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Kingdom of JhalavadDharangadhra State
1090–1949
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Dhragandhra State in Saurashtra
Capital	Patdi (1090–1304) Santalpur (1304–1325) Patdi (1325–1413) Mandal (1413–1425) Kuva-Kanakavati (1425–1488) Halvad (1488–1735) Dhrangadhra (1735–1949)
Area
• 1090	13,800 km (5,300 sq mi)
• 1892	3,023 km (1,167 sq mi)
Population
• 1892	100,000
History
• Established	1090
• Indian independence	1949
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Gujarat India
Today part of	India
Princely States of India

Kingdom of Jhalavad was a kingdom present in the Kathiawar region of Gujarat. The kingdom came to be known as the Dhrangadhra State after it became a princely state in the nineteenth century. 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. It was ruled by the Jhala clan of Rajputs.

History

The state was founded as Jhalawad/Zalawad in 1090 by Rajput ruler Harpadeva. The Grandson of Harpaldeva, Durjansal was appointed as Grihadyaksha, Ran-su-ran (chief of nobles) and Mahamandaleshwara of the Chaulukya dynasty, he fought the Battle of Kasahrada on behalf of young Mularaja and defeated the Ghurids led by Muhammad Ghuri. 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).

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 km. 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.

List of Rulers

Orders of chivalry

The Royal House of Dhrangadhra awards a dynastic order of knighthood called the Order of Jhalavad, in six grades.

See also

• Meghrajji III
• Jhalawar State

References

1. Mayne, C. (1921). History of the Dhrangadhra State. Thacker, Spink.
2. Gujarat, India (Republic) Superintendent of Census Operations (1964). Surendranagar. Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State.
3. Bond, J. W.; Wright, Arnold (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1965-4.
4. Jain-Neubauer, Jutta (1981). The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-0-391-02284-3.
5. Vadivelu, A. (1915). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India. G.C. Loganadham.
6. Mayne, C. (1921). History of the dhrangadhra state. Thacker, Spink and Co, Calcutta.
7. The Hind Rajasthan, Or, The Annals of the Native States of India. Usha. 1985. p. 875. Harpaldev , who first esta- blished the Jhala rule at Patdi ( now Dhrangadra )
8. McLeod, John (2017). The Making of Jhallesvar Genealogy: Interpreting Dynastic History in Western India, c.1090–2016. Research Gate. p. 8.

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• States and territories established in 1090
• States and territories disestablished in 1949
• Princely states of Gujarat
• States under the Kathiawar Agency
• Surendranagar district
• Rajput history
• 1742 establishments in India
• 1948 disestablishments in India
• Gun salute princely states