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| conventional_long_name = Mevli State<br />
| common_name = Mevli<br />
| nation = [[British India]]<br />
| subdivision = [[Princely State]]<br />
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| year_end = 1948<br />
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| event_end = [[Independence of India|Accession to the Union of India]]<br />
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| image_map = File:Rewa_Kantha_Agency_with_all_Princely_States_Gujarat_during_British_India_1811-1937_with_labels.svg<br />
| image_map_caption = Location of Mevli<br />
| stat_area1 = 2.59<br />
| stat_year1 = 1931<br />
| stat_pop1 = 207<br />
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'''Mevli 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]]<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up</ref> and then by the [[Baroda and Gujarat States Agency]].<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 100,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n109/mode/2up</ref> It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the [[Pandu Mehwas]], petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up</ref> The state had a population of 1702 and an area of 5 sq miles.<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 22, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n31/mode/2up</ref><br />
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== Rulers ==<br />
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The Rulers held the title of Thakur. The state was held by a variety of shareholders.<br />
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In 1922 the 3 shareholder of Mevli were:<ref>The Rewakantha directory, p. 116, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/116/mode/2up</ref><br />
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* Pagi Samatsang Dhembhi (b. 1893)<br />
* Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)<br />
* Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)<br />
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In 1927 the 3 shareholders of Mevli were:<ref>Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 160, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/159/mode/2up</ref><br />
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* Sadansing Samatsing (b. ca. 1917)<br />
* Andarsang Gamirsang (b. 1858)<br />
* Bhemsing Dajibhai (b. 1897)<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Princely states of the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency}}<br />
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[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]<br />
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