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Zari Garkhadi

Zhari Garkhadi (ઝરી ગરખાડી), also called Jerigurkhadi or Jharia Garkhari, is one of the 14 sovereign states grouped into a larger princely state called Dang or Dangs, which made it a unique territorial entity in India under the British Raj. Dangs was located in the former Khandesh district, and today in the present-day state of Gujarat, in India.

Of these 13 are Bhils and 1 a Kokani. Of the Chiefs, 4 are Rajas, 8 are Naiks, 1 is a Pradhan, and 1 a Powar. It appears that today the titles have been simplified to Manas and Naiks.

The sovereign of Zhari Garkhadi bears the title of Naik.

The fourteen states are:

With the ruler bearing the title of Mana:

Garvi, Gadhvi or Godhvi, the principal of the states. 
Linga. 
Derbhavti or Daer-Amla. 
Vasurna or Vasuna. 
Pimpri.

With the title of Naik:

Kirli. 
Shivbara. 
Chinchli-Gadad. 
Avachar. Pimpladevi. 
Vadhyaman. 
Palasvihir. 
Bilbario. 
Zhari Garkhadi.

The Republic of India respected their titles, even after the suppression of titles in the remaining kingdoms and principalities in 1971.

A collective claim by the fourteen sovereigns made in 2007 demonstrates that all these princely families continue to exist actively. The Dang Durbar or Dang Darbar festival is famous for its tourist interest, where the princes gather annually in a colorful celebration held in the city of Ahwa on the occasion of the annual payment of the (now meager) state stipends.

Sources: Memoranda On The Indian States 1930, Wiquipedia, Wanderink

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