Kingdom of Jhalavad

Kingdom of Jhalavad
Dharangadhra State
Kingdom of Jhalavad Dharangadhra State
1090–1949
	Flag Coat of arms
	; Location of Dhragandhra State in Saurashtra
Capital	Patdi; (1090–1304); Santalpur; (1304–1325); Patdi; (1325–1413); Mandal; (1413–1425); Kuva-Kanakavati; (1425–1488); Halvad; (1488–1735); Dhrangadhra; (1735–1949);
Area
• 1090	13,800 km2 (5,300 sq mi)
• 1892	3,023 km2 (1,167 sq mi)
Population
• 1892	100,000
History
• Established	1090
• Indian independence	1949
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	Kingdom of Gujarat
India
Today part of	India
	Princely States of India

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]

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 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 no	Maharaj-Maharana	From	Till
1	Harpaldev Makwana	1090	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.^[8]

References

^ Mayne, C. (1921). History of the Dhrangadhra State. Thacker, Spink.
^ Gujarat, India (Republic) Superintendent of Census Operations (1964). Surendranagar. Director, Government Print. and Stationery, Gujarat State.
^ Bond, J. W.; Wright, Arnold (2006). Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 978-81-206-1965-4.
^ Jain-Neubauer, Jutta (1981). The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective. Abhinav Publications. ISBN 978-0-391-02284-3.
^ Vadivelu, A. (1915). The Ruling Chiefs, Nobles and Zamindars of India. G.C. Loganadham.
^ Mayne, C. (1921). History of the dhrangadhra state. Thacker, Spink and Co, Calcutta.
^ 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 )
^ 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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[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 )

[McLeod2017-8] 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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Kingdom of Jhalavad

Contents

History

List of Rulers

Orders of chivalry

See also

References