Lakhtar State

Princely state of the British Raj

During the British Raj period, Lakhtar State, in the present-day Indian state of Gujarat, was a non-salute princely state and was governed by members of a Jhala rajput dynasty.^[1]

Lakhtar state was founded in 1604.^[2] The rulers ruled with the title of Thakur Sahib.

Ruler

Thakur Abhaisinhji Chandrasinhji 1604 – 1639
Thakur Vajirajji I Abhaisinhji 1639 – 1665
Thakur Sahib Sheshmalji Vajerajji 1665 – 1696
Thakur Sahib Gopalsinhji Sheshmalji 1696 – 1714
Thakur Sahib Karansinhji I Gopalsinhji 1714 – 1741
Thakur Sahib Abherajji Karansinhji 1741 – 1769
Thakur Sahib Raydhanji Abherajji 1769 – 1798
Thakur Sahib Sangramji Raydhanji 1798 (Abdicated)
Thakur Sahib Chandrasinhji Raydhanji (Brother) 1798 – 1803
Thakur Sahib Prithirajji Chandrasinhji 1803 – 1835
Thakur Sahib Vajirajji II Prithirajji 1835 – 12 June 1846
12 June 1846 – 8 August 1924 Karansinhji II Vajirajji (1846 – 1924)
8 August 1924 – 2 July 1940 Balvirsinhji Karansinhji (1881 – 1940)
2 July 1940 – 15 Aug 1947 Indrasinhji Balvirsinhji (1907 – 1970)
1970 – Present Balbhadrasinhji Indrasinhji^[3]^[4]

References

^ McLeod, John (1999). Sovereignty, Power, Control: Politics in the States of Western India, 1916-1947. BRILL. pp. 8–9. ISBN 9789004113435.
^ The ruling princes, chiefs and leading personages in the Western India States Agency. Rajkot: Western India States Agency Press. 1928. p. 263.
^ "લખતર સ્ટેટની કરોડોની મિલકતનો મુદ્દો:મિલ્કતોની ઇન્વેન્ટરી માટે કોર્ટ કમીશ્નરની નિમણૂક કરવા ભલામણ". Divya Bhaskar. January 2024. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
^ Balbhadrasinhji I Jhala vs Jayendrakumariba (Gujarat High Court 27 April 2018), Text.