Princely State of Dedarda

The Princely State of Dedarda was one of the renowned native states of India that was managed and supervised by a native prince under the guidance of the British authorities. The princely state was under the indirect control of the British Empire in India. The state was scattered over a total area of 2 sq miles and comprised of a total population of 777 in the year 1931. The taluka of Dedarda was situated in the Chok Datha Thana. The territory consisted of only a single village. The state of Dedarda was bordered by the princely state of Palitana in the north and west; by the state of Kanjarda in the east; by the territory of Jalia Kayaji, in the southeast; and by Jalia Manaji state in the southwest.

Chok Datha Thana, which covered a total area of 115 sq miles and comprised of a total population of 24,782 in the year 1931. The region included around 23 estates and almost 22 estates of them were situated in a compacted area near Chok. The territory contained a virtual enclave in southern Bhavnagar, except a general border with Palitana in the north. The remaining taluka of Datha was located around 10 miles from the other states. It was entirely encompassed by the princely state of Bhavnagar.

The Princely State of Dedarda was under the administrative control of the Baroda Agency, which was incorporated as a part of the Western India States Agency. Later the territory was merged with the state of Gujarat. The state was also a part of the Eastern Kathiawar Agency and the Chok Datha Thana as well.

History of Princely State of Dedarda
The princely state of Dedarda was claimed by more than one native prince, who were formally addressed as shareholders. There were 95 such estateholders, including bhagdars and talukdars, in the state of Bhandaria. The Sarvaiya Rajputs were the shareholders the territory. There were around 909 estateholders in the thana and almost all of them were Sarvaiya Rajputs. Some of the shareholders were low caste Hindus as well. Dedarda state was a non- jurisdictionary native state. The estateholders of the region were primarily illiterate or had limited education and were extremely impoverished and deprived. Most of them were shepherds or cultivators. The Princely State of Dedarda paid annual tribute to the princely state of Baroda. According to the Attachment Scheme of 1943, the princely state of Dedarda was attached to the princely state of Bhavnagar.

The last native ruler of the princely state of Dedarda acceded the princely state to the Dominion of India, also known as Union of India, after the country gained independence from the British Dominion in the year 1947. At present the territory is a village in Borsad Taluka, in the district of Anand, Gujarat state, India.