PREDECESSORS AND SHORT HISTORY: Kumar
Shri Dadaji,
the founder of the Kotharia State, a Fifth Class Princely State in
Kathiawad
Province (now Saurashtra), and second son of Thakore Saheb
Mehramanji II of Rajkot,
was granted a patrimony of six villages in about 1733. The Taluka
consists
of six villages - Kotharia, Vavdi, Vagudad, Khorana, Nagalpur and
Pipalia.
Jurisdictional rights were: (a) Criminal :- Two years, rigorous
imprisonment
and fines up to Rs. 2000, (b) Civil :- To the extent of Rs 5000. The
rule
of primogeniture governs succession. The Talukdar maintains a military
force of 4 cavalry and 38 infantry (as of 1892). Rulers were...
- Thakore Sahib DADAJI
MEHRAMANJI, 1st Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, he was granted 6
villages for his maintenance about 1733, shortly after was
granted
two further villages of Vadadi and Virva by his brother, the Thakore
Saheb
of Rajkot; Ronki and Karipat villages were added at a later date,
married
and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Maloji I Dadaji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Hajoji Dadaji
- Kumar Shri Khanji Dadaji
- Kumar Shri Bhavsangji Dadaji, received Virva.
- Kumar Shri Karanji Dadaji, received Vadali and Ronki.
- Thakore Sahib MALOJI I
DADAJI, 2nd Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, married and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Jethiji I Maloji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Dungarji Maloji, received Vagudal.
- Thakore Sahib JETHIJI I
MALOJI, 3rd Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, married and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Dosaji Jethiji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Bhimji Jethiji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Bhanabhai Bhimji, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Vajubha Bhanabhai
- Thakore Sahib DOSAJI
JETHIJI, 4th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, married and had issue.
- Thakore Saheb Maloji Dosaji (qv)
- Thakore Sahib MALOJI II
DOSAJI, 5th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, married and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Jethiji II Maloji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Ravaji Maloji, received Vadali jointly with
his brother.
- Kumar Shri Daudabha Maloji, received Vadali jointly with
his brother.
- Thakore Sahib JETHIJI II
MALOJI, 6th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, born 1828, he succeeded
to the gadi on 8th
January 1857 (#1),
married and had issue.
- Shri Harisinhji Jethiji, died vpsp.
- Thakore Sahib Pratapsinhji Jethiji (qv)
- [Kumari Shri Bai
Kunwarba
Sahiba, married (as his first wife), Kumar Shri Vajesinhji
Raghunathsinhji of Dhrangadhra.
(daughter of Kumar Shri Jethiji
Malubha)]
- [Kumari Shri Subji Kunwarba Sahiba, married (as his
second wife), Kumar Shri Vajesinhji Raghunathsinhji of Dhrangadhra.(daughter of Kumar
Shri Jethiji
Malubha)]
- Thakore Sahib PRATAPSINHJI
JETHIJI, 7th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia -/1925, born 15th August
1876, married and had
issue. He died 1925.
- Thakore Sahib Shivsinhji Pratapsinhji (qv)
- Kumar Shri Jeevansinhji Pratapsinhji, received Nagalpur
jointly with
his
brother, married and had issue.
- Kumar Shri Mangalsinhji Jeevansinhji
- Kumar Shri Kishorsinhji Jeevansinhji
- Kumar Shri Shajjansinhji Pratapsinhji, received Nagalpur
jointly with
his
brother.
- Thakore Sahib SHIVSINHJI
PRATAPSINHJI, 8th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia 1925/-, born 26th
May
1895,
succeeded
14th September 1925, educated at Rajkumar College, Rajkot, married
three wives, and
had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Ajitsinhji Shivsinhji (by 1st wife) (qv)
- Kumar Shri Indravijaysinhji Shivsinhji (by 2nd wife),
educated at
Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1947); married and had issue, three sons.
- Kumar Shri Chandravijaysinhji Indravijaysinhji Jadeja,
died unmarried.
- Kumar Shri Mayurdhavajsinhji Indravijaysinhji Jadeja,
he served as a Commanding Officer in the Indian Army (now retired);
married and has issue.
- Kumar Shri Krishnasinh Mayurdhavajsinh Jadeja, LLB
Graduate in London and
residency in London.
- Kumar Shri Mahipalsinh Mayurdhavajsinh Jadeja B.Com.
Graduate.
- Kumar Shri Vanrajsinhji Indravijaysinhji Jadeja,
married and has issue, two sons.
- Kumar ShriYashpalsinh Vanrajsinh Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Praveensinh Vanrajsinh Jadeja.
- Kumar Shri Annirudhsinhji Shivsinhji Jadeja (by 3rd
wife),
unmarried.
- Kumar Shri Kiritsinhji Shivsinhji Jadeja (by 3rd wife),
married, and has issue.
- Kumar Shri Shivrajsinhji Kiritsinhji Jadeja,
born 22nd December 1977, married 22th May 2007 in Rajkot, and has issue.
- Kumari Shivaba Jadeja
- Kumar Shoryasinh Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji Shivsinhji (by 3rd wife),
married, and
has issue.
- Kumar Shri Shailendrasinhji Ranjitsinhji M.Com., born
2nd August 1977 in Rajkot, married, and has issue.
- Kumari Darshiniba Jadeja
- Kumar Sri Rushabhdevsinh Jadeja
- Kumar Shri Devendrasinhji Ranjitsinhji B.Com., LL.B.,
born 17th March 1980, married and has issue.
- Kumar Shri Brijrajsinhji Jadeja
- Thakore Sahib AJITSINHJI
SHIVSINHJI, 9th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia, born 16th December
1915,
educated
at Rajkumar College, Rajkot; married and had issue.
- Thakore Sahib Ghanshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji (qv)
- Shri Rajendrasinhji Ajitsinhji Jadeja, educated
at Rajkumar College, Rajkot (1960).
- Thakore Sahib
GHANSHYAMSINHJI AJITSINHJI, 10th Thakore Sahib of Kotharia (see
above)
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