Dhrol State was one of the 562

princely state A princely state (also called native state or Indian state) was a nominally sovereign entity of the British Indian Empire that was not directly governed by the British, but rather by an Indian ruler under a form of indirect rule, subject to ...

s of

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

. It was a 9 gun

salute state A salute state was a princely state under the British Raj that had been granted a gun salute by the British Crown (as paramount ruler); i.e., the protocolary privilege for its ruler to be greeted—originally by Royal Navy ships, later also ...

belonging to the

Kathiawar Agency The Kathiawar Agency, on the Kathiawar peninsula in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, was a political unit of some 200 small princely states under the suzerainty of the Bombay Presidency of British India. The agency's headquarters we ...

of the

Bombay Presidency The Bombay Presidency or Bombay Province, also called Bombay and Sind (1843–1936), was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India, with its capital in the city that came up over the seven islands of Bombay. The first mainl ...

. Its capital was in the town of

Dhrol Dhrol is a city and a municipality in Jamnagar district in the state of Gujarat, India. Geography Dhrol is located at . It has an average elevation of 26 metres (85 feet). Demographics India census,https://censusindia.gov.in/pca/Se ...

, located in the historical

Halar Halar (Haalaar) is a historical region of western India, located by the Gulf of Kutch coast on the northwestern area of Nawanagar, now Jamnagar, in Gujarat State, on Saurashtra peninsula, roughly corresponding to the present Jamnagar Distric ...

region of

Kathiawar Kathiawar () is a peninsula, near the far north of India's west coast, of about bordering the Arabian Sea. It is bounded by the Gulf of Kutch in the northwest and by the Gulf of Khambhat (Gulf of Cambay) in the east. In the northeast, i ...

History

Dhrol State was founded in 1595 by Jam Hardholji, a brother of Jam Rawal, the founder of

Nawanagar State Nawanagar was an Indian princely state in the historical Halar region, located on the southern shores of the Gulf of Kutch. It was ruled by the Jadeja Rajput dynasty and became the part of newly formed India. The city is now known as Jamnagar. ...

. The royal family belonged to the senior-most branch of the

Jadeja The Jadeja (also spelled Jarejo) (Gujarati: ) is a Rajput clan that inhabits the Indian state of Gujarat. They claim to be descended from the legendary Jamshed of Iran. They also claim descent from Krishna. They originated from pastoral communit ...

dynasty of

Rajput Rajput (from Sanskrit ''raja-putra'' 'son of a king') is a large multi-component cluster of castes, kin bodies, and local groups, sharing social status and ideology of genealogical descent originating from the Indian subcontinent. The term Ra ...

s who are the descendants of

Samma tribe Samma are a very large and important indigenous tribe of Sindh. The Samma are spread across Pakistan and North- West India being most concentrated in Sindh , their origin but are also found throughout the Punjab region as well as parts of Baloch ...

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

. The Khirasra state was an offshoot of Dhrol.Princely States of India
/ref> Dhrol State became a British protectorate in 1807. The population of the state was decimated by the

Indian famine of 1899–1900 The Indian famine of 1899–1900 began with the failure of the summer monsoons in 1899 over Western and Central India and, during the next year, affected an area of and a population of 59.5 million. The famine was acute in the Central Provinc ...

, from 27,007 in 1891 it was reduced to 21,906 in the 1901 census. The last ruler of Dhrol State, Thakur Sahib Chandrasinhji Dipsinhji, signed the accession to the Indian Union on 15 February 1948.

Rulers

The rulers of the state bore the title ' Thakore Saheb'. They had the right to a 9

gun salute A gun salute or cannon salute is the use of a piece of artillery to fire shots, often 21 in number (''21-gun salute''), with the aim of marking an honor or celebrating a joyful event. It is a tradition in many countries around the world. Histo ...

Rulers

*1595 – .... Hardholji *.... – .... Jasoji Hardolji *.... – .... Bamanyanji Jasoji *.... – .... Hardholji Bamanyanji I *.... – 1644 Modji Hardholji *1644 – 1706 Kaloji I Panchanji *1706 – 1712 Junhoji I Kaloji *1712 – 1715 Ketoji Junoji *1715 – 1716 Kaloji II Junoji (d. 1716) *1716 – 1760 Vaghji Junoji *1760 – 1781 Jaysinhji I Vaghji *1781 – 1789 Junoji II Jaysinhji *1789 – .... Nathoji Junoji *.... – 1803 Modji Nathoji *1803 – 1844 Bhuptasinhji Modji *1845 – 1886 Jaysinhji II Bhuptasinhji (b. 1824 – d. 1886) *26 Oct 1886 – 31 July 1914 Harisinhji Jaisinhji (b. 1846 – d. 1914) * 2 September 1914 – 31 August 1937 Dolatsinhji Harisinhji (b. 1864 – d. 1937) *31 Aug 1937 – 1939 Jorawarsinhji Dipsinhji (b. 1910 – d. 1939) *10 Oct 1939 – 15 August 1947 Chandrasinhji Dipsinhji (b. 1912 – d. ....)

References

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