Poicha State was a minor princely state during the British Raj in what is today Gujarat State India. It was initially administered by the Rewa Kantha AgencyMemoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 264, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n295/mode/2up and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.Memoranda On The Indian States 1935, p. 102, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.275347/page/n111/mode/2up It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.Memoranda On Native State In India 1909, p. 270, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.108717/page/n301/mode/2up The state had a population of 1018 and an area of 3.75 sq miles.Memoranda On The Indian States 1940, p. 24, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35376/page/n33/mode/2up
Rulers
The state was held by several shareholders.
Between 1922 The Rewakantha directory, p. 116 https://archive.org/details/apz5770.0001.001.umich.edu/page/116/mode/2up and 1927 A Collection Of Treaties and Sanads Vol - Xiv (1929), p. 162, https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.1302/page/161/mode/2up the 6 shareholders of Poicha were:
Khumansing Himatsing (b. 1872) fl. 1922-fl. 1927 Chandrasing Ranchod (b. 1888) fl. 1922-fl. 1927 Himatsing Gagabhai (b. 1870) fl. 1922-fl. 1927 Jenabhai Parbatsing (b. 1868) fl. 1922-fl. 1927 Himatsing Waghji (b. 1887) fl. 1922-fl. 1927 Thackerani Rupaliba, widow of Kanbhai Lakhbhai (b. 1894) fl. 1922 Devabhai Lalbhai fl. 1927
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