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Jhalawar Prant

Kingdom of Jhalavad or Dhrangadhra State was a princely state during the British Raj in India. 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. In 1735, Dhrangadhra was founded as its new capital.

History

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

The state was founded as Jhalawad/Zalawad in 1090 by Rajput ruler Harpal Dev Makwana. The Jhala Rajput fought several battles against Muslim invaders and defended his kingdom. The most famous battle of Jhala Rajput was the battle of Gadarghatta in 1178. Jhaleswar Raj Durjanshalji defeated Mohammad Ghauri and accepted the surrender of Muslim forces and Ghori. 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

Sl no Maharaj-Maharana From Till
1 Harpaldev Makwana 1190 1126
2 Sodhshaldev Jhala I 1126 1160
3 Durjanshal Jhala 1160 1185
4 Jhalakdev Jhala 1185 1210
5 Arjundev Singh Jhala 1210 1240
6 Devraj Jhala 1240 1265
7 Durjanshal Jhala II 1266 1280
8 Sur Singh Jhala 1280 1304
9 Shantaldev Jhala 1304 1325
10 Vijaypal Jhala 1325 1326
11 Meghraj Jhala 1326 1331
12 Padam Singh Jhala 1331 1340
13 Uday Singh Jhala 1340 1352
14 Prithuraj Jhala 1352 1355
15 Vegadji Jhala 1355 1368
16 Ram Singh Jhala 1368 1385
17 Vir Singh Jhala 1385 1392
18 Ranmal Singh Jhala 1392 1408
19 Satarsal Jhala 1408 1420
20 Jet Singh Jhala 1420 1441
21 Ranvir Singh Jhala 1441 1460
22 Bhim Singh Jhala 1460 1469
23 Vagh Vijayraj Jhala 1469 1482
24 Rajdhar Jhala 1482 1499
25 Ajay Singh Jhala 1499 1500
26 Ranoji Jhala 1500 1523
27 Man Singh Jhala 1523 1563
28 Ray Singh Jhala 1563 1587
29 Chandra Singh Jhala 1587 1628
30 Askaran Jhala 1628 1634
31 Amar Singh Jhala 1634 1645
32 Meghraj Jhala II 1645 1661
33 Gaj Singh Jhala 1661 1673
34 Jashwant Singh Jhala 1673 1717
35 Pratap Singh Jhala 1717 1730
36 Ray Singh Jhala II 1730 1745
37 Gaj Singh Jhala II 1745 1782
38 Jashwant Singh Jhala II 1782 1801
39 Ray Singh Jhala III 1801 1804
40 Amar Singh Jhala II 1804 1843
41 Ranmal Singh Jhala II 1843 1869
42 Man Singh Jhala II 1869 1900
43 Ajit Singh Jhala 1900 1911
44 Ghanshyam Singh Jhala 1911 1942
45 Meghraj Jhala III 1942 1949

Orders of chivalry

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

See also

References

  1. ^ [1] Surendranagar India. Superintendent of Census Operations, Gujarat - Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State, 1964.
  2. ^ 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 )
  3. ^ 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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