Dewan

Dewans

Dewan or Diwan is term used in India since a long time, also usually known as ‘Chief Minister’ or ‘Minister’. Sometimes ‘ji’ is also added as a mark of respect in India. Below are list of Dewan(s) of Baroda state from year 1743 to 1947 !

• 1743 – 17.. : Diwanji Takapir & Mahadaji Govind Kakirde
• 17.. – 17.. : Madhav Nimbaji Vanikar
• 17.. – 17.. : Ramchandra Basvant
• 17.. – 17.. : Balaji Yamaji (acting for Basvant)
• 17.. – 17.. : Gopal Naik Tambekar
• 1777 : Antaji Ganesh
• 17.. – 1780 : Govind Pandit
• 17.. – 17.. : Hiramand (acting)
• 17.. – 17.. : Baloba
• 17.. – 17.. : Gumaji Patel
• 1787 : Ramchandra Bhaskar
• Dec 1793 – 20 Sep 1800 : Raoji Appaji (1st time)
• 1800 – 1820 : Vithalrao Devaji (Dewan of Kathiawar)
– jointly with following –
• 20 Sep 1800 – 27 Jan 1801 : Shrimant Sardar Khanjirao
Maharaja Sahib Gaekwar
• 27 Jan 1801 – 18 Jul 1803 : Raoji Appaji (2nd time)
• 1803 – 1807 : Sitaram Raoji
• 1807 – Nov 1810 : Babaji Rao
• 1810 – 1812 : Vithalrao Bhau (1st time)
(Vithal Rao Bhau)
• 1812 – 14 July 1815 : Gangadhar Shastri (d. 1815)
• Jul 1815 – Oct 1819 : Bhimashankar
• 12 Oct 1819 – Jan 1820 : Dhakji Dadaji
• Jan 1820 – 1828 : Vithalrao Bhau (2nd time) + Vithalrao Devaji
• 1828 – 1829 : Veniram Aditram + Prabhaka Dikshit
• 1829 – 1833 : Gopal Atmaram Devadar
• 1833 – 28 Nov 1839 : Veniram Aditram
• 1839 – 1848 : Stayed Vacant
• 1848 – 1849 : Balasaheb Dhaibar
• 1849 – 1854 : Bhau Tambekar
• 1854 – 10 Nov 1867 : Govindrav Pandurang Rode + Ganesh Sadashiv Ojhe (to Mar 1861)
• 17 Nov 1867 – 24 Nov 1869 : Bhau Shinde
• 25 Nov 1869 – Nov 1870 : Nimbaji Rao Dhole (or Davale)
(acting)
• Nov 1870 – Mar 1871 : Hariba Gaikvad
• 22 Mar 1871 – 1872 : Gopal Rav Mairal (d. 1872)
• Nov 1872 – Mar 1873 : Balvantrav Khanvelkar (Balwant Rao)
• 1873 – 1874 : Shahabuddin Kazi (b. 1832 – d. 1900)
• 4 Aug 1874 – Jan 1875 : Dadabhai Naoroji (b. 1825 – d. 1917)
• 10 May 1875 – 1882 : Sir T Madhava Rao (b. 1828 – d. 1891)
• 29 Sep 1882 – 31 Jul 1886 : Khan Bahadur Kazi Shahabuddin
• 1 Aug 1886 – 30 May 1890 : Bahadur Lakshman Jagannath Vaidya
• 31 May 1890 – 21 Nov 1895 : Manibhai Jasbhai
• 15 Jul 1896 – 2 Oct 1901 : S. Srinivasa Raghava Iyengar (b. 18.. – d. 1903)
• 3 Oct 1901 – 30 Jun 1904 : R.V. Dhamnaskar
• 1 Jul 1904 – 28 Feb 1909 : Kersaspji Rustamji Dadachanji
• 1 Jun 1909 – 30 Nov 1909 : Shri Romesh Chunder Dutt
• 1 Dec 1909 – 3 Jan 1912 : V.P. Madhava Rao (b. 1850 – d. 1930)
• 1 Dec 1912 – 16 Mar 1914 : Bihari Lal Gupta (b. 1849 – d. 1916)
• 17 Mar 1914 – 7 May 1916 : Vishwanath Patankar Madhava Rao (b. 1850 – d. 1934)
• 9 May 1916 – 1927 : Manubhai Nandshankar Mehta (b. 1868 – d. 1946)
• 1927 – 1945 : Vangal Thiruvenkatachari Krishnamachari (b. 1881 – d. 1946)
• Jan 1945 – 1947 : Brojendra Lal Mitter (b. 1875 – d. 1950)
• 1947 Jivraj N. Mehta : (b. 1887 – d. 1977)

British Residents
• 11 Jul 1802 – 1809 : Alexander Walker (1st time)
• 1809 – 1810 : James Rivett-Carnac (1st time) (b. 1785 – d. 1846)
(acting)
• 1810 : Alexander Walker (2nd time)
• 1810 – May 1820 : James Rivett-Carnac (2nd time) (s.a.)
• May 1820 : C. Norris (acting)
• May 1820 – Nov 1837 : James Williams
• Nov 1837 – Jun 1840 : James Sutherland
• 26 Jun 1840 – Jul/Aug 1844 : William Sprot Boyd (b. 1799 – d. 1845)
• Aug 1844 – Jul 1845 : T. Ogilvie (acting)
• Jul 1845 – Apr 1846 : Robert Keith Arbuthnot (b. 1801 – d. 1873)
• Apr 1846 – May 1847 : William Charles Andrews (acting)
• May 1847 – Oct 1848 : James Outram (1st time) (b. 1803 – d. 1863)
• Oct 1848 – May 1850 : Patrick Theodor French (acting)
• May 1850 – Jan 1852 : James Outram (2nd time) (s.a.)
• Jan 1852 – Jun 1853 : J.M. Davies
• Jun 1853 – Mar 1854 : G.B. Seton Karr (acting)
• Mar 1854 – May 1854 : James Outram (3rd time) (s.a.)
• May 1854 – Nov 1855 : D.A. Malcolm
• Feb 1856 – Mar 1857 : Cuthbert Davidson (b. 1810 – d. 1862)
• Mar 1857 – May 1859 : Sir Richmond Campbell Shakespear (b. 1812 – d. 1861)
• Aug 1859 – Jan 1866 : R. Wallace
• Jan 1866 – May 1867 : J.T. Barr (1st time)
• May 1867 – Nov 1867 : E.P. Arthur (acting)
• Nov 1867 – Apr 1872 : J.T. Barr (2nd time)
• Apr 1872 – Mar 1873 : A.G. Shortt (acting)
• Mar 1873 – Dec 1874 : Robert Phayre (b. 1820 – d. 1897)
• Dec 1874 – Apr 1875 : Lewis Pelley (b. 1825 – d. 1892)
• 18 Apr 1875 – Nov 1875 : Richard John Meade (b. 1821 – d. 1899)

Agents
• 16 Nov 1875 – 2 Apr 1881 : Philipp Sandys Melvill (1st time) (b. 1827 – d. 19..)
• 2 Apr 1881 – 10 Apr 1881 : J.H. Seller (acting)
• 11 Apr 1881 – 1 Jul 1881 : W.G. Waterfield (acting)
• 2 Jul 1881 – 2 Jan 1882 : Philipp Sandys Melvill (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 3 Jan 1882 – 15 Sep 1883 : John Watson (1st time)
• 16 Sep 1883 – 15 Nov 1883 : Freeman Henry Jackson (1st time)
(acting)
• 16 Nov 1883 – 26 Aug 1885 : John Watson (2nd time)
• 27 Aug 1885 – 24 Oct 1885 : C.K.M. Walter (acting)
• 25 Oct 1885 – 3 Mar 1886 : John Watson (3rd time)
• 4 Mar 1886 – 4 Nov 1886 : Freeman Henry Jackson (2nd time) (acting)
• 4 Dec 1886 – 7 Jul 1886 : James Cavan Berkeley (1st time)
• 8 Jul 1886 – 10 Jul 1886 : Freeman Henry Jackson (3rd time) (acting)
• 10 Aug 1886 – 29 Dec 1887 : James Cavan Berkeley (2nd time)
• 30 Dec 1887 – 1 Oct 1888 : Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry (b. 1837 – d. 1891)
St. John
• 2 Oct 1888 – 17 Jan 1889 : Freeman Henry Jackson (4th time) (acting)
• 18 Jan 1889 – 26 Mar 1889 : Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (b. 1834 – d. 1913) (1st time)
• 27 Mar 1889 – 22 Oct 1889 : Freeman Henry Jackson (5th time) (acting)
• 23 Oct 1889 – Apr 1890 : Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (s.a.) (2nd time)
• Apr 1890 – Jul 1890 Freeman Henry Jackson (6th time) (acting)
• Jul 1890 – 6 Feb 1891 : Harry North Dalrymple Prendergast (s.a.) (3rd time)
• 6 Mar 1891 – 4 Jan 1893 : Edward Swalman Reynolds
• 11 Jan 1893 – 27 Apr 1893 : John Biddulph (1st time) (b. 1840 – d. 1922)
• 27 Apr 1893 – 27 Jul 1893 : P.W. Snell (acting)
• 28 Jul 1893 – 24 Feb 1895 : John Biddulph (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 25 Feb 1895 – 23 Jul 1896 : Norton Charles Martelli (1st time)
• 24 Jul 1896 – Oct 1896 : P.Z. Cox (acting)
• Oct 1896 – 1899 : Norton Charles Martelli (2nd time)

Residents
• 30 Aug 1899 – 13 Mar 1901 : Charles Withers Ravenshaw (b. 1835 – d. 1935)
• 14 Mar 1901 – 9 Oct 1901 : W.H.M. Stewart (acting)
• 4 Nov 1901 – 2 May 1902 : Malcolm John Meade (1st time) (b. 1854 – d. 1933)
• 3 May 1902 – 3 Nov 1902 : H.C.J. Carnegy (acting)
• 4 Nov 1902 – 30 Mar 1906 : Malcolm John Meade (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 31 Mar 1906 – 13 Apr 1906 : H. Harrison (acting)
• 14 Apr 1906 – 11 Dec 1906 : C.H. Pritchard (acting)
• 12 Dec 1906 – 3 Sep 1908 : Malcolm John Meade (3rd time) (s.a.)
• 4 Sep 1908 – 29 Oct 1908 : R.S. Pottinger (acting)
• 30 Oct 1908 – 18 Feb 1909 : Malcolm John Meade (4th time) (s.a.)
• 19 Feb 1909 – 30 Sep 1910 : Oswald Vivian Bosanquet (acting) (b. 1866 – d. 1933)
• 1 Oct 1910 – 1 May 1912 : Henry Venn Cobb (b. 1864 – d. 1949)
• 5 May 1912 – 13 Mar 1914 : Lawrence Impey (1st time) (b. 1862 – d. 1944) (acting to 17 May 1913)
• 14 Mar 1914 – 11 Apr 1914 : W.M.P. Wood (acting)
• 12 Apr 1914 – 14 Dec 1914 : W.E. Jardine (acting)
• 15 Dec 1914 – 3 Mar 1917 : Lawrence Impey (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 4 Mar 1917 – 16 Feb 1918 : F.W.P. Macdonald (acting)
•17 Feb 1918 – 23 Mar 1918 : Kenneth Samuel Fitze (acting) (b. 1887 – d. 1960)
• 23 Mar 1918 – 7 Apr 1919 : Charles Lennox Russell (acting to 19 Apr 1918)
• 8 Apr 1919 – 5 May 1919 : T.B. Russell (acting)
• 6 May 1919 – 28 May 1919 : William Pell Barton (1st time) (b. 1871 – d. 1956)
• 1 Jun 1919 – 9 Sep 1919 : W.H. Wilkinson (acting)
• 10 Sep 1919 – 2 Feb 1920 : William Pell Barton (2nd time) (s.a.)
• 3 Feb 1920 – 30 Oct 1920 : Charles Joseph Windham (b. 1867 – d. 1941)
• 31 Oct 1920 – 21 Jul 1921 : Denys Brooke Blakeway (b. 1870 – d. 1933)
• 22 Jul 1921 – 12 Dec 1922 : L.M. Crump (acting)
• 13 Dec 1922 – 1923 : Reginald I.R. Glancy
• 1923 – 1927 : Herbert Kealy
• Jul 1926 – Nov 1926 : Henry Stuart Strong (acting for Kealy)
• 1927 – 1929 : Richard John Charles Burke (b. 1878 – d. 1960)
• Nov 1929 – 1930 : D.G. Wilson
• 1930 – 1932 : Frederick M. Bailey
• 1932 – 1933 : Arthur Cunningham Lothian (b. 1887 – d. 1962)
• 1933 – 1937 : James Leslie Rose Weir (b. 1883 – d. 1950)
• 1933 – 1939 : Elliott James Dowell Colvin (b. 1885 – d. 1950)
• 1939 – 1940 : Clive K. Daly
• 1940 – 1942 : Cosmo Grant Niven Edwards (b. c.1896 – d. 1964)
• 1943 – 1944 : Lionel W. Jardine (b. 1895 – d. 1980)

Residents for Baroda, Western India States and Gujarat
• 5 Nov 1944 – 6 May 1947 : Sir Cyril P. Hancock (b. 1896 – d. 1990) (acting to 4 Jul 1945)
• 7 May 1947 – 14 Aug 1947 : Leonard Coke Wallis (b. 1900 – d. 1974)

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