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'''Uchad 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. 266, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.</ref> and then by the [[Baroda and Gujarat States Agency]].<ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater</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><br />
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The state had a population of 1 489 and an area of 8.5 sq miles.<ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 266<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up</ref><br />
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It was a tributary to [[Baroda]].<ref>The golden book of India; a genealogical and biographical dictionary of the ruling princes, chiefs, nobles, and other personages, titled or decorated, of the Indian empire, with an appendix for Ceylon (1893 Edition), p. 546<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n567/mode/2up</ref> The state contained the village of Wadia, where land was leased by the Thakur to the British colonial Government in 1927.<ref>Collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries (1931) <br />
https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7255/page/n249/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 had the title of Thakur.<br />
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* Thakur Jitabawa Badharbawa Daima (b. 1846) November 17, 1860-fl. 1909 <ref>Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 266<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up</ref><br />
* Thakur Mahomadmiya Jitamiya (b. June 15, 1895) June 24, 1915- fl. 1939 <ref>Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26,<br />
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Princely states of Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:States and territories disestablished in 1948]]</div>ZaidBaig