Nangam 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 AgencyMemoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.Memoranda on the Indian States 1935, p. 102, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n111/mode/2up It was part of the 28 Princely States making up the Sankheda Mehwas, 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.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up The state had a population of 625 and an area of 3 sq miles.Memoranda on the Indian States 1940, p. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n33/mode/2up

History

The state of Baroda had imposed a tribute on the Sankheda Mewas, it's extraction causing British intervention in 1822, brokering an agreement where the Gaekwar received tribute from the states, while their independence was recognised by Baroda, which also promised to respect the petty states' rights.Memoranda on Native State in India 1909, p. 272, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up

Rulers

The Rulers held the title of Thakur. It was held by a variety of shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).

In 1922 the 4 shareholders of Nangam were:The Rewakantha directory, p. 106, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/106/mode/2up

Thakur Chhitabawa Kaslabawa (b. 1903) Thakur Sardarkhan Badarbava (b. 1855) Thakur Manoverkhan Dilaverkhan (b. 1905) Thakur Narkhan Jitbha (b. 1862)

In 1927 the 4 shareholders of Nangam were:A Collection of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up

Thakur Chhitabawa Kaslabawa (b. 1903) Thakur Manoverkhan Dilaverkhan (b. 1905) Thakur Kesarkhan Sardarkhan Narbha Jitbha

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