PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY:
Dadaji,
the founder of the Kotharia State, a Fifth Class Princely State in
Kathiawad
Province (now Saurashtra), and the second son of Mehramanji II of
Rajkot,
was granted a patrimony of six villages in about 1733. The Taluka
consists
of six villages - Kotharia, Vavdi, Vagudad, Khorana, Nagalpur and
Pipalia.
Jurisdictional rights were: (a) Criminal :- Two years, rigorous
imprisonment
and fines up to Rs. 2000, (b) Civil :- To the extent of Rs 5000. The
rule
of primogeniture governs succession. Rulers were...
- Thakur Sahib DADAJI MEHRAMANJI, son of Thakur Saheb
Mehramanji II of Rajkot,
granted 6 villages for his maintenance about 1733, shortly after was
granted
two further villages of Vadadi and Virva by his brother, the Thakur
Saheb
of Rajkot; Ronki and Karipat villages were added at a later date,
married
and had issue.
- Thakur Sahib MALOJI I DADAJI (qv)
- Shri Hajoji Dadaji
- Shri Khanji Dadaji
- Shri Bhavsangji Dadaji, received Virva.
- Shri Karanji Dadaji, received Vadali and Ronki.
- Thakur Sahib MALOJI I DADAJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sahib JETHIJI I MALOJI (qv)
- Shri Dungarji Maloji, received Vagudal.
- Thakur Sahib JETHIJI I MALOJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sahib DOSAJI JETHIJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Bhimji Jethiji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Bhanabhai Bhimji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Vajubha Bhanabhai
- Thakur Sahib DOSAJI JETHIJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Saheb MALOJI DOSAJI (qv)
- Thakur Sahib MALOJI II DOSAJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sahib JETHIJI II Maloji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Ravaji Maloji, received Vadali jointly with
his brother.
- Kumar Shri Daudabha Maloji, received Vadali jointly with
his brother.
- Thakur Sahib JETHIJI II MALOJI, born 1828, succeeded 8th
January 1857 (#1),
married and had issue.
- Shri Harisinhji Jethiji, died vpsp.
- Thakur Sahib PRATAPSINHJI JETHIJI (qv)
- Thakur Sahib PRATAPSINHJI JETHIJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Sahib SHIVSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Jeevansinhji Pratapsinhji, received Nagalpur
jointly with
his
brother, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mangalsinhji Jeevansinhji
- Kumar Shri Kishorsinhji Jeevansinhji
- Kumar Shri Shajjansinhji Pratapsinhji, received Nagalpur
jointly with
his
brother.
- Thakur Sahib SHIVSINHJI PRATAPSINHJI 1925/-, born 26th May
1895,
succeeded
14th September 1925, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot, married and
had issue.
- Thakur Sahib AJITSINHJI SHIVSINHJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Shivsinhji
- Thakur Sahib AJITSINHJI SHIVSINHJI, born 16th December
1915,
educated
at Rajkumar College, Rajkot.
- Thakur Sahib GHANSHYAMSINHJI AJITSINHJI (qv)
- Shri Rajendrasinhji Ajitsinhji Jadeja
- Thakur Sahib GHANSHYAMSINHJI AJITSINHJI (see above)
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