PRESENT RULER:
Thakur
Saheb NANDKISHORSINHJI MAHENDRASINHJI, 12th Talukdar of Mengni
educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1971), married 1981,
Thakurani Saheba Ila Raiji, great granddaughter of
Sir Manubhai Nandshankar Mehta ( BIOGRAPHY
and PHOTO),
and has issue, two children.
- Kumari Ritika Jadeja
- Yuvraj Jaysinhji Nandkishorsinhji Jadeja
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PREDECESSORS and SHORT
HISTORY:
The Taluka, a Fifth Class State, is an offshoot of the Gondal State.
Shri
Nathuji was the founder of the State. The state follows the rule of
Primogeniture
for succession. The Jurisdictional powers of the are: Criminal - two
years
rigorous imprisonment and fines up to 2,000Rs, Civil - to hear suits up
to the value of 5,000Rs. Rulers were....
- Thakur Saheb NATHUJI SANGRAMJI, son of Thakur SANGRAMJI I
of Gondal,
married and had issue.
- Thakur Saheb MERUBHAI NATHUJI (qv)
- Thakur Saheb DOSAJI NATHUJI
- Thakur Saheb MERUBHAI NATHUJI, died sp.
- Thakur Saheb DOSAJI NATHUJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Saheb DADABHAI DOSAJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Rambhai Dosaji
- Thakur Saheb DADABHAI DOSAJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Saheb SAMATSINHJI DADABHAI
- Kumar Shri Nanabhai Dadabhai
- Kumar Shri Janaji Dadabhai
- Kumar Shri Falaji Dadabhai
- Thakur Saheb SAMATSINHJI DADABHAI
- Thakur Saheb MANSINHJI SAMATSINHJI, married and had issue.
- Thakur Saheb MADHAVSINHJI MANSINHJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Meruji Mansinhji
- Thakur Saheb MADHAVSINHJI MANSINHJI, born 1847, succeeded
12th
September
1864 (#1), married
and
had issue.
- Thakur Saheb NARSINHJI MADHAVSINHJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Bhagwatsinhji Madhavsinhji
- Kumar Shri Ladhubha Madhavsinhji
- HH Rani Majira Kunwarba Sahiba, married, HH Raj Sahib Sir
AJITSINHJI
JASHWANTSINHJI
of Dhrangadhra. She died 1941.
- Thakur Saheb NARSINHJI MADHAVSINHJI -/1890, married and had
issue.
- Thakur Saheb RAGHAVSINHJI NARSINHJI (qv)
- Thakur Saheb JORAWARSINHJI NARSINHJI (qv)
- Thakur Saheb RAGHAVSINHJI NARSINHJI 1890/-, born 13th
August 1888,
succeeded
1st March 1890,
- Thakur Saheb JORAWARSINHJI NARSINHJI, born 9th November
1898, married and had issue.
- Thakur Saheb MAHENDRASINHJI JORAWARSINHJI (qv)
- Thakur Saheb MAHENDRASINHJI JORAWARSINHJI, married Thakurani Nirmala Kunverba Saheba, daughter of Kumar
Shri Banesinhji Jaswantsinhji of Wadhwan,
and had
issue, two sons and three daughters.
- Thakur Saheb NANDKISHORSINHJI MAHENDRASINHJI (qv)
- Kumar Shri Bhupendrasinhji Mahendrasinhji, educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1975); married 1982, Kumari Bhuvaneshwari,
daughter of Thakur Virendrasinghji Hamirsinghji of Eral, and has issue,
one son and one
daughter.
- Kumari Kirnesh
- Kumar Yashwantsinhji Bhupendrasinhji
- Kumari
Shri Jyoti Devi, married 1965, Kumar Shri Jayendrasinhji Gambhirsinhji
Gohil of Lathi.
- Kumari
Shri Krishna Devi, married 1967, Thakore Saheb Shri Satyendrasinhji
Vansia of Jhanor.
- Kumari
Shri Gayatri Devi, married 1973, Kumar Shri Randhirsinhji Duleepsinhji
Gohil of Rajpipla.
- Thakur Saheb NANDKISHORSINHJI MAHENDRASINHJI (see above)
OTHER MEMBERS:
- Kumar Shri Balwantsinhji Arjunsinhji, educated at Rajkumar
College, Rajkot (1945).
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Sir Manubhai Nanshankar
Mehta, Kt, C.S.I., M.A., LL.B., Home Minister, Gwalior State,
Lashkar
(Gwalior). Born 22nd July 1868, educated at Elphinstone College,
Bombay. Served as Professor of Logic and Philosophy and Lecturer in
Law, Baroda College 1891-1899; Private Secretary to HH Maharaja Gaekwar
of Baroda 1899-1906; Revenue Minister and First Councillor 1914-1916;
Dewan of Baroda State 1916-1927; Prime Minister and Chief Councillor of
Bikaner State 1927-1934 and still (1940) continues to be Councillor of
Bikaner State. Indian States' Delegate to the three Round Table
Conferences in London; attended the World Hygiene Conference in 1933,
and Indian States Delegate to the Joint Parliamentary Committee in
1933. Appointed Minister, Gwalior State in 1937.