Kamadhia is a town and former princely state in the western Indian state of Gujarat.
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Map of Kamadhiya, Gujarat
History
The petty state in Gohelwar prant of Kathiawar, comprising only the village, was ruled by Muslim Chieftains of a Mir family. It has a population of 496 in 1906, yielding a state revenue of 5,611 rupees (mainly from land), paying 377 Rupees tribute to the British.
The village of Kamadhia was granted as princely state by the British to Mir Sarfaraz Ali, aristicratic Muslim scion of Mir Jafur Ali, the Nawab of Surat, as reward for his valliant part in the Malwa War (Third Anglo-Maratha War) defeating the Martha Peshwa in 1817.
The above first Darbar Sahib signed a treaty as British protectorate in 1818, but soon obtained a waiver of tribute to the colonial government. The state came in the charge of the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency, like many petty states in Saurashtra.
Still in his reign, the neighboring villages of Gothra (Gothda, later turned into a zamindari jagir), Walen (Vullun) and Davdi (Dvaudee) were added to the state, which thus extended to 10.4 km2 and in 1948 reached a population of 1,050.
It ceased to exist by accession to newly independent India's United State of Kathiawar on 15 February 1948. However the line of Darbars is nominally continued.
Rulers
The Muslim princes of the Mir family held the title Darbar Sahib.