Kamadhia
Kamadhia is a town and former princely state in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
History
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The village of Kamadhia was granted as princely state by the British to Mir Sarfaraz Ali, aristicratic Muslim scion of Mir Jafur Ali, the Nawab of Surat, as reward for his valliant part in the Malwa War (Third Anglo-Maratha War) defeating the Martha Peshwa in 1817.
The above first Darbar Sahib signed a treaty as British protectorate in 1818, but soon obtained a waiver of tribute to the colonial government. The state came in the charge of the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency, like many petty states in Saurashtra.
Still in his reign, the neighboring vilages of Gothra (Gothda, later turned into a zaminari jagir), Walen (Vullun) and Davdi (Dvaudee) were added to the state, which thus extended to 10.4 km2 and in 1948 reached a population of 1,050.
It ceased to exist by accession to newly independent India's United State of Kathiawar on 15 February 1948. However the line of Darbars is nominally continued.
Rulers
The Muslim princes of the Mir family held the title Darbar Sahib.
- 1817 - 1860 Mir Sarfaraz `Ali I (d. 1860), grandfather of Kumar Shri Mir Ibrahim Ali, ancestor of the Zamindars of Gothra jagir
- 1860 - 21 Aug 1863 Nawab Mir Ja`far (Jufar) `Ali Khan (b. 1817 - d. 1863), son of the above
- 21 Aug 1863 - 1921 Nawab Mir Zulfikar `Ali Khan (b. 1859 - d. 1921), son of the above
- 21 Aug 1863 - 1880 Mir Bakar `Ali Khan - Regent (b. 1823 - d. 1890), brother of Sarfaraz Ali I
- 1921 - 1934 Mir Sarfaraz `Ali II Khan (b. 1880 - d. 1934), son of Zulfikar, childless
- 1934 - 15 Aug 1947 Mir Ghulam Khwaja Mo`in ad-Din Khan (b. 1887 - d. 1958), brother of Mir Bakar
- The line is nominally continued