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Dhrangadhra State was a princely state during the
* Raisinhji II Pratapsinhji,
* Gajsinhji II Raisinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra 1744?45 - death 1782,
* Jashwantsinhji II Gajsinhji, born 17.. firstborn of the above, 38th Raja 1782 - death 1801;
* Raniji Jijibai Kunverba - 1758 - 1782
* Raisinhji III Jashwantsinhji, born 1761 son of the above, 39th Raja 1801 - death 1804
* Amarsinhji II Raisinhji, born 1782 firstborn of the above, 40th Raj Sahib 1804 - death 9 April 1843
* Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib 9 April 1843 – death 16 October 1869,
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* Mansinhji II Ranmalsinhji, born 1837, Raja 16 Oct 1869 - 2 Dec 1900 (from 1 Jan 1877)
* 2 Dec 1900 - 8 Feb 1911 Ajitsinhji Jashwantsinhji,
* 8 Feb 1911 - 1 Jan 1918 Ganshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji (b. 1889 - d. 1942)
British Raj
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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. The town of Dhrangadhra
Dhrangadhra () is a town, taluka headquarters and a municipality in Surendranagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. During the period of the British Raj, the city was the capital of Dhrangadhra State, one of the eight first-class princ ...
served as its capital. It was also known as Halvad-Dhrangadhra State. Halvad
Halvad is a town and a municipality in Morbi district in the Gujarat state of India.
Geography
Halvad is located at . It has an average elevation of 46 metres (150 feet). Halvad sits on the banks of the Samatsar Pond.
Halvad was a ...
once had been the capital of this state. 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 defend his kingdom most famous battle of jhala rajput was battle of gadarghatta in 1178 jhaleswar raj durjanshalji defeat Mohamad ghuri and accept the surrender of muslim forces and Ghori. In 1742 Dhrangadhra, a new capital, was founded and the state was renamed after it. Among the earlier names were Kuwa and Halwad; the state is still sometimes styled Halwad(-Dhrangadhra). . Under the British Raj, the colonialEastern Kathiawar Agency
The Baroda, Western India and Gujarat States Agency was an agency of the Indian Empire, managing the relations of the Provincial Government of the Bombay Presidency with a collection of princely states.
The political agent in charge of the ag ...
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
The Privy Purse is the British Sovereign's private income, mostly from the Duchy of Lancaster. This amounted to £20.1 million in net income for the year to 31 March 2018.
Overview
The Duchy is a landed estate of approximately 46,000 acres (200 ...
was fixed at 380,000 Rupees when it ceased to exist by accession to recently independent India's western state Saurashtra (now in Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
) on 15 February 1948.
Rulers
Raj Sahibs of Dhrangadhra
* Raisinhji II Pratapsinhji,
* Gajsinhji II Raisinhji, Raj Sahib of Dhrangadhra 1744?45 - death 1782,
* Jashwantsinhji II Gajsinhji, born 17.. firstborn of the above, 38th Raja 1782 - death 1801;
* Raniji Jijibai Kunverba - 1758 - 1782
* Raisinhji III Jashwantsinhji, born 1761 son of the above, 39th Raja 1801 - death 1804
* Amarsinhji II Raisinhji, born 1782 firstborn of the above, 40th Raj Sahib 1804 - death 9 April 1843
* Ranmalsinhji Amarsinhji, Raj Sahib 9 April 1843 – death 16 October 1869,
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* Mansinhji II Ranmalsinhji, born 1837, Raja 16 Oct 1869 - 2 Dec 1900 (from 1 Jan 1877)
* 2 Dec 1900 - 8 Feb 1911 Ajitsinhji Jashwantsinhji,
* 8 Feb 1911 - 1 Jan 1918 Ganshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji (b. 1889 - d. 1942)
Maharaja Shri Raj Sahibs of Dhrangadhra
* 1 Jan 1918 - 4 Feb 1942 Sir Ganshyamsinhji Ajitsinhji (s.a.) * 4 Feb 1942 – 15 August 1947 MayurdhwajsinhjiMeghrajji III
Maharaja Sir Mayurdwajsinhji Meghrajji III, KCIE, FRAS, FRAI, FRHistS (3 March 1923 – 1 August 2010) was the last ruling Maharaja of Dhrangadhra-Halvad. He was an academic, politician, member of several distinguished academic bodies, and ...
(b. 1923 - d. 2010)
See also
*Jhalawar State
Jhalawar State was a princely state in India during the British Raj. It was located in the Hadoti region. The main town in the state was Jhalawar.
The state belonged to the Kotah-Jhalawar Agency which had headquarters at Kota and was a subdivi ...
References
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