Rewa Kantha was a political agency of British India, managing the relations (indirect rule) of the British government's Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. It stretched for about 150 miles between the plain of Gujarat an ...

, 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. The state had a population of 644 and an area of 2.5 sq miles

History

The state of

Baroda Vadodara (), also known as Baroda, is a city situated on the banks of the Vishwamitri River in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves as the administrative headquarters of the Vadodara district. The city is named for its abundance of banyan ...

had imposed a tribute on the Sankheda Mewas, it's extraction causing British intervention in 1822, brokering an agreement where the

Gaekwar Gaekwads (also spelled as Gaikwads, Guicowars, Gaekwars) (IAST: ''Gāyakavāḍa''), a Hindu Maratha dynasty of the former Maratha Empire and its subsequent (erstwhile) princely state of Baroda in western India from the early 18th century until ...

received tribute from the states, while their independence was recognised by Baroda, which also promised to respect the petty states' rights.

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 six shareholders of Chudesar were: * Thakur Kesarkhan Bhaibawa (b. 1872) fl. 1922-1927 * Thakur Badbarkhan Chitabawa (b. 1897) fl. 1922-1927 * Thakur Kesarkhan Rahimkhan (b. 1868) fl. 1922-1927 * Thakur Kayamkhan Jilabawa (b. 1866) fl. 1922-1927 * Thakur Naherkhan Alamkhan (b. 1893) fl. 1922-1927 * 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

References

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