Umetha State (or Umeta) 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 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

Baroda and Gujarat States Agency Baroda and Gujarat States Agency was a political agency of British India, managing the relations of the British government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states. The political agent, who was also Collector of the Brit ...

. and had a population of 5 356 and an area of 24 sq miles. It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the

Pandu 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 ...

, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825. The state consisted of five villages in the Kaira District and nine villages in the Rewa Kantha Agency region. It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the

, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.

Rulers

The Rulers had the title of Thakur. * Thakur Hathisinghi (b. 1825) fl. 1893 * Thakur Gaupatsinghji Rajsinghi Padhiar (b. November 9th 1891) July 21st 1897- fl. 1915 * Thakur Himatsinhji Ramsinhji (b. January 9th 1917) August 29th 1929 -June 20th 1938 * Jagdevsinhji Ramsinhji (b. August 7th 1925) October 20th 1938-fl. 1940 (Brother of Himatsinhji Ramsinhji) Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 41 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n49/mode/2up

References

Princely states of Gujarat History of Gujarat 1948 disestablishments in India States and territories disestablished in 1948 {{Polisci-stub