Kingdom of Jhalavad

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Kingdom of Jhalavad
Dharangadhra State
1090–1949
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Location of Dhragandhra State in Saurashtra
Capital
Area 
• 1090
13,800 km2 (5,300 sq mi)
• 1892
3,023 km2 (1,167 sq mi)
Population 
• 1892
100,000
History 
• Established
1090
1949
Preceded by
Succeeded by
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Today part of India
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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. [1] It was also known as Halvad-Dhrangadhra State. Halvad once had been the capital of this state. [2] It was ruled by the Jhala clan of Rajputs. [3] [4]

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History

Kathiawar 1855 with its four prant districts: Halar, Jhalavad, Sorath and Gohilwad. Kathiawar map.jpg
Kathiawar 1855 with its four prant districts: Halar, Jhalavad, Sorath and Gohilwad.
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Zalawad in Map of Gujarat in 12th century

The state was founded as Jhalawad/Zalawad in 1090 by Rajput ruler Harpadeva. [5] 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. [6] 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). [7]

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.

List of Rulers

Sl noMaharaj-MaharanaFromTill
1Harpaldev Makwana11901126
2Sodhshaldev Jhala I11261160
3Durjanshal Jhala11601185
4Jhalakdev Jhala11851210
5Arjundev Singh Jhala12101240
6Devraj Jhala12401265
7Durjanshal Jhala II12661280
8Sur Singh Jhala12801304
9Shantaldev Jhala13041325
10Vijaypal Jhala13251326
11Meghraj Jhala13261331
12Padam Singh Jhala13311340
13Uday Singh Jhala13401352
14Prithuraj Jhala13521355
15Vegadji Jhala13551368
16Ram Singh Jhala13681385
17Vir Singh Jhala13851392
18Ranmal Singh Jhala13921408
19Satarsal Jhala14081420
20Jet Singh Jhala14201441
21Ranvir Singh Jhala14411460
22Bhim Singh Jhala14601469
23Vagh Vijayraj Jhala14691482
24Rajdhar Jhala14821499
25 Ajay Singh Jhala 14991500
26Ranoji Jhala15001523
27Man Singh Jhala15231563
28Ray Singh Jhala15631587
29Chandra Singh Jhala15871628
30Askaran Jhala16281634
31Amar Singh Jhala16341645
32Meghraj Jhala II16451661
33Gaj Singh Jhala16611673
34Jashwant Singh Jhala16731717
35Pratap Singh Jhala17171730
36Ray Singh Jhala II17301745
37Gaj Singh Jhala II17451782
38Jashwant Singh Jhala II17821801
39Ray Singh Jhala III18011804
40Amar Singh Jhala II18041843
41Ranmal Singh Jhala II18431869
42Man Singh Jhala II18691900
43Ajit Singh Jhala19001911
44Ghanshyam Singh Jhala19111942
45 Meghraj Jhala III 19421949

Orders of chivalry

The Royal House of Dhrangadhra awards a dynastic order of knighthood called the Order of Jhalavad, in six grades. [8]

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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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