Jesar State
Village in Gujarat state, India
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jesar 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 Agency[1] and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.[2] It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.[3] The state had a population of 514 and an area of 1.5 sq miles.[4]
| Jesar State | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princely State of British India | |||||||
| 1948 | |||||||
Location of Jesar | |||||||
| Area | |||||||
• 1931 | 3.885 km2 (1.500 sq mi) | ||||||
| Population | |||||||
• 1931 | 514 | ||||||
| |||||||
Rulers
The state was held by several shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).
Between at least 1922 [5] and 1927 [6] the four shareholders of Jesar were:
- Gagabhai Khatubhai (b. 1871)
- Bhathibhai Gokalbhai (b. 1885)
- Bai Suraj (b.1879) widow of Dipsing Jitbhai
- Damabhai Dayabhai (b. 1890)
