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|conventional_long_name =Nangam State <br />
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|image_map_caption = Location of Nangam <br />
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'''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 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. 102,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n111/mode/2up</ref> 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.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 272,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up</ref> The state had a population of 625 and an area of 3 sq miles.<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n33/mode/2up</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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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.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 272,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n303/mode/2up</ref><br />
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== Rulers ==<br />
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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).<br />
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In 1922 the 4 shareholders of Nangam were:<ref>The Rewakantha directory, p. 106, https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/106/mode/2up</ref><br />
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* Thakur Chhitabawa Kaslabawa (b. 1903)<br />
* Thakur Sardarkhan Badarbava (b. 1855)<br />
* Thakur Manoverkhan Dilaverkhan (b. 1905)<br />
* Thakur Narkhan Jitbha (b. 1862)<br />
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In 1927 the 4 shareholders of Nangam were:<ref>A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up</ref><br />
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* Thakur Chhitabawa Kaslabawa (b. 1903)<br />
* Thakur Manoverkhan Dilaverkhan (b. 1905)<br />
* Thakur Kesarkhan Sardarkhan<br />
* Narbha Jitbha<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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{{Short description|Village in Gujarat, India}}<br />
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[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]<br />
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[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]<br />
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