Jhari Gharkhadi State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Surat Agency"Memoranda on the Indian States 1930", p. 290 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275346/page/n311/mode/2up and then by the Western India States Agency. The state had a population of 507 and an area of 8.17 sq miles.Memoranda on the Indian States 1940, p. 22 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up
It was more specifically classified as one of the 14 minor princely states of the Dangs, in the Dang district, India."The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon", P. 51 https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethrich/page/40/mode/2up
History
The area of Khandesh became a British possession in 1818 following the defeat of Peshwa Baji Rao II during the Third Anglo-Maratha War. The neighbouring Dang principalities were seen as separate states and conducted routine raids into the Khandesh territories. In 1825 the Gaekwar of Baroda sent a force of 10 000 men to subdue the Dangs but were defeated, the Dang states omly subjugated in 1839. 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.Reorganization scheme for the establishment of direct political relations between the govt. and India and states in the Bombay presidency, 1931, p. 25-26 https://www.abhilekh-patal.in/Category/ItemDetails/ItemDetails?itemId=e9609138-b62c-4dea-a28d-ffabfa4480ee
In 1880 the state had a yearly revenue of ca£. 5 (50 Rupees)BK 353 -Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 605, https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/624/mode/2up
Rulers
The Rulers had the title of NaikMemoranda on the Indian States 1940, p. 30, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n37/mode/2up 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.BK 353 -Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 603, https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/622/mode/2up
Chámbhárya Reshma fl. 1880BK 353 -Gazetteer of Bombay Presidency Vol 12 Khandesh, p. 605, https://archive.org/details/1880GazetteerOfBombayPresidencyVol12Khandesh353D/page/624/mode/2up Naik Mahasha Mohan walad Chanbhar ya (b. 15 May 1878) 25 March 1902-fl. 1927The Indian states : corrected up to 1 January 1927, p. 45 https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.03160/page/45/mode/2up Naik Benda Chhabadia (b. 1901) 26 July 1929-fl. 1935Memoranda on the Indian States 1935, p. 100, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up Naik Avan Ganpat (b. 1 April 1933) 26 April 1937-fl. 1940Memoranda on the Indian States 1940, p. 22 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up
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