Jethwa
Porbandar
Jethwa state on the Arabian Sea; fort built by Rana Vikmatji, 1671.
- Ruler’s title
- Maharana
- Standing
- 13-gun salute state
- Region
- Saurashtra
- Founded
- Fort built by Rana Vikmatji, 1671
- After 1947
- Merged into the United State of Saurashtra, 15 February 1948
The account
The Jethwa state on the Arabian Sea — and the birthplace of Mahatma Gandhi (1869), whose family served the state as dewans. British officers of the 1840s judged the state better run by the widowed Rani of Khimaji than by her successors — one of several female regencies the peninsula remembered.
Territorial Holdings
Porbandar Jethwa Darbari Settlements
Hereditary cadet estates (Bhayat) and prominent settlement villages historically granted to or affiliated with this seat.
Chhaya
Ghumli
Ranavav
Bhetali
Madhavpur
Degam
Bakharla
Fatana