Jesar State

Jesar 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 Agency^[1] and then by the Baroda and Gujarat States Agency.^[2] It was part of the 26 Princely States making up the Pandu Mehwas, petty states placed under British protection between 1812 and 1825.^[3] The state had a population of 514 and an area of 1.5 sq miles.^[4]

Jesar State
Princely State of British India
1948
Location of Jesar
Area
• 1931	3.885 km2 (1.500 sq mi)
Population
• 1931	514
Succeeded by India

Rulers

The state was held by several shareholders (several people sharing the government and revenues of the state).

Between at least 1922 ^[5] and 1927 ^[6] the four shareholders of Jesar were:

• Gagabhai Khatubhai (b. 1871)
• Bhathibhai Gokalbhai (b. 1885)
• Bai Suraj (b.1879) widow of Dipsing Jitbhai
• Damabhai Dayabhai (b. 1890)