Gadvi State (or Ghárvi) 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

Surat Agency The Surat Agency was one of the agencies of British India in the Bombay Presidency. History This agency was formed in the 19th century as the Khandesh Agency, after the region of Khandesh, becoming the Surat Agency in 1880.''The Indian Year B ...

and then by the

Western India States Agency The Western India States Agency (WISA) was one of the agencies of British India. This agency was formed on 10 October 1924 as a part of the implementation of the Montague Chelmsford report on constitutional reforms. It was formed by merging the ...

. The state had a population of 7 767 and an area of 170.82 miles. It was more specifically classified as one of the 14 minor princely states of the Dangs, in the

Dang district, India Dang is a district in the southeastern part of the state of Gujarat. The administrative headquarters of the district are located in Ahwa. Dang has an area of 1,764 km2 and a population of 228,291 (as of 2011). As of 2011, it is the least popu ...

History

The area of Khandesh became a British possession in 1818 following the defeat of

Peshwa The Peshwa was the second highest office in the Maratha Empire, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati. Initially serving as the appointed prime minister in the Maratha Kingdom, the office became hereditary when Shahu gave t ...

Baji Rao II Baji Rao II (10 January 1775 – 28 January 1851) was the 13th and the last Peshwa of the Maratha Confederacy . He governed from 1795 to 1818. He was installed as a puppet ruler by the Maratha nobles, whose growing power prompted him to flee h ...

during the

Third Anglo-Maratha War The Third Anglo-Maratha War (1817–1819) was the final and decisive conflict between the British East India Company and the Maratha Empire, Maratha Confederacy in India. The war left the Company in control of most of India. It began with an in ...

. The neieghbouring Dang principalities were seen as separate states and conducted routine raids into the Khandesh territories. In 1825 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 ...

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 ...

sent a force of 10,000 men to subdue the Dangs but were defeated, the Dang states only subjugated in 1839. During the campaign, the Rajas of Vasurna, Chinchli Gaded and Gadvi had looted villages in Peint and Baglan. 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. After the death of Raja Joravár without heirs, two of his brothers, including Davising, contested the succession, and were persuaded to relinquish their claims in the benefit of their uncle Udesing. Udesing was succeeded by his son Keralsing. Davising had meanwhile wounded two people in a private quarel and was held in Thana and Surat prisons, before being placed in a lunatic asylum at Colába in Bombay. He escaped from Bombay, killed Keralsing and plundered the territories of several other Dang Chiefs, before surrendering himself to the Political Agent at Surat. Keralsing was succeeded by his son Fatesing, who was noted to be oppressive to his people, being succeeded by his son Nathu on his death in 1879. In 1880 the state had a yearly revenue of ca. 500 £ (5000 Rupees)

Rulers

The Rulers had the title of Raja 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. * Silpat * Jorávar, son of Silpat * Udesing * Keralsing * Fatesing -1877 * Nathu 1877-fl. 1880 * Raja Umar Singh walad Devrao (b. 1868) 1886-fl. 1893 * Raja Samajsingh Umarsingh (b. January 25th 1890) March 30th 1896-fl. 1935 * Raja Umarsinh Kirajsinh (b. 1934) November 24th 1938-fl. 1940 Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 22 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up

References

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