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Sihora State
Princely State of British India
1948

Location of Sihora
Area 
• 1931
40.145 km2 (15.500 sq mi)
Population 
• 1931
4 532
History
Succeeded by
India

Sihora 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[1] and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency[2] It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.[3] The state had a population of 4 532 and an area of 15.5 sq miles.[4] It is not to be confused with Sihora in Madhya Pradesh.

Rulers

The Rulers held the title of Thakur.

  • Thakur Naharvarsinghji (b. 1878) fl. 1893 [5] -fl. 1900 [6]
  • Thakur Khusalsinghi Kashalsinghi (b. June 15, 1883) April 28, 1906-fl. 1909 [7]
  • Thakur Ranmatsinji (b. 1902) May 21, 1910-fl. 1915 [8]
  • Thakur Shri Mansinhji Karansinhji (b. November 1907) August 22, 1924-fl. 1939 [9]

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 104, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n113/mode/2up?view=theater
  3. ↑ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up
  4. ↑ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up
  5. ↑ 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. 505, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529478/page/n527/mode/2up
  6. ↑ 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 (1900 Edition), p. 293, https://archive.org/details/goldenbookofindi00lethrich/page/292/mode/2up
  7. ↑ Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 266, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n297/mode/2up
  8. ↑ Memoranda On Native States In Indian 1915, p. 236, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35687/page/n241/mode/2up
  9. ↑ Memoranda On The Indian States 1939, p. 26, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35598/page/n35/mode/2up