Jhalawad(zalawad)(rajput) was the northernmost of the four prants (traditional regions) into which the many feudal units (mostly petty princely states) of Kathiawar on Saurashtra peninsula in present Gujarat (western India) were divided, the others being Halar (west), Gohelwar (southeast) and Sorath (south).
First Class: Dhrangadhra state, title of Maharajadhiraj Maharana Sahib, hereditary salute of 13 guns before independence the take 15 gun salute. Wankaner state, title of Maharana Sahib, hereditary salute of 11 guns
Second Class:
Limbdi State, title Thakore Sahib, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
Wadhwan State, title Maharana, Hereditary salute of 9-guns
Its main non-salute states included this all state rule under the jhala rajputs:
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Rana is an historical royal title from the Indian subcontinent. Today, it is used as a hereditary name in the Indian subcontinent. "Rana" was formerly used as a title of martial sovereignty by Rajput kings in India. The term derives from the Sanskrit title "Rāṇaka".
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Rajkot State was one of the princely states of India during the period of British rule. It was a 9-gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Its capital was in Rajkot, located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar on the banks of the Aji River. Nowadays, Rajkot is the fourth largest city of Gujarat state.
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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.
Saurashtra State, formally known as United State of Kathiawar and later United State of Saurashtra, was a State of India that existed between 1948 and 1956, on Saurashtra alias Kathiawar peninsula, with Rajkot as its capital,
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Dhrol State was one of the 562 princely states of British India. It was a 9 gun salute state belonging to the Kathiawar Agency of the Bombay Presidency. Its capital was in the town of Dhrol, located in the historical Halar region of Kathiawar.
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