VILLAGES: 21
AREA: 303.85 km2
STATE: Bombay
PRIVY PURSE: 100,000Rs
REVENUE: 266,000Rs
DYNASTY: Wala (Jaitani branch)
ACCESSION: 15th February 1948
RELIGION: Hindu
POPULATION: 16,005 (1931)
PRESENT ESTATE HOLDER: Darbar Shri AJAYKUMARSHINH HAMIRWALA B.Com., present Darbar Saheb of Thana Devli.
born 13th March 1978 in Jamnagar, Gujrat; Chairman, D.S. Hamirwala Harsurwala Foundation; Managing Trustee, Arts and Commerce College, Bilkha in Gujarat; Managing Trustee, Shree Matoshree Kanya Vidyalaya Mendarda, Gujarat; Managing Truste, Shree Matoshree English Medium School Mendarada; married 1st March 2008 in Jasdan, Gujarat, Rani Sonalba Ajaykumarshinhwala, and has issue, one daughter.
Kumari Bhargavikunvarba
PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: A Third Class state, also known as Amarnagar, its jurisdictional powers were as follows, Criminal - Seven years rigorous imprisonment and fines to the extent of 10,000Rs, Civil - fines to the extent of 20,000Rs. The state merged with Luni, Dangavadar, Shedhubhar, Mendarda and Chital in 1922, and with Mota Katda, Shobhavadla and Meghapipalia in 1928. Rulers were....
Darbar Shri JAITA NAJA WALA, founder of the Jaitani branch of the Wala dynasty (a Kathi Clan), married and had issue.
Darbar Shri BHOKA JAITA WALA (qv)
Darbar Shri JETHA JAITA WALA
Darbar Shri BHOKA JAITA WALA, married and had issue. He lived around 1760.
Darbar Shri MANSUR BHOKA WALA, married and had issue.
Darbar Shri CHAMPRAJ MANSUR WALA, married and had issue.
Darbar Shri NATHU CHAMPRAJ WALA, ancestor of the Talukdars of Sanala.
Darbar Shri MAMAIYA CHAMPRAJ WALA, ancestor of the Talukdars of Chital.
Darbar Shri HAMIR CHAMPRAJ WALA, ancestor of the Talukdars of Mendarda (Manasia Nag Estate).
Kumar Shri Bhan Champraj Wala, Talukdar of Luni, married and had issue.
Kumar Shri Kala Bhan Wala, Talukdar of Luni, married and had issue.
Darbar Shri AMRA LAXMAN WALA [born as Kumar Shri Amra Kala Wala], adopted by Darbar Shri LAXMAN MERAM WALA, see below.
Kumar Shri Rana Mansur Wala
Kumar Shri Unad Mansur Wala, married and had issue.
Kumar Shri Ram Unad Wala, married and had issue.
Kumar Shri Pitha Ram Wala
Kumar Shri Gorkha Ram Wala
Kumar Shri Jaita Bhoka Wala, married and had issue.
Kumar Shri Alag Jaita Wala
Kumar Shri Luna Jaita Wala
Kumar Shri Manasia Jaita Wala
Kumar Shri Bhoj Jaita Wala
Darbar Shri VALOJI BHOKA WALA (qv)
Darbar Shri VALOJI BHOKA WALA, married and had issue.
Kumar Shri Ebhal Valoji Wala
Kumar Shri Ghela Valoji Wala, married and had issue.
Kumar Shri Godad Ghela Wala
Darbar Shri HARSUR VALOJI WALA (qv)
Darbar Shri HARSUR VALOJI WALA
Darbar Shri MERAM HARSUR WALA, Chief of Thana Devli -/1883, married and had issue. He died 17th September 1883.
Darbar Shri Lakshman Meram Wala (qv)
Darbar Shri LAKSHMAN MERAM WALA, Chief of Thana Devli 1883/1922, born 1849, succeeded 17th September 1883 (#1), C.I.E. [cr.1911] (#2), as he had no male issue he adopted, with the permission of the government, the son of Kala Wala, the Chief of Luni. The succession of the Darbar Shri Amra Wala brought with him his patrimony of Luni Taluka which had been merged into Thana-Devli State. He died spm 12th May 1922.
COURT OF WARDS [12.5.1922] - [12.10.1922]
Darbar Shri AMRA LAXMAN WALA, Chief of Thana Devli 1922/1960, born 28th November 1895 as Kumar Shri Amra Kala Wala, son of Darbar Shri Kala Bhan Wala of Luni (see above) and succeeded by adoption on 12th October 1922, married and had issue. He died 29th September 1960.
Yuvraj Shri Ram Amra Wala, born 1920, married and had issue. He died vp.
Darbar Shri Samatwala Ramwala (qv)
Darbar Shri Harsur Amra Wala, married and had issue.
Darbar Shri Hamirwala Harsurwala, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1961); married Rani Sumitraba Hamirwala, and had issue.
Darbar Shree Ajaykumarshinh Hamirwala (qv)
Kumar Shri Meram Harsur Wala, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1961)
Darbar Shri SAMATWALA RAMWALA, Chief of Thana Devli 1960/2002, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1959) and Daly College, Indore. He died sp 25th November 2002.
Darbar Shri AJAYKUMARSHINH HAMIRWALA (see above)
1. "The Golden Book of India"; LETHBRIDGE, Roper, MacMillan & Co., 1893 p.213
2. Whittakers Almanac, p.783.