VILLAGES: 10
AREA: 93 km2
LOCATION: Saurashtra
PRIVY PURSE: 16,135R
REVENUE: 17,000Rs
DYNASTY: Jadeja
ACCESSION: 15th February 1948
RELIGION: Hindu
POPULATION: 2,688 (1921)
PRESENT RULER: Thakur Saheb JAYENDRASINHJI MOHABATSINHJI
married and has issue.
Yuvraj Saheb Raghvendrasinhji Jayendrasinhji Jadeja, married and has issue.
Tika Brijrajsinhji Raghvendrasinhji Jadeja
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Fifth Class state in Kathiawar, the Taluka is an offshoot of the Dhrol State. Ravaji the son of Bamanioji, second in descent from Hardholji, being the founder, to whom the patrimony of ten villages was given in appanage in 1612. The appelation ''Devani'' is derived from Devaji, the 4th in line from Ravaji. The taluka is governed by the rule of primogeniture. The Jurisdictional powers of the Taluka are:- Civil: To the extent of 5,000Rs, Criminal : Two years rigorous imprisonment and fines to the extent of 2,000Rs.
Thakur Saheb RAVAJI BAMANIOJI 1612/-
Thakur Saheb DUNGERJI RAVAJI
Thakur Saheb KAYAJI DUNGERJI I
Thakur Saheb RANMALJI KAYAJI I
Thakur Saheb DEVAJI RANMALJI
Thakur Saheb KAYAJI DEVAJI II
Thakur Saheb RANMALJI KAYAJI II
Thakur Saheb MODJI RANMALJI
Thakur Saheb JASAJI MODJI
Thakur Saheb KAYAJI JASAJI III
Thakur Saheb HALAJI KAYAJI-/1868
Thakur Saheb MANSINHJI HALAJI, born 1852, succeeded 31st December 1868 (#1).
Thakur Saheb SURSINHJI MANSINHJI
Thakur Saheb BHOJRAJJI SURSINHJI
Thakur Saheb MOHABATSINHJI BHOJRAJJI, born 6th August 1910, succeeded 26th October 1919, married and had issue.
Thakur Saheb JAYENDRASINHJI MOHABATSINHJI (qv)
Kumar Shri Jaswantsinhji Mohabatsinhji, married and had issue, two sons. He died 13th January 2008.
Kumar Shri Rajdipsinhji Jaswantsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Shri Nalinikumari Ba, daughter of Shri Sukhdevsinhji Mohansinhji Zala of Susvav, and has issue, two sons.
Kumar Adityarajsinh Rajdipsinhji Jadeja
Kumar Devdatsinh Rajdipsinhji Jadeja
Kumar Shri Harshdipsinhji Jaswantsinhji Jadeja, married Kumari Shri Sangeetakumariba, another daughter of Shri Sukhdevsinhji Mohansinhji Zala of Susvav, and has issue, one son.
Kumar Yashpalsinh Harshdipsinhji Jadeja
Kumar Shri Balbhadrasinhji Mohabatsinhji
Kumar Shri Tejandrasinhji Mohabatsinhji
Thakur Saheb JAYENDRASINHJI MAHABATSINHJI (see above)
1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 , p.205
Courtesy of Y.S. Jaideepsinh Jadeja © 2002