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{{Infobox former subdivision<br />
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|conventional_long_name =Poicha State <br />
|common_name =Poicha <br />
|nation = [[British India]]<br />
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|image_map_caption = Location of Poicha <br />
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|stat_year1 =1931<br />
|stat_pop1 =1018<br />
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'''Poicha 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 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 1018 and an area of 3.75 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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==Rulers==<br />
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The state was held by several shareholders.<br />
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Between 1922 <ref>The Rewakantha directory, p. 116 https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/116/mode/2up</ref> and 1927 <ref>A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up</ref> the 6 shareholders of Poicha were:<br />
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* Khumansing Himatsing (b. 1872) fl. 1922-fl. 1927<br />
* Chandrasing Ranchod (b. 1888) fl. 1922-fl. 1927<br />
* Himatsing Gagabhai (b. 1870) fl. 1922-fl. 1927<br />
* Jenabhai Parbatsing (b. 1868) fl. 1922-fl. 1927<br />
* Himatsing Waghji (b. 1887) fl. 1922-fl. 1927<br />
* Thackerani Rupaliba, widow of Kanbhai Lakhbhai (b. 1894) fl. 1922<br />
* Devabhai Lalbhai fl. 1927<br />
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