Dhrangadhra
Princely State of British India
1742–1948
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Location of Dhragandhra State in Saurashtra
CapitalDhrangadhra
Area 
• 1892
3,023 km2 (1,167 sq mi)
Population 
• 1892
100,000
History
History 
• Established
1742
1948
Succeeded by
India
Today part ofIndia
Princely States of India

Dhrangadhra State was a princely state during the British Raj. The town of Dhrangadhra served as its capital. It was also known as Halvad-Dhrangadhra State. Halvad once had been the capital of this state.[1] In 1735, Dhrangadhra was founded as its new capital.

History

The state was founded as Jhalawad in 1090 by Rajput ruler Harpal Dev Makwana. The Jhala Rajput fought several battles against Muslim invaders and defended his kingdom. The most famous battle of Jhala Rajput was the battle of Gadarghatta in 1178. Jhaleswar Raj Durjanshalji defeated Mohamad Ghuri and accepted the surrender of Muslim forces and Ghori. In 1742, Dhrangadhra, a new capital was founded and renamed the state. Among the earlier names were Kuwa and Halwad; the state is still sometimes styled Halwad(-Dhrangadhra).[citation needed] .[2][3]

Under the British Raj, the colonial Eastern Kathiawar Agency was in charge of Dhrangadhra, which was a salute state entitled to a Hereditary salute of 13 guns. The state had a population of 100,000 in 1892 on 3,023 Square Kilometers km2. The privy purse was fixed at 380,000 Rupees when it ceased to exist by accession to recently independent India's western state Saurashtra (now in Gujarat) on 15 February 1948.[citation needed]

Rulers

Raj Sahibs of Dhrangadhra

H.H. Man Singh, Raja of Dhrangadhra, c. 1870s
H.H. Man Singh, Raja of Dhrangadhra, c. 1870s

Maharaja Shri Raj Sahibs of Dhrangadhra

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] Surendranagar India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat - Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State, 1964.
  2. ^ Watson, John Whaley (1878). Statistical Account of Dhrángadhrá: Being the Dhrángadhrá Contribution to the Káthiáwár Portion of the Bombay Gazetteer. Education society's Press.
  3. ^ State), Bombay (India (1884). Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency ... Government Central Press.
  4. ^ "Indian states before 1947 A-J". rulers.org. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

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